Here is a variant on DNA testing by adoptees trying to locate their biological relatives – for example, see DNAAdoption.com, which is packed with useful genetic genealogy information that many of us who aren't adopted find very useful. DonorChildren.com is a new social networking site and registry aimed at Donor Conceived People (DCP), Sperm and Egg Donors, and Parents of DCP's launched a few days ago.

Social Media? – NO, I'm more of the "antisocial media" type myself, so it's surprising I even came across it. Instead of Tweeting my inane goings-on to cyberspace, or spending hours each week on Facebook or the like, I spend an inordinate amount of time working on DNA matches for genetic genealogy! I came across DonorChildren.com via a posting by their Admin on Family Tree DNA Forums and he indicated "We refer our members to FTDNA" – I incorrectly assumed that this was some sort of exclusive recommendation for Family Tree DNA until I read an identical posting except for "We refer our members to 23andme"!! I'm happy to recommend both Family Tree DNA and 23andMe as well. I've been tested at both companies and my parents are in the process of being tested at both of them too (only because I bought their kits and they know how much I'm dying to get my hands on their DNA results). But see below for the new webpage I've added with my recommendations for which company to use if you don't live in the USA.

I've seen Name Clouds before, but have just come across the free website Wordle, where these can easily be created. So I've created name clouds of my Ancestor Surnames (Figure 1) and Geographical Locations (Figure 2) – taken from Ancestor Names and Locations. All you have to do is have a list of words, and you paste these into a window and click Create. You have options for various fonts, whether the words are approximately alphabetical or not, rounder/straighter edges (I much prefer the rounder "cloud"-like edges), word orientation (various mixtures of horizontal/vertical or any which way), and color. I used the Wordle Advanced page, in order to set some of the words to be larger than the rest: the surnames of my 8 great-grandparents in Figure 1 and the Countries and Counties in the UK in Figure 2.

The day after my Blog Posting of 4 December 2013 offering some advice of measures to take following FDA's 15-day "cease and desist" letter, 23andMe provided an update on their blog (5 December 2013) and sent a letter via e-mail to 23andMe customers (I received mine on 6 December 2013) outlining the steps they are taking. Copies of these are provided near the end of this posting.