Hi Ann, I have several kits I manage that I have not researched nearly as completely as my own ancestry. I try to research enough to give someone the first few surnames and then wait for someone to inquire further. The few inquiries I've had so far have been satisfied with the details I share, which gives them individuals that appear on the 1940 and earlier census so they can research them if they want to find more on those other branches. There is often value in researching lines that lived in the same region and I do some filling in of the trees as I get time but the majority of my time is focused on the lines I am personally researching as there are so many of those. Denise Sproed in Oregon >I will be managing the kit so if people contact me about the unrelated lines how do you handle this.

In addition to uploading my GEDCOM to my FTDNA account, I've created a page at my web site to aid my FF matchees: http://dgmweb.net/DNA/aDNA/DGM-ancestry-8gen.html Most ISPs give you a small, free web site. I think I would want to make use of it before I would put a tree on some commercial site. And I was glad I created this page for another reason. Because one of my grandmothers has early New England and, thus, deep English ancestry, I have a tendency to get carried away on some of those deeper lineages when the real "holes" in my genealogy are much closer in. This page really brought that fact home to me. I've still got some of the same brick walls in my genealogy that I had when I started on it 15 years ago. Very frustrating. Diana > From: Allen > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 1:02 AM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit > > Ruth, Tim, All; > I agree that if you have a tree at Ancestry that is a good place to point > people. > > You can search for member id on the second tab of the member directory. > I rarley find that I can not find a tree that way. > Usually it is when the member is taking a break and has not paid that I find > I have trouble finding the tree. > > That is also the best way I have found to see the tree of people who have > loaded the raw data to GEDMatch. > > Allen

The limited access to Ancestry trees is one of the reasons I refer my matches to my tree at WorldConnect, where I give a URL that is specific to either my own tree view ( http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=khuebner&id=I1) or a tree starting with a grandparent or great-grandparent. Also, while I do have a tree on Ancestry, my tree at WorldConnect is updated with some regularity, which doesn't happen at Ancestry as I don't use Family Tree Maker. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:35 AM, CeCe Moore <cecemoore@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > No, I was answering Ruth's question regarding whether anyone can access > Ancestry.com trees. > The DNA Webinar was through the Association of Professional Genealogists > and will be archived, but only accessible to their members. > > CeCe Moore > www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > > > > From: joslake@sbcglobal.net > > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:24:59 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit > > > > CeCe Moore ..... I assume the line below references the DNA Webinar for > > which you have been complimented. > > > > Could you please post the URL where the "sign up" for member or guest > can be > > found. > > > > Thank you, Joe Lake > > > They need to be a member or sign up for a guest account in order to see > it. > > > > CeCe Moore > > www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > > > > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

When you receive your results, there is an option to opt out of the health results completely, so they do not even appear in your account. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:12:51 -0400 > From: sffwjf@gmail.com > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit > > For what it worth, on 23andMe you do not have to look at the health part > if you do not wish to. I manage 7 profiles under my account (which is > another issue entirely as 23andMe does not deal well with multiple > profiles), but I have never looked at the health profiles of any but > myself and my wife (with her in attendance). I just consider that none > of my business. (SNIP)

I created a few simple webpages that show all known ancestors, dates and places that I refer people back to, i.e. http://texsys.com/MaxAnnen.html On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 9:04 AM, autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com wrote: >The limited access to Ancestry trees is one of the reasons I refer my >matches to my tree at WorldConnect, where I give a URL that is specific to >either my own tree view ( >http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=khuebner&id=I1) or >a tree starting with a grandparent or great-grandparent. > >Also, while I do have a tree on Ancestry, my tree at WorldConnect is >updated with some regularity, which doesn't happen at Ancestry as I don't >use Family Tree Maker.

After my webinar several people told me that they had/would join(ed) in order to gain access to the archives. Since my webianr will probably not be posted for a bit, I advised them to watch Roberta's and Judy's earlier webinars on genetic genealogy. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:55:45 -0500 > From: debbieparkerwayne@gmail.com > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Autosomal Webinar on APG site > > Sometimes it takes several weeks before the recorded webinars get posted to > the APG members only pages, especially around the time when conferences and > board meetings are going on. Be patient. > > The Association of Professional Genealogists URL is http://apgen.org/. The > APG Quarterly is a great publication with information useful to all > genealogists, whether you take clients or not. I've been a member for over > ten years, served one term on the board, and recommend it to all serious > genealogists. For those who don't do client work just ignore the articles > and discussions that aren't pertinent to you and focus on the topics that > can help you do your own research better. > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Denise Sproed <DeniseSproed@onlinenw.com>wrote: > > > Hi Joe, > > It might be good to mention that the site (APG) where the webinar CeCe > > responded about, that will reportedly be archived for access by members, is > > an organization open to all genealogists that agree to the professional > > standards. It has open membership. > > I haven't yet found the archived seminar but APG is an organization that > > welcomes membership by individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds. > > > > Denise Sproed in Oregon > > A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists > > > > >

Sometimes it takes several weeks before the recorded webinars get posted to the APG members only pages, especially around the time when conferences and board meetings are going on. Be patient. The Association of Professional Genealogists URL is http://apgen.org/. The APG Quarterly is a great publication with information useful to all genealogists, whether you take clients or not. I've been a member for over ten years, served one term on the board, and recommend it to all serious genealogists. For those who don't do client work just ignore the articles and discussions that aren't pertinent to you and focus on the topics that can help you do your own research better. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Denise Sproed <DeniseSproed@onlinenw.com>wrote: > Hi Joe, > It might be good to mention that the site (APG) where the webinar CeCe > responded about, that will reportedly be archived for access by members, is > an organization open to all genealogists that agree to the professional > standards. It has open membership. > I haven't yet found the archived seminar but APG is an organization that > welcomes membership by individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds. > > Denise Sproed in Oregon > A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Regards, Debbie Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL -- <a href="http://debbiewayne.com/">Wayne Research</a> -- <a href="http://debsdelvings.blogspot.com/">Deb's Delvings Blog</a> Certified Genealogist (CG) and Certified Genealogical Lecturer (CGL) are service marks conferred by the Board for Certification of Genealogists® to associates who meet rigorous ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed evaluations every five years. See http://www.bcgcertification.org/ for more information.

Hi Joe, It might be good to mention that the site (APG) where the webinar CeCe responded about, that will reportedly be archived for access by members, is an organization open to all genealogists that agree to the professional standards. It has open membership. I haven't yet found the archived seminar but APG is an organization that welcomes membership by individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds. Denise Sproed in Oregon A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists

I still have matches with a few people who share only 0.08% or 0.09% of their DNA with me. I currently have 1072 matches. I haven't been very good at contacting any of my matches recently. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tim Janzen Sent: 22 September 2013 7:58 To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit Dear Karla, When Relative Finder (now DNA relatives) was introduced in 2009 you needed to share at least .09% of your genome with your matches. This is about 7 cMs. People with Jewish ancestry quickly hit the 1000 person cap. People with Early American ancestry typically began hitting that cap sometime last year in most cases. My mom and her relatives have Early American ancestry and they are now only having matches who share .15% or more of their genome with my mom. This would be about 11 cMs. If you don't send invitations to your lower matches at 23andMe then they will drop out of your DNA relatives match list. If you do send invitations to them all then they will remain on your list even if they don't meet your current match threshold. My experience is that 23andMe matches sometimes come in batches and they don't seem to trickle in throughout the week. In any case, new matches are generally added every single week. Sincerely, Tim Janzen

Kathy Johnston posted the links to these two abstracts from AncestryDNA which are to be presented at the forthcoming 2013 meeting of the ASHG (American Society of Human Genetics): Reconstruction of Ancestral Human Genomes from Genome-Wide DNA Matches: http://www.ashg.org/2013meeting/abstracts/fulltext/f130120903.htm Computationally-efficient long-range phasing with very large datasets: http://www.ashg.org/2013meeting/abstracts/fulltext/f130122464.htm A further interesting paper has been uploaded to the preprint server Arxiv on the subject of "Genome-wide inference of ancestral recombination graphs". There is a summary and a link to the paper on the Haldane's Sieve website: http://haldanessieve.org/2013/07/02/our-paper-genome-wide-inference-of-ances tral-recombination-graphs/ Or TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/lvr52h9 Debbie

Tim Janzen and I have been working for the past month or so to organize an international genetic genealogy conference that will be held on August 16 and 17, 2014 at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. This conference center is located just outside of the northern edge of Washington DC. See http://www.4hcenter.org for the conference center’s website. While the conference center is not right next to a Metro stop, it is only a short bus ride away. Tim and I will continue to finalize the details regarding the conference in the upcoming months, however, we want to make sure that anyone who is interested in attending this conference has the opportunity to put it on their calendar at this time. There are some accommodations at the National 4-H Center that will be available for reservation. In addition, there are multiple hotels in that area that people can stay at if need be. Meals will also be available at the conference for all attendees since there is a large cafeteria there. Over the next 3 months, Tim and I will be contacting a select group of the speakers that we would like to invite to give presentations at the conference. At some point in the next 3-4 months, we will also issue a call for proposals for anyone who is interested in giving a presentation at this conference. We want to have presentations that appeal to genetic genealogists both at the beginner level and also at the advanced level. Our desire is to make this conference as affordable as feasible, so that everyone who is interested in this topic can attend. (This is not a profit-driven event and the plan is to, hopefully, break even.) We would like to further the education of as many people as possible in regard to genetic genealogy. We will be establishing a website for the conference which we plan to have a operational by January 1, 2014. At that time we will begin accepting reservations for the conference. If you're interested in volunteering to help with the conference in some way, feel free to contact Tim or me. In particular, we would appreciate help from anyone who is particularly skilled at website design. Thank you,CeCe (and Tim) www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com

I couldn't agree more! I'm glad that you were okay. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com (SNIP) ...I'd much rather know and perhaps be able to delay or positively affect my health by what I eat, do or don't do. In my world, information is power. Smiles, Yvonne

Hi Joe, No, I was answering Ruth's question regarding whether anyone can access Ancestry.com trees. The DNA Webinar was through the Association of Professional Genealogists and will be archived, but only accessible to their members. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > From: joslake@sbcglobal.net > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:24:59 -0700 > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit > > CeCe Moore ..... I assume the line below references the DNA Webinar for > which you have been complimented. > > Could you please post the URL where the "sign up" for member or guest can be > found. > > Thank you, Joe Lake > They need to be a member or sign up for a guest account in order to see it. > > CeCe Moore > www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com >

CeCe Moore ..... I assume the line below references the DNA Webinar for which you have been complimented. Could you please post the URL where the "sign up" for member or guest can be found. Thank you, Joe Lake They need to be a member or sign up for a guest account in order to see it. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com

They need to be a member or sign up for a guest account in order to see it. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > From: ruthcottrell@verizon.net > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:45:21 -0500 > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit > > A simple question regarding the canned message to matches. If you want to > direct someone to your public tree at Ancestry, if you just state the name > of the tree exactly or give the link as in > http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/60027058/family will they be able to view the > tree? > > Ruth > > -----Original Message----- > From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Bartlett > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 2:02 PM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit > > Karla > > I use a standard invite message with links to my Trees, a list of > Patriarchs, my GEDmatch ID and Tree# there; a link to hints on how to start; > a short summary of my ancestry; my real name and email address. I replace > the 23andMe message with mine 975/1000 characters). About twice a week I > check 23andMe - Most Recent - and invite all the new ones. It's actually > pretty quick. I'm now over 2000 matches. And all new ones are at least .16%, > which means they are much more likely to be IBD. If 23andMe gets to a > million participants this year, my match list should get to 3 or 4 thousand > - I have to keep up... > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Sep 21, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Karla Huebner <calypsospots@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Can anyone explain 23andMe's 1000-match limit in a bit more detail so > > that I can deal with it the most effectively? > > > > Basically, I'm aware that there's a 1000-match limit UNLESS one > > invites all the matches; that normally once 1000 is reached, the > > lower-confidence matches drop away to make room for newer better ones, > > but that no one who's been invited drops off the list. > > > > Once my brother, whose match list grew faster than my own, began to > > get near 1000, I spent quite a few hours inviting all of his matches, > > figuring that I could later catch up on my own, especially as we would > > share a lot of the matches. He now has over 1100 and I'm pretty good > > at inviting his new matches as they roll in. > > > > However, after the big push there, I was not too eager to devote a > > huge chunk of time to inviting my own matches, who were accumulating > > more slowly and in many cases would also be his. I let things go awhile > and "only" > > invited perhaps 200-300. My number of matches then stalled at > > something like 1019 and didn't rise again until I invited another > > hundred or so. I currently have 1029. It seems clear from the > > relationship levels that quite a few lower-confidence matches dropped > away. > > > > So: does anyone have advice how best to handle this? I don't want to > > lose matches--I want to get the chromosomes well mapped so that we can > > make progress in figuring out the brick walls, which are my mother's > > grandfathers and (to a lesser extent) my father's Germans. If it > > weren't for the 1000-match cutoff, I'd focus on contacting the > > strongest matches, but as it is I'm now inviting the weakest and > > wondering if that has the effect of losing me the middle ones. > > > > All of this (inviting using a boilerplate letter, logging the details > > on acceptances, answering incoming messages) currently takes hours > > each week so that I'm completely neglecting matches over at FTDNA and > > doing traditional genealogy, not to mention that I work fulltime and > > have various other interests and responsibilities, so I want to be very > efficient! > > > > I'm also curious what is sort of average for number of matches at > > 23andMe, although I realize that depends on one's ancestry. We are 1/2 > > Norwegian, > > 1/4 German, 1/8 Scottish, and 1/8 probably colonial American. All of > > my great-grandparents except the probably colonial guy immigrated to > > the US in the 1870s-90s. > > > > Karla > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ruth, Tim, All; I agree that if you have a tree at Ancestry that is a good place to point people. You can search for member id on the second tab of the member directory. I rarley find that I can not find a tree that way. Usually it is when the member is taking a break and has not paid that I find I have trouble finding the tree. That is also the best way I have found to see the tree of people who have loaded the raw data to GEDMatch. Allen

Yes, I can echo that--great webinar yesterday. DNA is now in my serious sights. Starting my spread sheet. Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC On Sep 22, 2013, at 9:03 PM, "Andrea Perisho" <a.perisho@embarqmail.com> wrote: > To all: > > Thanks so much. I'm so new I didn't know about the support email address. > > By the way, CeCe - you gave a great webinar yesterday. I highly recommend > you as a speaker. I'm all inspired to get going with my autosomal DNA. > > Thanks to all, > > Andrea > > Andrea Perisho > a.perisho@embarqmail.com > www.andreamusgroveperisho.com - a genealogy blog > > > -----Original Message----- > From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CeCe Moore > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 5:10 PM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com; autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FTDNA download to DNAGedcom.com > > > I alerted Rob and Karin to this. (I think Rob may be traveling.) Issues > with > DNAGedcom should always be addressed to supprt@dnagedcom.com for quickest > attention. > > CeCe > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > > From: Tim Janzen > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 11:50 AM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Reply To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FTDNA download to DNAGedcom.com > > Dear Andrea, > There appears to be a problem with the DNAGEDCOM web site right now. I > just > tried downloading the data for some of my family members. The only data I > am getting from the website at this time is the "In Common With" data. > While that data is nice to have, that isn't what you want for your > matching > segments spreadsheet. You need to have the file that has the chromosome > browser data in it. That data will look like the data below where the 2nd > column is the chromosome number. I will e-mail Rob Warthen about this and > ask him to check on things so he can restore the website to full > functionality. I suggest that you check back at the DNAGEDCOM web site in > the near future after full functionality has been restored. > Sincerely, > Tim Janzen > G. A. 1 45253416 47629198 1.17 500 414816 > G. A. 1 171776209 174452682 1.63 500 414816 > G. A. 1 198335839 199924332 2.91 600 414816 > G. A. 2 183404764 188453052 2.03 800 414816 > G. A. 5 21010986 24296412 2.85 600 414816 > G. A. 6 33053603 33472061 1.57 500 414816 > G. A. 9 10471205 12256760 2.87 500 414816 > G. A. 9 14972751 30016310 19.59 4877 414816 > -----Original Message----- > From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Andrea Perisho > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 5:12 AM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FTDNA download to DNAGedcom.com > To all: > I'm really new at DNA analysis. I listened to CeCe Moore's wonderful > webinar > on autosomal DNA yesterday. Printed out the handout. This morning > followed > instructions on downloading FTDNA to DNAGedcom.com and started to work on > the sorting. > Then, I realized the download didn't have a chromosome column as stated > in > the handout. Then I went to FTDNA and didn't see a chromosome column. > What > am I missing? Looks like this really won't work without the chromosome, > but > I'm not seeing the chromosome associated with the centimorgans. > I'd appreciate any help. > Andrea > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please > see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To all: Thanks so much. I'm so new I didn't know about the support email address. By the way, CeCe - you gave a great webinar yesterday. I highly recommend you as a speaker. I'm all inspired to get going with my autosomal DNA. Thanks to all, Andrea Andrea Perisho a.perisho@embarqmail.com www.andreamusgroveperisho.com - a genealogy blog -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CeCe Moore Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 5:10 PM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com; autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FTDNA download to DNAGedcom.com I alerted Rob and Karin to this. (I think Rob may be traveling.) Issues with DNAGedcom should always be addressed to supprt@dnagedcom.com for quickest attention. CeCe Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Tim Janzen Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 11:50 AM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Reply To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FTDNA download to DNAGedcom.com Dear Andrea, There appears to be a problem with the DNAGEDCOM web site right now. I just tried downloading the data for some of my family members. The only data I am getting from the website at this time is the "In Common With" data. While that data is nice to have, that isn't what you want for your matching segments spreadsheet. You need to have the file that has the chromosome browser data in it. That data will look like the data below where the 2nd column is the chromosome number. I will e-mail Rob Warthen about this and ask him to check on things so he can restore the website to full functionality. I suggest that you check back at the DNAGEDCOM web site in the near future after full functionality has been restored. Sincerely, Tim Janzen G. A. 1 45253416 47629198 1.17 500 414816 G. A. 1 171776209 174452682 1.63 500 414816 G. A. 1 198335839 199924332 2.91 600 414816 G. A. 2 183404764 188453052 2.03 800 414816 G. A. 5 21010986 24296412 2.85 600 414816 G. A. 6 33053603 33472061 1.57 500 414816 G. A. 9 10471205 12256760 2.87 500 414816 G. A. 9 14972751 30016310 19.59 4877 414816 -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Andrea Perisho Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 5:12 AM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FTDNA download to DNAGedcom.com To all: I'm really new at DNA analysis. I listened to CeCe Moore's wonderful webinar on autosomal DNA yesterday. Printed out the handout. This morning followed instructions on downloading FTDNA to DNAGedcom.com and started to work on the sorting. Then, I realized the download didn't have a chromosome column as stated in the handout. Then I went to FTDNA and didn't see a chromosome column. What am I missing? Looks like this really won't work without the chromosome, but I'm not seeing the chromosome associated with the centimorgans. I'd appreciate any help. Andrea ______________________________ For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________ For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And me too. I did 23andme because my mother, her siblings and their mother were all diabetics who died of strokes. I wanted to see my risk factors and in fact I do have elevated risk for those, but the absolute show stopper was that I found I am heterozygous for a clotting disorder that thankfully has never caused me any problems but now I know of several things I can do to ensure I don't have problems in the future. It is absolutely NOT true that what you don't know won't hurt you. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Yvonne Morehouse Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 9:04 AM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23&Me Drug interaction and health information Diana - I had exactly the same experience regarding a potential drug interaction. My reaction to one drug could be 10 times or greater than the average person. Of course, I my doctor the information. Prior to my test at 23&Me I had a very serious prescription drug reaction which put me in the emergency room for a day. I was alone when the drug took effect and couldn't move for about 20 minutes-finally, I got to a telephone to call 911. My belief as to "bad" health information...I'd much rather know and perhaps be able to delay or positively affect my health by what I eat, do or don't do. In my world, information is power. Smiles, Yvonne ______________________________ For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A simple question regarding the canned message to matches. If you want to direct someone to your public tree at Ancestry, if you just state the name of the tree exactly or give the link as in http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/60027058/family will they be able to view the tree? Ruth -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Bartlett Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 2:02 PM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 23andMe's 1000-match limit Karla I use a standard invite message with links to my Trees, a list of Patriarchs, my GEDmatch ID and Tree# there; a link to hints on how to start; a short summary of my ancestry; my real name and email address. I replace the 23andMe message with mine 975/1000 characters). About twice a week I check 23andMe - Most Recent - and invite all the new ones. It's actually pretty quick. I'm now over 2000 matches. And all new ones are at least .16%, which means they are much more likely to be IBD. If 23andMe gets to a million participants this year, my match list should get to 3 or 4 thousand - I have to keep up... Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Sep 21, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Karla Huebner <calypsospots@gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone explain 23andMe's 1000-match limit in a bit more detail so > that I can deal with it the most effectively? > > Basically, I'm aware that there's a 1000-match limit UNLESS one > invites all the matches; that normally once 1000 is reached, the > lower-confidence matches drop away to make room for newer better ones, > but that no one who's been invited drops off the list. > > Once my brother, whose match list grew faster than my own, began to > get near 1000, I spent quite a few hours inviting all of his matches, > figuring that I could later catch up on my own, especially as we would > share a lot of the matches. He now has over 1100 and I'm pretty good > at inviting his new matches as they roll in. > > However, after the big push there, I was not too eager to devote a > huge chunk of time to inviting my own matches, who were accumulating > more slowly and in many cases would also be his. I let things go awhile and "only" > invited perhaps 200-300. My number of matches then stalled at > something like 1019 and didn't rise again until I invited another > hundred or so. I currently have 1029. It seems clear from the > relationship levels that quite a few lower-confidence matches dropped away. > > So: does anyone have advice how best to handle this? I don't want to > lose matches--I want to get the chromosomes well mapped so that we can > make progress in figuring out the brick walls, which are my mother's > grandfathers and (to a lesser extent) my father's Germans. If it > weren't for the 1000-match cutoff, I'd focus on contacting the > strongest matches, but as it is I'm now inviting the weakest and > wondering if that has the effect of losing me the middle ones. > > All of this (inviting using a boilerplate letter, logging the details > on acceptances, answering incoming messages) currently takes hours > each week so that I'm completely neglecting matches over at FTDNA and > doing traditional genealogy, not to mention that I work fulltime and > have various other interests and responsibilities, so I want to be very efficient! > > I'm also curious what is sort of average for number of matches at > 23andMe, although I realize that depends on one's ancestry. We are 1/2 > Norwegian, > 1/4 German, 1/8 Scottish, and 1/8 probably colonial American. All of > my great-grandparents except the probably colonial guy immigrated to > the US in the 1870s-90s. > > Karla ______________________________ For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message