I just wish I had such matches to start with. My highest match (apart from my parents) is 29.2 as largest cM and 35.4 for total cM. How I wish to have a closer match but Germans/Italian are rare with DNA testing Andreas (WEST) born BASSO My ancestors: [http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Basso-Family- Tree-23](http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Basso-Family-Tree-23) "Doris Wheeler via" <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > My full sister has a match at Gedmatch (22.5 cM, one segment on chromo 1) > and at FTDNA (55.39 cM total, longest block 18.94) that does not show up at > all on Ancestry. The same match for me at Ancestry is 49 cMs across 3 > segments; at FTDNA it is 77.34 total, longest block 37.02; at Gedmatch it > is 64.2 total, longest block 41.8. > > Really frustrating! > > Doris Muller Wheeler > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:01 PM, LornaMoa via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > It was only added quite recently, weeks/possibly a few months - and is > > now included (the total shared - I can't find the number of segments) in > > the DNAGEDCom.com ancestry download tools available to members > > Be aware that we are mostly finding that it is a consistently lower > > figure than from other companies and Gedmatch. > > So you can't necessarily write off the apparently really small (5/6cM) > > segments. > > > > Lorna Henderson > > http://LornaHen.com > > > > On 30/12/15 05:28, Brooks Family via wrote: > > > On 12/29/15 9:21 AM, genealogy-dna-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > >> Message: 8 > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:02:55 -0500 > > >> From: Wjhonson<wjhonson@aol.com> > > >> Subject: Re: [DNA] Variation in cM match amounts > > >> To:jon@scruffyduck.co.uk,genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com > > >> Message-ID:<151ee7a5c63-3421-d3e4@webprd-m70.mail.aol.com> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > >> > > >> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! > > >> > > >> I never KNEW you could do that! OMG WTH > > > ditto! has this feature always been there, if not, when was it added?? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

The way to start trying to get closer matches is to *offer to pay* your matches for them to recruit their own first cousins. That's what I did. I mean I paid for the tests for five people so far. -----Original Message----- From: Andreas West via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> To: Doris Wheeler <doriswh@gmail.com>; genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Cc: genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Dec 30, 2015 2:48 am Subject: Re: [DNA] Variation in cM match amounts I just wish I had such matches to start with. My highest match (apart from my parents) is 29.2 as largest cM and 35.4 for total cM. How I wish to have a closer match but Germans/Italian are rare with DNA testing Andreas (WEST) born BASSO My ancestors: [http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Basso-Family- Tree-23](http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Basso-Family-Tree-23) "Doris Wheeler via" <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > My full sister has a match at Gedmatch (22.5 cM, one segment on chromo 1) > and at FTDNA (55.39 cM total, longest block 18.94) that does not show up at > all on Ancestry. The same match for me at Ancestry is 49 cMs across 3 > segments; at FTDNA it is 77.34 total, longest block 37.02; at Gedmatch it > is 64.2 total, longest block 41.8. > > Really frustrating! > > Doris Muller Wheeler > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:01 PM, LornaMoa via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > It was only added quite recently, weeks/possibly a few months - and is > > now included (the total shared - I can't find the number of segments) in > > the DNAGEDCom.com ancestry download tools available to members > > Be aware that we are mostly finding that it is a consistently lower > > figure than from other companies and Gedmatch. > > So you can't necessarily write off the apparently really small (5/6cM) > > segments. > > > > Lorna Henderson > > http://LornaHen.com > > > > On 30/12/15 05:28, Brooks Family via wrote: > > > On 12/29/15 9:21 AM, genealogy-dna-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > >> Message: 8 > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:02:55 -0500 > > >> From: Wjhonson<wjhonson@aol.com> > > >> Subject: Re: [DNA] Variation in cM match amounts > > >> To:jon@scruffyduck.co.uk,genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com > > >> Message-ID:<151ee7a5c63-3421-d3e4@webprd-m70.mail.aol.com> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > >> > > >> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! > > >> > > >> I never KNEW you could do that! OMG WTH > > > ditto! has this feature always been there, if not, when was it added?? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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