I agree Emily. I was disappointed when I selected triangulate and saw that it really only led to 'in common with' or 'not in common with'. Not the same as my concept of 'triangulate'. Denise in Oregon -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Emily Aulicino Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 2:25 PM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com; ISOGG@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Triangulation at FTDNA Devil's advocate here ... (what's new!) And I know this was discussed on one of the DNA lists a bit recently, but ... I'm concerned with the FTDNA term Triangulate as their new pop-up window for In Common With and Not in Common With. I think the novice will/could be greatly confused if they are also trying to map their chromosomes (and many are starting to map). They may think that FTDNA is now doing some magic and triangulating the matches for them. OH Yeah, when that does happen! (IF FTDNA can convince me that this will be the window to doing that, I will shut up ... as long as the timeline for it is coming soon.) We can't use the same terms for different situations unless the meaning is the same. If there is any agreement out there, let's hear it and come up with a word better suited for FTDNA's Triangulate...then suggest they change it. It would be MUCH easier to change the word on their site than for all of us to change what is met by triangulating for Y or for atDNA. Opinions? Thanks, Emily -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Boorom Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 12:51 PM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Triangulation on FTDNA The only thing I find, which could be corrected by FTDNA, is that once you triangulate, then select individuals to chromosome browse, the individual you initially selected to triagualte with is NOT included in the chromosome browse & must be added once you get to the chromsome browser. Seems to me they could/should automatically include the triangulated individual to the list to show in the chromosme browser. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary E Hall" < <mailto:just23gen@gmail.com> just23gen@gmail.com> To: < <mailto:autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com> autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Triangulation on FTDNA > It's also easier to select individuals to chromosome browse, once you > triangulate. Before, you'd have to write down the names and find them > in > that long list (which you could make shorter by having established > some > sort of relationship). > > Mary E Hall > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Ann Turner < > <mailto:DNACousins@aol.com> DNACousins@aol.com> wrote: > >> As far as I can tell, the only difference (but a very welcome one) is that >> you no longer need to manually assign a relationship before you can >> pick a >> person for comparison. Previously, people would simply assign a >> "distant >> cousin" relationship in order to look at the ICW feature. And >> previously to >> the previously, the other party had to confirm the relationship. >> >> Ann Turner >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Elizabeth < <mailto:eargs2@windstream.net> eargs2@windstream.net> wrote: >> >> > How does one use the new Triangulation feature that replaced IN >> > Common >> > With? >> > I have read the FTDNA help but found nothing. >> > >> > Thanks to all. >> > >> > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > <http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html> http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to <mailto:AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com> 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> http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to <mailto:AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com> 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