It has access to data from the People of the British Isles project. Debbie Kennett from the UK has been covering them in her blog. This is the first post; others can be accessed from the sidebar. https://cruwys.blogspot.com/2016/09/living-dna-new-genetic-ancestry-test.html It was the first company to use a new chip from Illumina, the Global Screening Array. 23andMe v5 is now using the GSA chip. Cross-platform comparisons at GEDmatch are tricky, so GEDmatch will not fully process the files. You can upload data for one-to-one comparisons, however, and/or use the new beta site http://genesis.gedmatch.com. Ann Turner Ann Turner On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Bill Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this just another testing company? > Does it have something special or a point of difference? > It interests me in being not USA based. > Is it more about deep ancestry or helpful in any new ways to help find > related ancestors? > Bill Webster > NSW Australia > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Bill I tested at LivingDNA - my results are 91% from the British Isles in 14 distinct areas. Kind of cool - my ancestry is spread all over the Isles - not just a few places. Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org > On Sep 18, 2017, at 11:59 PM, Bill Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is this just another testing company? > Does it have something special or a point of difference? > It interests me in being not USA based. > Is it more about deep ancestry or helpful in any new ways to help find > related ancestors? > Bill Webster > NSW Australia >

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I just hope that FTDNA will continue to provide the same data files to group admins as they do now. They can add more, but I need the info in SIX of them for the Clan Donald project. They are used automatically by computer programs. Otherwise the job would be impossible to do as well as now ... we'd just have to punt. These are, from the Download Files entry in the right column, Received_Lab_Results...csv, YDNA_Results_Classic...csv, and YDNA_SNP_Report...csv >From the center column, Family_Finder_Results_Illumina...xml and from the left column Member_Information...xml and Paternal Ancestry.html (NOT .xml). I have to parse the xml and html to get all the data .. other formats don't have it all. Doug McDonald -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Britton Doug, Recalculation of the database may not cause as much delay as other factors, some beyond FTDNA's control. A major or complete rethink of the user page(s?) and Project STR displays come to mind. External to FTDNA is ISOGG and treatment of out-of-haplogroup known SNPs. For FTDNA's customers, such are effectively "novel SNPs", inheritable, and so relevant to recent tree structure and dating.

Doug, Recalculation of the database may not cause as much delay as other factors, some beyond FTDNA's control. A major or complete rethink of the user page(s?) and Project STR displays come to mind. External to FTDNA is ISOGG and treatment of out-of-haplogroup known SNPs. For FTDNA's customers, such are effectively "novel SNPs", inheritable, and so relevant to recent tree structure and dating. kb On 9/15/17, McDonald, J Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > Bennett has replied, they are working on it. > > This is NOT an easy problem. > > It likely will require a complete recalculate for the entire database. > That's just my opinion. > > Doug McDonald > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > McDonald, J Douglas > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 9:56 AM > To: Wesley Johnston; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DNA] BigY Analysis Apparent Contradiction (thus probably my > misunderstanding?) > > Because FTDNA is **CLUELESS**!!!! > > I have reported this three times now, last week in the most obnoxious terms. > > If nothing comes back by next Friday I will send an email to Bennett > Greenspan's > PERSONAL email (which I should have stored up). > > You CANNOT understand a BigY using just their data page. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. > **Files done at different times use different criteria!** > > You need at least the BED and VCF files. > > Easiest is to send to YFull, but this costs money. > > I analyze by computer programs of my own divising. I can share these, but > people trying use them seem not to .. they are indeed a bit arcane. BUT ... > they work. > > The results are typified by the charts at Clan Donald, > > https://clandonaldusa.org/index.php/dna-layout/13-dna-project/85-dna-bigy > > The charts themselves are generated by Alex Williamson's code, but the data > file > is generated (mostly) by mine. The R1a one has a few critical markers > (CLFY1, CLD50, CLD56, CLD57, L175) inserted by hand. > > > It would be interesting to hear here how other projects do it. > > Doug McDonald > > -----Original Message----- > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Wesley Johnston > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 10:01 PM > To: DNA Genealogy Mailing List > Subject: [DNA] BigY Analysis Apparent Contradiction (thus probably my > misunderstanding?) > > I am trying to figure out some way to evaluate matches of our family's BigY > testers. > The matching kits tab in FTDNA ranks the matches by Known SNP Difference > (low to high). There is also a column for Shared Novel Variants (sorted high > to low within each Known SNP Difference). > So I have one kit where I go to the Novel Variants tab, and I see that there > are 11 novel variants. Then I go back to the Matching tab, and I see that > there are kits listed under the Shared Novel Variants column that have 146, > 139, 142 shared novel variants. > If my family member has only 11 novel variants under the Novel Variants tab, > how can he share 146 novel variants with someone on the Matching tab? > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Belinda, slightly off topic but related to distant cousins, I saw your name pop up in my email stream, just as i was placing a Belinda and Nicholas Dettman into my GenomeMate Pro database. You match 4 of my kits, on my mothers side?, 16 cMs on Chr4. (Gedmatch T203846) Must be back a fair way. Another name from my Gedmatch list just happened to turn up posting on the FTDNA facebook page yesterday. Such serendipity!! cheers (cousin) Marcus Strudwicke -----Original Message----- From: Belinda Dettmann Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2017 7:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DNA] I don't match my 4th cousin It is very common not to match a fourth cousin as the chances of not matching are more than 50%. You do need more cousins to test and it can be illuminating to get more of your own relatives tested as well. Then compare everyone with everyone else and you will often find a family relationship showing up with a particular group. Also, try dropping the criterion on gedmatch to 5/500 and retesting all the comparisons you can. Belinda -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Smith Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2017 8:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DNA] I don't match my 4th cousin I have a fourth cousin, let's say Dorothy, who doesn't match me or my 4 siblings and first cousin. I don't know how likely this is but I think it could happen. I've looked for gedmatch segments down to 3CM with no matches. Then I tested a second cousin of Dorothy's, Bart, who matched Dorothy appropriately. All eight of us are on Gedmatch. The Dorothy group of two doesn't match any of the 6 in my group. Bummer. However, Bart is a 7 CM match on chromosome 12 with a sister and me on 23andme. 13 CM is the average amount that 4th cousins would share and the range is from zero to quite a bit. I'm not overly surprised that a small match on 23andme disappears when transferred to gedmatch but it complicates my testing. So, how likely is it that the two groups are related or not related? I'm sure the answer is to find more cousins to test. I have no 2nd cousins on this line. I talked to a 3rd cousin on this line that wouldn't take a DNA test:( Any thoughts and recommendations appreciated before I break the news to Bart & Dorothy. Cheers, Jim ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

It is very common not to match a fourth cousin as the chances of not matching are more than 50%. You do need more cousins to test and it can be illuminating to get more of your own relatives tested as well. Then compare everyone with everyone else and you will often find a family relationship showing up with a particular group. Also, try dropping the criterion on gedmatch to 5/500 and retesting all the comparisons you can. Belinda -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Smith Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2017 8:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DNA] I don't match my 4th cousin I have a fourth cousin, let's say Dorothy, who doesn't match me or my 4 siblings and first cousin. I don't know how likely this is but I think it could happen. I've looked for gedmatch segments down to 3CM with no matches. Then I tested a second cousin of Dorothy's, Bart, who matched Dorothy appropriately. All eight of us are on Gedmatch. The Dorothy group of two doesn't match any of the 6 in my group. Bummer. However, Bart is a 7 CM match on chromosome 12 with a sister and me on 23andme. 13 CM is the average amount that 4th cousins would share and the range is from zero to quite a bit. I'm not overly surprised that a small match on 23andme disappears when transferred to gedmatch but it complicates my testing. So, how likely is it that the two groups are related or not related? I'm sure the answer is to find more cousins to test. I have no 2nd cousins on this line. I talked to a 3rd cousin on this line that wouldn't take a DNA test:( Any thoughts and recommendations appreciated before I break the news to Bart & Dorothy. Cheers, Jim ------------------------------- 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

I have a fourth cousin, let's say Dorothy, who doesn't match me or my 4 siblings and first cousin. I don't know how likely this is but I think it could happen. I've looked for gedmatch segments down to 3CM with no matches. Then I tested a second cousin of Dorothy's, Bart, who matched Dorothy appropriately. All eight of us are on Gedmatch. The Dorothy group of two doesn't match any of the 6 in my group. Bummer. However, Bart is a 7 CM match on chromosome 12 with a sister and me on 23andme. 13 CM is the average amount that 4th cousins would share and the range is from zero to quite a bit. I'm not overly surprised that a small match on 23andme disappears when transferred to gedmatch but it complicates my testing. So, how likely is it that the two groups are related or not related? I'm sure the answer is to find more cousins to test. I have no 2nd cousins on this line. I talked to a 3rd cousin on this line that wouldn't take a DNA test:( Any thoughts and recommendations appreciated before I break the news to Bart & Dorothy. Cheers, Jim

Bennett has replied, they are working on it. This is NOT an easy problem. It likely will require a complete recalculate for the entire database. That's just my opinion. Doug McDonald -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McDonald, J Douglas Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 9:56 AM To: Wesley Johnston; [email protected] Subject: Re: [DNA] BigY Analysis Apparent Contradiction (thus probably my misunderstanding?) Because FTDNA is **CLUELESS**!!!! I have reported this three times now, last week in the most obnoxious terms. If nothing comes back by next Friday I will send an email to Bennett Greenspan's PERSONAL email (which I should have stored up). You CANNOT understand a BigY using just their data page. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. **Files done at different times use different criteria!** You need at least the BED and VCF files. Easiest is to send to YFull, but this costs money. I analyze by computer programs of my own divising. I can share these, but people trying use them seem not to .. they are indeed a bit arcane. BUT ... they work. The results are typified by the charts at Clan Donald, https://clandonaldusa.org/index.php/dna-layout/13-dna-project/85-dna-bigy The charts themselves are generated by Alex Williamson's code, but the data file is generated (mostly) by mine. The R1a one has a few critical markers (CLFY1, CLD50, CLD56, CLD57, L175) inserted by hand. It would be interesting to hear here how other projects do it. Doug McDonald -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnston Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 10:01 PM To: DNA Genealogy Mailing List Subject: [DNA] BigY Analysis Apparent Contradiction (thus probably my misunderstanding?) I am trying to figure out some way to evaluate matches of our family's BigY testers. The matching kits tab in FTDNA ranks the matches by Known SNP Difference (low to high). There is also a column for Shared Novel Variants (sorted high to low within each Known SNP Difference). So I have one kit where I go to the Novel Variants tab, and I see that there are 11 novel variants. Then I go back to the Matching tab, and I see that there are kits listed under the Shared Novel Variants column that have 146, 139, 142 shared novel variants. If my family member has only 11 novel variants under the Novel Variants tab, how can he share 146 novel variants with someone on the Matching tab? ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

Because FTDNA is **CLUELESS**!!!! I have reported this three times now, last week in the most obnoxious terms. If nothing comes back by next Friday I will send an email to Bennett Greenspan's PERSONAL email (which I should have stored up). You CANNOT understand a BigY using just their data page. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. **Files done at different times use different criteria!** You need at least the BED and VCF files. Easiest is to send to YFull, but this costs money. I analyze by computer programs of my own divising. I can share these, but people trying use them seem not to .. they are indeed a bit arcane. BUT ... they work. The results are typified by the charts at Clan Donald, https://clandonaldusa.org/index.php/dna-layout/13-dna-project/85-dna-bigy The charts themselves are generated by Alex Williamson's code, but the data file is generated (mostly) by mine. The R1a one has a few critical markers (CLFY1, CLD50, CLD56, CLD57, L175) inserted by hand. It would be interesting to hear here how other projects do it. Doug McDonald -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnston Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 10:01 PM To: DNA Genealogy Mailing List Subject: [DNA] BigY Analysis Apparent Contradiction (thus probably my misunderstanding?) I am trying to figure out some way to evaluate matches of our family's BigY testers. The matching kits tab in FTDNA ranks the matches by Known SNP Difference (low to high). There is also a column for Shared Novel Variants (sorted high to low within each Known SNP Difference). So I have one kit where I go to the Novel Variants tab, and I see that there are 11 novel variants. Then I go back to the Matching tab, and I see that there are kits listed under the Shared Novel Variants column that have 146, 139, 142 shared novel variants. If my family member has only 11 novel variants under the Novel Variants tab, how can he share 146 novel variants with someone on the Matching tab? ------------------------------- 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

I am trying to figure out some way to evaluate matches of our family's BigY testers. The matching kits tab in FTDNA ranks the matches by Known SNP Difference (low to high). There is also a column for Shared Novel Variants (sorted high to low within each Known SNP Difference). So I have one kit where I go to the Novel Variants tab, and I see that there are 11 novel variants. Then I go back to the Matching tab, and I see that there are kits listed under the Shared Novel Variants column that have 146, 139, 142 shared novel variants. If my family member has only 11 novel variants under the Novel Variants tab, how can he share 146 novel variants with someone on the Matching tab?

Ok, I’ve managed to find the DNA comparison tool and the link to the relatives file. Both are still under the old menu of “DNA relatives”. What is confusing for me is the new menu point. Even after waiting 5 minutes it hasn’t loaded my “Relatives and Friends” though I only have 697. Andreas Andreas West Meine Vorfahren / my ancestors (8 generations): http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5 <http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5> Author of https://www.dnagenealogy.tools <http://dnagenealogy.tools/> > On Sep5, 2017, at 00:07, Andreas West <[email protected]> wrote: > > I liked the new experience on 23andMe (TNE) over the TOE (the old experience) but now they have changed it again. What shall I say? I think they attempted to make it clearer but instead I’m overwhelmed, can’t find the things I’m looking for (where is the tool to compare 5 matches - the old FI:A), where is the link to download the relatives.csv file and why god damn didn’t you instead work on your absolute pathetic slow website? It doesn’t even populate the “Relatives and Friends” under “Tools” and then “Share and compare”. It just shows a rotating circle with the word “loading” behind. It’s not my internet connection, I have a 1 Gigabit line, much faster than most companies in the world (advantage of living in the country with the fastest internet connection in the world!). > > Do they actually listen to customer feedback? Who in the world signed this redesign off? C’mon, you’re a Unicorn company loaded with truckloads of money and you can’t even design a proper user experience? > > > Really? Very disappointed, hopefully one of you has figured out where they hide important features now. > > Andreas > > Andreas West > Meine Vorfahren / my ancestors (8 generations): http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5 <http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5> > Author of https://www.dnagenealogy.tools <http://dnagenealogy.tools/> > > ------------------------------- > 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

I liked the new experience on 23andMe (TNE) over the TOE (the old experience) but now they have changed it again. What shall I say? I think they attempted to make it clearer but instead I’m overwhelmed, can’t find the things I’m looking for (where is the tool to compare 5 matches - the old FI:A), where is the link to download the relatives.csv file and why god damn didn’t you instead work on your absolute pathetic slow website? It doesn’t even populate the “Relatives and Friends” under “Tools” and then “Share and compare”. It just shows a rotating circle with the word “loading” behind. It’s not my internet connection, I have a 1 Gigabit line, much faster than most companies in the world (advantage of living in the country with the fastest internet connection in the world!). Do they actually listen to customer feedback? Who in the world signed this redesign off? C’mon, you’re a Unicorn company loaded with truckloads of money and you can’t even design a proper user experience? Really? Very disappointed, hopefully one of you has figured out where they hide important features now. Andreas Andreas West Meine Vorfahren / my ancestors (8 generations): http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5 <http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5> Author of https://www.dnagenealogy.tools <http://dnagenealogy.tools/>

Linda The DNA adoption list on yahoo has lots of very experienced folk who can help. if you do not get a response, send it to me next week ... Currently too busy Kitty On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 8:34 AM Gregory Morley <[email protected]> wrote: > Linda, did you test the male in question? If yes, compare the > X-chromosomes of both women to the male’s X. Since fathers pass their X to > their daughter(s), you should see 196.1cM match between the father and his > daughter. The granddaughter will have much less if the path between is her > mother. If the path between is the younger woman’s father, then there is > likely zero X-matching because the grandfather’s X-chromosome is not > inherited by his son. > > Regards, > > Gregory Morley > > > > On Sep 4, 2017, at 9:58 AM, Linda Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have done the genealogy and the Tier One tools for two adopted women > > whose autosomal DNA indicates are first cousins, once removed. Can I > please > > send the analysis to one of you pros to confirm that the father of the > > older woman is the grandfather of the younger woman? I want to rule out > the > > grandfather's brother. I am a beginner with DNA, and feel a heavy > > responsibility for accuracy here. > > > > Please answer privately to [email protected] > > > > Thank you very much! > > Linda Wolfe Kelley > > Portland, OR, USA > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Kitty Munson Cooper, San Diego,CA genetic genealogy blog at http://blog.kittycooper.com/

Linda, did you test the male in question? If yes, compare the X-chromosomes of both women to the male’s X. Since fathers pass their X to their daughter(s), you should see 196.1cM match between the father and his daughter. The granddaughter will have much less if the path between is her mother. If the path between is the younger woman’s father, then there is likely zero X-matching because the grandfather’s X-chromosome is not inherited by his son. Regards, Gregory Morley > On Sep 4, 2017, at 9:58 AM, Linda Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have done the genealogy and the Tier One tools for two adopted women > whose autosomal DNA indicates are first cousins, once removed. Can I please > send the analysis to one of you pros to confirm that the father of the > older woman is the grandfather of the younger woman? I want to rule out the > grandfather's brother. I am a beginner with DNA, and feel a heavy > responsibility for accuracy here. > > Please answer privately to [email protected] > > Thank you very much! > Linda Wolfe Kelley > Portland, OR, USA > > ------------------------------- > 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

I have done the genealogy and the Tier One tools for two adopted women whose autosomal DNA indicates are first cousins, once removed. Can I please send the analysis to one of you pros to confirm that the father of the older woman is the grandfather of the younger woman? I want to rule out the grandfather's brother. I am a beginner with DNA, and feel a heavy responsibility for accuracy here. Please answer privately to [email protected] Thank you very much! Linda Wolfe Kelley Portland, OR, USA

In the next to last sentence, I meant to say, "copy them over to your original spreadsheet" instead of "to the new spreadsheet". I tested my mother at 23andMe also, so the only thing I have to do after copying the info over to the original spreadsheet, is to put which side the match is on. If they're matching more than one segment and it says they're on Mom's side, I have to double-check with the chromosome browser, since about half the time only one of the segments is really on her side. I was doing this about once a week when so many people were being transferred over to "the new experience" and choosing Open Sharing. I didn't want to miss anyone, in case they changed their mind! But it seems to have slowed way down recently... I guess most people have been transferred now. Karen

Dear Jim and others, I have a formula I use in Excel to find duplicates: =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(B2,$I$1:$I$5000,0)),"",B2). This formula is quite flexible and I use it relatively frequently in various situations. Tim Janzen -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Bartlett Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 1:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DNA] Downloading new 23andMe matches Karen, Thanks very much - your hint to copy my 23andMe rows to a new spreadsheet is the key for me - thanks. I've played around with the delete duplicates process but was unwilling to try it on my Master spreadsheet. I'll give your method a try. Thanks again for sharing your skills, Jim Bartlett

All: At Ancestry I have 1104 hints; 1040 Starred matches (I have the connections in the Note); 3671 4th cousins or closer and 1232 pages of matches = 61,550+ matches. No way I can work with other than the 4th cousins and closer unless they have a rare ancestral surname. My first known traceable Colonial ancestor is Thomas Farley, Gent., at Jamestown in 1623 on the ship *Ann*. I have not had great success with asking Ancestry users to transfer either to FTDNA or Gedmatch. Since my parents were related as 5th cousins and my Mother's parents were also related I have not had a lot of success with separating lines. All of my 1st Cousins are related to me on both lines. Only my half-first cousins can give me non-related lines. Recently I found a 4th cousin with 6 lines in common. Steven On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 3:49 PM, LeeAnn Stebbins <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim, > Thank you so much for sharing. I am going to start sending e-mails at > Ancestry. I am having good luck sending e-mails to my matches at Gedmatch > who tested at Ancestry. I am asking them for their username at Ancestry so > I can mark the match with the chromosome information. I almost always get > an answer. But of course they have taken the time to upload to Gedmatch, so > they have an interest in more than the ethnicity. > LeeAnn > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Jim Bartlett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > LeeAnn, > > I work hard at this, but cannot take any credit for 707 SAH, or 1838 4C > or > > closer Matches, or 919pp (45,900+) Matches - that is all the luck of the > > DNA draw. > > > > > > I star only Matches with a Common Ancestor or a GEDmatch upload (which > > also tells me the Triangulated Group they are in) - I have 993 stars (I > can > > take credit for all the work involved in that) > > > > > > Here is my standard AncestryDNA message that is use most of the time: > > > > > > > > Iagree with the AncestryDNA Hint that our Common Ancestor may be [fill in > > surnames] > > > > Itis possible that we have other Common Ancestors, perhaps behind one of > > ourbrick walls. For this reason (and because I am mapping my DNA – > specific > > sharedDNA segments tied to specific ancestors), I hope you will upload > your > > DNA datato www.gedmatch.com. It’s a free site –easy to register – > > complete instructions on their home page. My GEDmatch ID is[edited out > for > > this public post]. You will get many more Matches at GEDmatch, with their > > emails. And GEDmatchhas the best deep ancestry/ethnicity/geographic > > analysis utilities. No medicalor health info. Please let me know your > > GEDmatch kit number if you upload atGEDmatch. If you upload to GEDmatch, > > I’ll do the DNA analysis and report theresults back to you. I’ve already > > helped many of my Matches in this way. > > > > FYI,I’m having success with atDNA and would be happy tohelp you. See my > > How to Succeed list at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ > > topics.dnaresearch.autosomal/301/mb.ashx It has some good links at the > > end. My DNASegment-ology blog is at www.segmentology.org – written for > > genealogists in plain language > > > > Hope to hear from you. Jim Bartlett [email protected] > > > > Hereis a blog post I did on uploading to GEDmatch: > > https://segmentology.org/2017/01/19/uploading-to-gedmatch/ > > > > > > Hope the above helps - I think a key is a promise to help new Matches > work > > through all of this. > > Anyone is free to also use the How to Succeed link (it's public) or any > > link to one of my blog posts. > > > > > > Jim Bartlett > > [email protected] > > -- Steven C. Perkins [email protected] http://stevencperkins.com/ Indigenous Peoples' Rights http://intelligent-internet.info/law/ipr2.html Indigenous & Ethnic Minority Legal News http://iemlnews.blogspot.com/ Online Journal of Genetics and Genealogy http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/ S.C. Perkins' Genealogy Page http://stevencperkins.com/genealogy.html S.C. Perkins' Genealogy Blog http://scpgen.blogspot.com/