What happens once I order a Genographic Project Public Participation Kit?
After you have placed your order, a participation kit will be mailed to you. The kit includes two cheek scrapers and two vials as well as a self-addressed envelope to return your sample. Instructions and other important and exciting information and materials on the project are also included in the kit. Once you return your genetic sample, it will be processed at the Arizona Research Labs at the University of Arizona, via Family Tree DNA, the leading genetic genealogy company that has been selected to perform the public participant testing for the project. From the time we receive your sample in the lab it will take approximately eight weeks to test your DNA, analyze the specimens, and upload the results to the Genographic Web site. Make sure to check often on the status of your results using your Genographic Participant ID number. You will also have the opportunity to include your anonymous genetic results in the overall Genographic database should you wish to do so.
After you have placed your order, a participation kit will be mailed to you. The kit includes two cheek scrapers and two vials as well as a self-addressed envelope to return your sample. Instructions and other important and exciting information and materials on the project are also included in the kit. Once you return your genetic sample, it will be processed at the Arizona Research Labs at the University of Arizona, via Family Tree DNA, the leading genetic genealogy company selected to perform the public participant testing for the project. In about six weeks your results will be available on the Genographic Web site. Note that in some cases, inconclusive data may require additional testing and might delay posting of results. Make sure to check often on the status of your results using your Genographic Participant ID number. We encourage you to include your anonymous genetic results in the overall Genographic database after you access your results.
