Disclosure

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me Debbie Kennett. I am not compensated to provide my opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are mine alone. I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

This blog has signed up to the Amazon Associates Afflilates scheme which provides a rare and small commission on any Amazon orders placed through links on this blog. This blog does not accept any other form of advertising, sponsorship, or paid insertions.

I am an Honorary Research Fellow attached to the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London. I was originally appointed in 2013 as an Honorary Research Associate. My contract was renewed in 2018 for a further five years. I was appointed as an Honorary Research Fellow in February 2024 on a three-year contract. I do not receive any remuneration for this post.

I have a free professional membership of the Donor Conception Network which started in March 2018.

I am a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies, and I am the Guild's Social Networking Co-ordinator with responsibility for the Guild's various social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc).

I am a member of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy. I am a major contributor to the ISOGG Wiki, and also serve as an administrator on the Wiki.

I belong to the Society of Genealogists, the Berkshire Family History Society, the Devon Family History Society, the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society and the Association of Professional Genealogists.

I am the volunteer project administrator or co-administrator of the following DNA projects at FamilyTreeDNA: the Cruwys/Cruse/Cruise DNA Project, the Devon DNA Project, the mtDNA Haplogroup U4 Project, the Haplogroup R-U106 Project, the Kennett DNA Project and the Aldous DNA Project. All these projects are independent genealogical research studies. I receive no payment or incentives from FamilyTreeDNA or any other organisation or institution to run these projects.

I was appointed as one of the moderators for the R1b-U106/S21 mailing list in April 2014.

I occasionally receive a small fee and reimbursement of travelling expenses when giving presentations, and I receive a complimentary speaker's pass where appropriate. I have sometimes received a free DNA kit from Family Tree DNA in recompense for lecturing in the DNA workshop at Who Do You Think You Are? Live and at Genetic Genealogy Ireland but I have had to pay my own travelling and accommodation costs for attending these events which greatly exceed the cost of the test.

I receive small fees for the articles that I have written for commercial family history magazines. I receive complimentary copies of books that I review. I received a free DNA test from Living DNA in 2016 for review purposes.

I sometimes get asked to do private DNA consultations for individuals for which I charge a modest fee. I have occasionally provided a paid genetic genealogy consultation service for TV and radio. I sometimes undertake paid genealogical research.

I was a member of the Genographic Project Design Group, a small team of volunteer genetic genealogists who were providing feedback to the Genographic Project team on the development of the website. The group has been inactive since the summer of 2013.

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This policy was last updated on 18th April 2024.