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How to Participate in the PRA's DNA Study
If you want to participate in the PRA's DNA Study, follow these steps:
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Go to the
FTDNA website (http://www.familytreedna.com/)
and then click on Surname Projects, chose “P” and read the Pennington study
blurb.
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Next,
request to join the study, and get our
group rate (saves $50.00).
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Pay for the test directly to
FTDNA. The total cost is $148 for
the 25 marker test called "Y-DNA25" (which you need since 12 markers will
not have enough resolution). $2 is charged for postage.
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After
you've completed those steps with
FTDNA, the DNA Study Coordinator
( Nick Penington
) will send you an e-mail message with a
join code if the test will work for you. This may take a few days so be
patient. If you don't hear from Nick within a few days, contact him
directly and ask for the status of your request to join the DNA Study.
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Once you have paid and
entered the study,
FTDNA
will send you a kit for your sample (simple and painless).
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You send your kit
back to
FTDNA
and your result will be sent to you via a secure web link. The
study coordinator will be able to help you interpret the result.
Following those steps, here is what else happens:
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The results
are sent to the applicant by
FTDNA and shared
with the DNA Study Coordinator who will include the result with our database
and interpret it. No Names will be included with the posting of results so the
table will list only sequences associated with different PRA family groups.
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All the
data collected to date is not affected by these changes, only new participant
data.
Since payment
for the DNA test will be directly to
FTDNA, a volunteer
will not be able to claim a tax deductible donation to the Pennington Research
Association, Inc. If you wish to pay for
the DNA tests directly through the PRA for tax purposes,
please send your payment directly to
Nick Penington
at his address which
will be forwarded to the participant in his message to you.
Nick Penington
will then order the
test for that individual.
The PRA is a
non-for-profit charitable corporation and donations to the PRA are tax
deductible. Please contact your own tax advisor for details and to confirm
this.
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The Pennington Research Association, Inc. is a not-for-profit charitable
corporation as defined in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Donors may deduct contributions to the Pennington Research Association as
provided in section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. Bequests, legacies,
devises, transfers, or gifts to the Pennington Research Association are
deductible for Federal estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable
provisions of sections 2005, 2106, and 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
Page Last Updated:
05/12/2008
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