I agree with Tim. However, not all of us have the luxury of having parents to test, and this, though clunky, can work. Add my name to the list of those clamoring for automated matches from FTDNA... and Ancestry! Doris Wheeler On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 4:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > It is nice to have a new tool, but the method I have been using for the > past 7 years is still working very well for me and is much more efficient > in my opinion. I download all the matching HIR for my parents and me and > then organize the matching HIR data into which HIRs are shared with me and > which ones I don't have. This is a very quick and effective way of creating > triangulated groups (at least for all HIRs over 15 cMs or so). Caution must > be used for this method when evaluating shorter HIRs, particularly HIRs > shorter than 10 cMs, since some of those will be false matches. I still > think that we should all keep encouraging FTDNA to allow us to compare our > matches directly to each other in Family Finder like we can at 23andMe and > at GEDmatch. > Sincerely, > Tim Janzen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andreas West" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 7:43:53 AM > Subject: Re: [DNA] Where is the 3rd side? (Was: New FTDNA Triangulation > tool > > The new tool has some quirks though, especially visible when you have a > larger group of triangulated members. It seems to copy over the > combinations of matching pairs (of DNA cousins) as some of the DNA cousins > have smaller matching segments (than the overall TG). It gets quite > confusing and convulates the spreadsheet a lot. > > BTW, seems the FTDNA page can’t handle the additional traffic anymore. The > site is currently not responding for me (might be better if you’re based in > the US) > > Andreas > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >