The way around this is triangulation and segment assignment  Then throw in self paid kits for eight of your nearest relatives and it won’t matter if other people answer your emails you can still tell that they are burrows or Thompsons or McCabes  Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Friday, November 23, 2018, Lindsey Britton via GENEALOGY-DNA <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: I like GEDMATCH, but it isn't a substitute for useful matches.  In my experience most matches just aren't useful.  They may masquerade as 2nd to 4th cousins, but they are actually more distant and either don't answer e-mails or don't know anything. I can't believe that my experience in this regard is unusual.   Lindsey ****************************** This is why you need to be using more specific tools like gedmatch _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community