John, I couldn't disagree more! I have far more useful matches at FTDNA than on 23andMe and at least as many as on Ancestry. FTDNA's tree phasing feature is outstanding, Their new Triangulator tool is great, and I love having emails. FTDNA's focus on genealogy without greed and the disdain for customers shown by 23andMe and Ancestry is much appreciated. How about the "new chip" adopted by the latter two that has 20% compatibility with early testers? Doris Wheeler On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The only way Family Finder is easier is that all of what are YESes and NOs > on 23's "You have {N} Relatives in common with..." are lumped together; and > you can't tell which are analogous to 23's YESes or 23's NOs without 1 by > one going through the chromosome browser. And even then you can't > corroborate them because of FTDNA's algorithm which gives too much weight > to short segments. > FTDNA's ONLY virtues are > 1) storage for 25 years > 2) ability to have explicit yDNA and mtDNA tests. > Their operating system for the matches is so inadequate I seldom go there. > John L > L Britton wrote > Subject: Re: [DNA] Question about 23 and me test > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Thank you, Ann and Lorna. I'll probably wait to see what Family Tree does > before I make a decision. As I recall, FTDNA's sale usually starts the > Monday before Thanksgiving. Except for Mt-DNA information which might > prove useful, Family Finder comparisons would be easier. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >