Could someone kindly enlighten me on the difference between the numbers used by both sources to identify matches? I get the basic 5 cM and 7+cM difference. But (1) what does 23 & me's "0.18%, 1 segment" mean? And is it important that FTDNA while giving you a total for "shared DNA" doesn't actually tell you over how many segments? Should you assume something anyway? It would be nice to know the answers before dealing with the large lists of matches...

FTDNA's chromosome browser will give you the total segments shared. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Could someone kindly enlighten me on the difference between the > numbers used by both sources to identify matches? I get the basic 5 cM > and 7+cM difference. But (1) what does 23 & me's "0.18%, 1 segment" > mean? And is it important that FTDNA while giving you a total for > "shared DNA" doesn't actually tell you over how many segments? Should > you assume something anyway? It would be nice to know the answers > before dealing with the large lists of matches... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Quoting Greg Matthews <[email protected]>: > FTDNA's chromosome browser will give you the total segments shared. THank you. I'll try this asap. > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Could someone kindly enlighten me on the difference between the >> numbers used by both sources to identify matches? I get the basic 5 cM >> and 7+cM difference. But (1) what does 23 & me's "0.18%, 1 segment" >> mean? And is it important that FTDNA while giving you a total for >> "shared DNA" doesn't actually tell you over how many segments? Should >> you assume something anyway? It would be nice to know the answers >> before dealing with the large lists of matches...