Nice to know I'm not the only one with such positive responsiveness and results using 23andMe Eric. My share/response rate is similar to yours. I've not and wont test at ancestry. I seldom get replies for anything at FTDNA and have few close enough matches to hash out. :( On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Eric S Johnson via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > My little contribution to the "how many matches" counting game: I've sent > spit kits from each of the three PGSs to all of my kids' grandparents and > one sibling each (and in one case, two siblings). When I go through them > all > and count up "everyone who shares more than 30 cM with us, collectively," I > get (aggregated over these 27 exomes) . > > 160 "public" matches on 23andMe (of which >80% have "shared") > > 112 matches on AncestryDNA > > 36 matches on FTDNA. > > I find the chances of "solving" them (identifying a paper-trail > genealogical > relationship) is pretty decent for anything over 60 cM: of the 39 matches > who meet this criterion (out of ~300 mentioned above (some of the matches > are on more than one platform)), 23 are solved (mostly all 4th cousins or > closer). Of the 16 remaining >60cM ones, the main problem is > "non-responsive > + private tree" rather than "we can't figure it out no matter how hard we > try" (of which "adopted match" is a subset). Of the <60cM matches, my solve > rate peters out quickly as of yet. I don't see the solve rate among these > 39 > >60cM "high matches" differing much between the three PGSs. > > > > Best, > > Eric > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Lisa R Franklin RN,BSN Admin, Franklin Y DNA Project http://trackingyourroots.com/FranklinGenetics/ FranklinGenetics@gmail.com http://trackingyourroots.com/DNA (How To presentation (23andme), tips, & helps. *2**3**&**m**e**: **The World's Largest database & coincidentally the ONLY one with all the tools you need for genealogy and DNA!--* http://refer.23andme.com/v2/share/6158544791499756901/4672616e6b6c696e47656e657469637340676d61696c2e636f6d BEST GENETIC GENEALOGY BOOK! http://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Genealogy-Emily-D-Aulicino-ebook/dp/B00HJJWBU2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391174801&sr=8-1&keywords=Genetic+Genealogy

I too have had a decent response rate at 23andMe, but it has been nowhere near what Eric describes. Perhaps he has a better invitation than mine! Or perhaps it is a matter of sharing more than 30 cM. Very few of my family's matches fall into that category, and some who do are unresponsive. Karla On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Franklin Genetics via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Nice to know I'm not the only one with such positive responsiveness and > results using 23andMe Eric. My share/response rate is similar to yours. > I've not and wont test at ancestry. I seldom get replies for anything at > FTDNA and have few close enough matches to hash out. :( > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Eric S Johnson via < > genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > When I go through them > > all > > and count up "everyone who shares more than 30 cM with us, > collectively," I > > get (aggregated over these 27 exomes) . > > > > 160 "public" matches on 23andMe (of which >80% have "shared") > > > >

> I've not and wont test at ancestry. I’ve found AncestryDNA testing rewarding for a particular reason: Ancestry’s ability to automatically compare trees between me and someone with whom I share DNA. Then, even if my “DNA cousin” doesn’t respond, still I can go into my tree and add in the path from our (alleged) common ancestor down to the DNA cousin … and because I did that, Ancestry’s auto-comparison between me and thousands of “DNA cousins” finds another tree with which I share a common ancestor … etc. Of course there’s no guarantee the person who’s in both our trees is the source of our shared DNA. But it’s a way to expand my tree “out” toward people with whom there’s at least a circumstantial connection. With enough of this, patterns become visible—basically, “cross-platform DNA circles” (via triangulation).

Hi All I tend to agree with Eric S Johnson I live in the UK & have been researching my family tree since the late 1980's, all ancestor lines and all descendant lines. But with a lot of common surnames have not been able to find out who the descendants, particularly female descendants married. Late 2014 I started down the DNA path, having FTDNA Y-DNA 67 & mtDNA test. Having found no matches that made any sense AncestryDNA came up with an introductory offer in the UK. I asked on this list if it was worth doing and some people said it was rubbish but some explained it was an atDNA test which I had never heard of and also how you could upload the "raw data" to FTDNA for a small fee and GEDMatch for free. I did all that and they all came up with matches but I have still, half a year later, not found a new march with a common ancestor on Family Finder or GEDMatch. (I have proved some AncestryDNA matches with people prepared to use GEDMatch) The matches I have are all through AncestryDNA, and they track on paper, and are cousins that are descendants of my ancestors who moved to other parts of the UK or left for foreign parts (USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand so far) It has revitalised my family research and I am still adding paper cousins on Ancestry in the hope of even more "shared matches" I check all the links myself and have had to suggest corrections to a number of my "cousins" online Ancestry Trees. But AncestryDNA has found the primary paper connection. Mike Fisher in Droitwich