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This does NOT increase the price you pay but helps me to keep the lights on and this informational blog free for everyone. I receive a small contribution when you click on some of the links to vendors in my articles. And if you are a Family Tree Maker user, you have plenty of time to evaluate alternatives and make your decision. DNA results at either company are entirely unaffected by this. Family Tree DNA is totally unaffected by this.

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The good news is that most of the genealogy softwareВ packages are taking advantage of AncestryвЂ™s retirement of Family Tree Maker with sales to entice you and even step by step instructions and videos of how to convert and use their software. My biggest concern is that all of my images and notesВ transfer, regardless ofВ size/length. So whileВ DNA support is important, there are multiple ways to achieve this andВ I donвЂ™t think itвЂ™s a make-it or break-itВ criteria when choosing your new software. Personally, I just record the haplogroup as a вЂњsecond middle nameвЂќ so I can see the haplogroup lineage on pedigree charts. My understanding is that all of these programs support Y and mitochondrial DNA information in some fashion, although IвЂ™m sure exactly how varies by program.

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To distill this conversation for you, I would suggest considering either Legacy or RootsMagic software if you are a PC user and either Rootsmagic or Reunion if you are a MAC user. On the ISOGG Facebook group, weвЂ™ve been discussing this very topic as well. HereвЂ™s a wiki page of genealogy software programs, but I found it a bit overwhelming. Judy Russell covered the topic here and Shannon Christmas covered it here. There has been a lot of online discussion about the pros and cons of various software packages for both the PC and MAC platforms since AncestryвЂ™s announcement. You can easily convert to a new genealogy package by exporting a GEDCOM file from Family Tree Maker into your new software packageВ of choice. I would not recommend using the software beyond when Ancestry terminates support.

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Ancestry will be supporting the current Family Tree Maker software through Januand it will likely continue to function after that, at least until you purchase aВ new computerВ or update your operating system software вЂ“ but youвЂ™ll be on your own at that point. If you are a Family Tree Maker genealogy software user, youвЂ™ll be needing to find a new genealogy program in the next year or so.If you are a Family Tree DNA customer, you are entirely unaffected by this announcement.

If you are an AncestryDNA customer, you are entirely unaffected by this announcement.

This has absolutely NOTHING to do with AncestryвЂ™s DNA testing product, AncestryDNA and nothing whatsoever to do with Family Tree DNA, an entirely different company. On December 5, 2015, announced that it would no longer be selling their genealogy program, Family Tree Maker and will be retiring the product.

There is no connection whatsoever between Family Tree DNA and .ДЄncestry Retires Family Tree Maker Software.

There is no connection whatsoever between Family Tree DNA and Family Tree Maker.

Family Tree DNAвЂ™s only products are DNA tests. Family Tree DNA also provides additional DNA testing such as Y and Mitochondrial DNA, which does not offer.

Family Tree DNA is a DNAВ testing company that does NOT provide genealogy software and DOES provide an extensive array of DNA testing products and tools, such as autosomal DNA through their Family Finder product, similar to the AncestryDNA product.

They donвЂ™t share any functionality and their only commonality is that Ancestry owns them both.

вЂ™s DNA product offering, AncestryDNA, and their genealogy software program, Family Tree Maker, are in no way connected to each other.

also offers a DNA testing product called AncestryDNA that tests your autosomal DNA and provides you with a list of DNA matches.

Family Tree Maker is a genealogy software package to track your genealogy information and it is owned by.

I wish very much that the names ofВ Family Tree DNA and Family Tree Maker werenвЂ™t so similar, because it has created a lot of confusion over the years and that confusion has intensified this past week with вЂ™s announcement that they are discontinuing support of their genealogy software package, Family Tree Maker.

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