Thanks, CeCe I email all Family Finder matches at FTDNA (at least 7.7cM segment for each) and 5 Relative Finder matches at 23&Me every day (getting down to small precents, I don't know the longest segment, but presumed there was a cutoff at 7cM or so for each person listed - just topped 1000 there) I'll have to check 23&Me's AF and FIA Tabs - I didn't realize that more than the 1000 RF names were there. Thanks. I wouldn't mind chasing some 5cM folks, if there were a 50/50 chance that we really shared a DNA segment (IBD). I'm in this for the genealogy (using the DNA tool that you folks are sharpening so well - thank you). So for me, I've been searching for cousins since 1974 - now I have a much narrower pool to draw from - like prospecting near the mother lode. As I collect more paper cousins who have been atDNA tested, a few are starting to show overlapping segments. With enough data, shouldn't I be able to do some phasing? So far my paper trails to FF and RF matches pass through just over 200 of my direct ancestors. Granted the paper trails may not be the same path as the large DNA segment, but I think that will become more clear as more Common Ancestors are found? Thanks again for your feedback, Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:52 PM, CeCe Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 23andMe, 5 cM matches are shown on Ancestry Finder and in Family Inheritance Advanced. So, even if someone doesn't appear on your Relative Finder list for which the threshold is 7 cM, if you "share genomes" with them, then the 5 cM and 6 cM matches show up in FIA and they then also appear in your RF as distant cousins. I have MANY of these. > You're right that it isn't an issue at FTDNA and Family Finder. > CeCe > > www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > www.studiointv.com > > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:39:40 -0500 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Fundamental autosomal DNA question >> >> I'm having trouble following the distinction between 5cM and 7cM. Don't all of our Family Finder matches include at least one 7cM segment? How is anyone sorting out 5cM matches and not trying to find a match for them? How do we separate out the matches that might be on a 5cM segment? >> >> On the presumption that all my FF matches have at least one 7cM segment, I email every one of them, and remain persistent until I come to a conclusion that our match must be a Common Ancestor that one of us (or both) hasn't documented yet. >> >> I must be missing something fundamental here - what is it? >> >> Jim - Sent from my iPhone -