Disclaimer
Please note the following important points:-
 | The Manx Y-DNA Study coordinator has no commercial affiliation with any
profit making organisation and receives no compensation for services or
expenses involved with the project. At present, this website is maintained
solely for promoting the study and posting results. |
| Although the Manx Y-DNA Study has arranged for discounts at FTDNA, that by
no means suggests a business partnership or other relationship between the
Study and FTDNA. All funds are payable only and directly to FTDNA. |
| The Manx Y-DNA Study will not be the recipient nor steward of any DNA
samples and has no responsibility for their care, handling or return to
participant, nor duty to act on behalf of any participant in mediation of
any dispute between the participant and the FTDNA. |
| There is always a possibility that you could get disappointing test
results. DNA analysis and interpretation in genealogy is not yet an exact
science. One possibility is that there has been a "non-paternity
event" which breaks the male genetic line eg an illegitimate birth, at
an unknown past time. There are several possible types of non-paternity
event in addition to a pregnancy gained outside of a marriage. For
example,
 | a child may be adopted and given the family name |
| there might have been infidelity within a marriage and the
husband was not the father of the child |
| a man may take the family name when he marries a family
daughter |
| a man from the family may marry a pregnant woman whose husband has
died |
| a wife may choose to give her children her family name
rather than her husband's name for various reasons |
| clerical error in recording administrative data may assign a family
name to the wrong person, and so on. |
| adoptions were quite common in every age (i.e. parents died by disease
or war and a relative took in the children and raised them with their
name, or young daughters had a child out of wedlock and the parents
raised it as their own). |
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Release of Liability
| For good consideration each participant forever releases and discharges
Robert Cannell, Manx Y-DNA Study Coordinator, from any and all claims,
liabilities, judgments, and proceedings, both at law and in equity, arising
from his participation in the Study. |
| This Release and waiver is given in the interests of permitting the Manx
Y- DNA Project to proceed in the genealogical testing of participants and of
permitting Robert Cannell to serve the desires of the families involved to
seek better genealogical understanding through DNA testing. |
| Furthermore, this release is given to enable Robert Cannell to feel free to
donate his services and time in organizing this project without fear of
liability. |
| By participation in the project, the participant agrees to all conditions
of the Study, unless he has specifically advised the Study Coordinator of
any reservations or disagreement. |
| The webmaster is keen to respect the privacy of all individuals whether
they are researching our name or bear it. In order to maintain this pledge,
this site does not contain any contact data other than the contact email
address of the webmaster. |
| If any data on this website is inaccurate, or if anything in it offends
you, please contact the webmaster
directly. |
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