Build an Interactive Family Tree with your DNA at GeneTree!

GeneTree is a new category of family networking site designed to help people understand where their personal histories belong within the greater human genetic story. The GeneTree site creates unparalleled opportunities for unlocking genetic heritage and identity, connecting with ancestors and living relatives, and sharing meaningful information and experiences to help preserve family histories. GeneTree expands the concept of family, providing fresh new answers and perspective to the universal questions, “Who am I?” and “Where do I come from?”

GeneTree utilizes exceptional tools and resources from organizations at the forefront of their respective industries. These include:

• Sorenson Media, developer of the world’s leading digital video compression and encoding software and of innovative tools that enable the development and publishing of user-generated video that help reinvent participants’ Internet experience. The company’s technology has been installed on more than a billion computers worldwide, with users ranging from individuals to major corporations and top Hollywood studios.
• The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) is a non-profit organization building the world’s foremost collection of DNA samples correlated with genealogical information, gathered from individuals in more than 170 nations.
• DNA testing is performed by ISO-accredited an lab.

By marshalling the capabilities of these industry leaders, GeneTree is expanding the concept of family, extending knowledge of genetic origins beyond the confines of traditional historical records, and reinforcing the connection shared by all people as members of a single human family. GeneTree places an unprecedented combination of innovative tools and resources at the disposal of the site’s users, including:

• Innovative systems for creating homepages for living and deceased individuals
• Interactive, searchable family trees
• Control of privacy, access and collaboration settings for each individual’s homepage
• High-quality DNA testing services
• Intuitive drag-and-drop media sharing capabilities for video, audio, photos and documents
• Informative visual representations of an individual’s genetic family history, through snapshots of ancestors’ geographic location at various points in time.

All ancestors that began as nodes on family trees entered will automatically have dedicated homepages on the site, similar to the homepages of living GeneTree participants. These ancestral homepages were designed to be populated through the collaborative efforts of their living descendants – and passed on to be enjoyed by current and future generations. Descendants can upload photos, audio, stories and documents to their ancestors’ homepages.

All information on the GeneTree site is visible only to the specific living participant. Each GeneTree participant controls his or her own privacy and sharing settings. The site’s sponsoring organizations possess certifications requiring the industry’s most rigorous, stringent privacy standards.

On GeneTree, participants’ privacy is safeguarded at all times. GeneTree keeps all matches anonymous and brokers all initial communication. If one participant attempts to contact another to invite conversation, the receiving party always has the option of whether to respond – and what information, if any, they choose to reveal about themselves. Participants also choose their own privacy settings on their home pages.

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2 Responsesto “Build an Interactive Family Tree with your DNA at GeneTree!”

1. jj-momscashblog says:

   January 17, 2010 at 8:02 pm

   Genealogy is an up and coming concept that everyone is really exploring especially within the past 4-5 years it has had taken a life of it's own. I know several older people who would never have anything to do with a computer or never wanted to know/hear about computers are now buying cp's just so they can look up their family history and genealogy. One woman I know has now made a living from it and will investigate other peoples families tree.This new site that you are reviewing here sounds like it will be helping a lot of these people who are really into looking up their families past history and so much more now. Thanks for the info. Shafar. JJ
2. Shafar@TipsBlogger says:

   January 21, 2010 at 1:11 pm

   @jj-momscashblog
   Great! Thanks for dropping by..
   Regards