Family Tree DNA and its parent company Gene by Gene has been merged into myDNA. myDNA is an Australian company founded in 2007 by Les Sheffield to revolutionize “the field of pharmacogenomics, making truly personalized medicine a reality, before expanding into nutrigenomics to deliver actionable, personalized nutrition, fitness and skincare recommendations.”

“Gene by Gene and FamilyTreeDNA will continue acting in the field of Genetic Genealogy, their original business, keeping intact their privacy rules and all terms of service.”

Time will tell what this may mean for the thousands of volunteer-run DNA projects.