Opt out / opt in...I have a tendency to use those interchangeably (which they are not), so let me say SETTING.
On your DNA page (or the kit(s) that you manage), point at My Account and after the drop down appears, click on Personal Profile Settings. You can add a photo and type information in the About Me box. I'm on my dad's page and since I do his DNA, I've typed this: <<My daughter, Cheri, handles my genealogy and DNA. From Cheri: My dad is half Portuguese. His paternal grandparents were the immigrants to America. His maternal half is English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, German and a couple of other things... >> I have a picture of my dad there too. The SETTING options: I don't know what default was since I'm looking at my dad's page. FTDNA likes to err on the side of caution, so if they put the Population Finder bar back, it will be turned OFF here until you turn it on. I have my dad's options as: Show Ancestral Surnames: Yes Show My Projects: Yes Show My Phone Number: No (I'll give it out when they email me) Show My Most Distant Ancestors: Yes Show My Location (City, State ZIP): Yes Show My Last Log In: Yes And if I've got you reading this email and you are on your personal FTDNA page, look at the tabs above and click on the Beneficiary Information tab. You can type in anything you want there. My dad's says: Name: Cheri Mello or any FTDNA Admin Phone: My cell is there Email: My email is there. I figure if anything happens to me and there are new discoveries in DNA 50 years from now and someone wants to pay on my dad's DNA for the latest and greatest, they have permission to do so. The Beneficiary Information tab was a suggestion from someone on this list. He sent me a personal email about what to do with his DNA and I sent it to FTDNA saying we all needed something like that. And now we have the beneficiary tab. So FTDNA does listen. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
