The page at this link indicates that there will be a difference between just participating in DNA Relatives and opting for "Open Sharing" - the former still requiring an invitation in order to compare DNA, the latter showing both overlapping DNA and Ancestry reports, without requiring an individual invitation: https://customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/articles/212170838-Privacy-and-display-settings-in-the-new-DNA-Relatives Hope that helps Regards Barbara Griffiths On 13 November 2015 at 13:57, Karla Huebner via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Andreas, > > I'm going from my overall impression of reading several pages worth of > discussion on a 23andMe forum thread. As I recall, this was where clicking > on the link for more information about the change took me, but I couldn't > say which page of the thread to go to. I read about the first six pages, > but there are over 30 pages. > > Karla > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:44 PM, ahnen@awest.de <ahnen@awest.de> wrote: > > > That would be indeed much different than was mentioned before Karla. Do > > you have a quote where you read that from? > > > > Andreas > > > > > On Nov 13, 2015, at 08:41, Karla Huebner via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thank you, Jamie... sounds as though many of us should just take a break > > > from expecting to do much with 23andMe for awhile. > > > > > > I did a bit of reading myself trying to catch up on 23andMe's forum > > > discussion, and my impression, given the many intelligent questions > > people > > > had (only some of which were answered), is that there could be a lot of > > > complexities unforeseen or unacknowledged by 23andMe. And... the company > > > distinguishes between "invitations" and "introductions" in a manner I > > don't > > > think the average user (myself included) was aware of or will easily keep > > > straight. If I understand correctly, we will still need to invite people > > to > > > share, just that the only people who can be invited will be Public. > > Earlier > > > it had been my understanding that all Public profiles would automatically > > > share with their matches. (Somebody correct me if I'm wrong!) > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Jamie Arnold via < > > > genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> I don't know how many members are with 23andme or how many members will > > be > > >> in > > >> each transition batch but it could take up to a couple of months or more > > >> for the > > >> completion of every member to be transferred to the new site. > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> > > >> Jamie > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Karla Huebner > calypsospots AT gmail.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message