Emily Thanks. I regret that I will not be at the FTDNA conference this year, due to other family commitments. I hope the blogs cover all the official, and side-line items. However, just using my spreadsheet (sorted on Chr and Start), and a growing list of Common Ancestors, I have been able to assign over 80% of my atDNA. I am now at about 450 segments covering all of both sets of chromosomes. I try to get as close to 7cM on each, but many segments are a little larger (if a 12cM segment were really two 6cM segments further back, I wouldn't get any matches on those more distant ancestors as the segments are below threshold) BTW, if FTDNA thinks a capability to compare the data of two Matches violates a privacy issue, give each of us the option to be compared after we "sign" a consent form. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:21 PM, "Emily Aulicino" <aulicino@hevanet.com> wrote: > Thanks Jim, for clarifying/backing me up! > > The ability to determine if two of a person's matches match each other > (determining HIRs) will be a hot topic at the FTDNA conference this year (on > the side lines, that is.) I will be pushing for it as will others, no > doubt. With the size of our matches list and the pains taking time to ask > and get replies, this needs to be implemented by every company, IMO. > > E >

We'll miss you this weekend, Jim! 23andMe allows us to compare all of our matches to each other (that we are sharing with) and they are much stricter about privacy than FTDNA, so I think it is likely that this feature can be added there. CeCe Moore www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com > From: jim4bartletts@verizon.net > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 13:44:21 -0500 > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] ICW - and small segments > > Emily > > Thanks. I regret that I will not be at the FTDNA conference this year, due to other family commitments. I hope the blogs cover all the official, and side-line items. > > However, just using my spreadsheet (sorted on Chr and Start), and a growing list of Common Ancestors, I have been able to assign over 80% of my atDNA. I am now at about 450 segments covering all of both sets of chromosomes. I try to get as close to 7cM on each, but many segments are a little larger (if a 12cM segment were really two 6cM segments further back, I wouldn't get any matches on those more distant ancestors as the segments are below threshold) > > BTW, if FTDNA thinks a capability to compare the data of two Matches violates a privacy issue, give each of us the option to be compared after we "sign" a consent form. > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:21 PM, "Emily Aulicino" <aulicino@hevanet.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Jim, for clarifying/backing me up! > > > > The ability to determine if two of a person's matches match each other > > (determining HIRs) will be a hot topic at the FTDNA conference this year (on > > the side lines, that is.) I will be pushing for it as will others, no > > doubt. With the size of our matches list and the pains taking time to ask > > and get replies, this needs to be implemented by every company, IMO. > > > > E > > > > > > ______________________________ > 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

Sorry you won't be there Jim, I'm asking all the moderators of the discussions to have someone take notes and send them to me to share with people in our field. I hope this happens, but I cannot control others, although I have been known to try! LOL Yes, an opt-in solution would be fine, IMO. I'll be doing some "fast talking" on all this. E -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Bartlett Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:44 AM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] ICW - and small segments Emily Thanks. I regret that I will not be at the FTDNA conference this year, due to other family commitments. I hope the blogs cover all the official, and side-line items. However, just using my spreadsheet (sorted on Chr and Start), and a growing list of Common Ancestors, I have been able to assign over 80% of my atDNA. I am now at about 450 segments covering all of both sets of chromosomes. I try to get as close to 7cM on each, but many segments are a little larger (if a 12cM segment were really two 6cM segments further back, I wouldn't get any matches on those more distant ancestors as the segments are below threshold) BTW, if FTDNA thinks a capability to compare the data of two Matches violates a privacy issue, give each of us the option to be compared after we "sign" a consent form. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:21 PM, "Emily Aulicino" <aulicino@hevanet.com> wrote: > Thanks Jim, for clarifying/backing me up! > > The ability to determine if two of a person's matches match each other > (determining HIRs) will be a hot topic at the FTDNA conference this > year (on the side lines, that is.) I will be pushing for it as will > others, no doubt. With the size of our matches list and the pains > taking time to ask and get replies, this needs to be implemented by every company, IMO. > > E > ______________________________ 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