So with the impending changes at 23andMe, is there consensus on what, if anything, a dedicated genetic genealogist can/should do to prepare? Ideally, all we’re losing with the changeover is, we’ll no longer have any access at all to (in fact, not even any knowledge of) the matches in DNA Relatives we now see as anonymous, right? (Yes, we’re losing CoA, but although it seemed to’ve offered promise, in fact I didn’t find its marginal value was measurable.) 1. Go into each of your primary 23andMe genomes’ DNA Relatives matchlists. Sort by relationship. Then, for each of the top ten folks with whom you’re not already sharing AND who’re anonymous, cancel your outstanding genome-sharing invitation, and then send them a new ‘last chance’ genome-sharing invitation 2. Go to your Countries of Ancestry page. Download the CoA file for, at least, each of the genomes you own … ? Best, Eric OpenPGP <http://keyserver.pgp.com/vkd/DownloadKey.event?keyid=0xE0F58E0F1AF7E6F2> : 0x1AF7E6F2 ● Skype: oneota ● XMPP/OTR: berekum@jabber.ccc.de <mailto:berekum@jabber.ccc.de> ● Silent Circle: +1 312 614-0159

Currently I have right at 1,000 Matches with shared segments at 23andMe, and about 1,800 outstanding invites (and some of them are responding to my "last chance" resend. In about a week probably 1,600 Anon Matches will drop out; and with no effort on my part, my list of Shared Genomes will gradually grow to 2,000. I say yippie! What's not to like. The system will automatically show only those who are willing to share. I like it. Jim - www.segmentology.org > On Nov 5, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Eric S Johnson via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > So with the impending changes at 23andMe, is there consensus on what, if > anything, a dedicated genetic genealogist can/should do to prepare? Ideally, > all we’re losing with the changeover is, we’ll no longer have any access > at all to (in fact, not even any knowledge of) the matches in DNA Relatives > we now see as anonymous, right? (Yes, we’re losing CoA, but although it > seemed to’ve offered promise, in fact I didn’t find its marginal value was > measurable.) > > > > 1. Go into each of your primary 23andMe genomes’ DNA Relatives matchlists. > Sort by relationship. Then, for each of the top ten folks with whom you’re > not already sharing AND who’re anonymous, cancel your outstanding > genome-sharing invitation, and then send them a new ‘last chance’ > genome-sharing invitation > > > > 2. Go to your Countries of Ancestry page. Download the CoA file for, at > least, each of the genomes you own > > > > … ? > > > > Best, > > Eric > >