There has been some talk on the U106 forum about an email that went out to some YDNA Warehouse () members telling them they needed to reset their password. This caused some confusion as some people thought it was a scam email. But it is real and came from James Kane (who manages that site). They are revamping the site to make it easier to use and people who have not logged on in a long time need to update their password. This site will serve as the main repository for all of the people who wanted to either be on Alex Williamson's Big Tree, wanted to have a way to compare results to people who have tested on other sites, wanted their data backed up somewhere else in case the place you tested goes out of business, or having your anonymous data able to be used by researchers for their papers and studies. Iain McDonald posted that he actually uses this data quite often to generate TMRCAs or to examine mutations to answer questions on the U106 forum or privately. Iain also notes on his website "The is collecting geographical, genealogical and genetic data from members. We can use this data to obtain statistical information about broader haplogroups, including computing TMRCAs, but also calibrating "molecular clocks" within that data, and reproducing migration patterns across the last 5000 years of human history." If you had wondered if the email was real, or have never uploaded your data to the warehouse and would like to please go ahead and either follow his password reset instructions or make a new account on the site if you never had one. If you have an old account once you reset your password you should be able to see all of the kits you have uploaded data for and what data they have for each one. I found for some of the kits I manage I hadn't uploaded all the different tests I had so I went ahead and did that. If you have any questions or need help, just let me know.
Chris
