Eric Whilst we are talking about the new V5 - may I just mention the mtDNA SNPs. Unfortunately, it would seem V5 is not as good as V4 for mtDNA analysis; and 23andMe are currently only reporting on 14.7% of mtDNA bases (whereas the V4 chip results very usefully reported on 19.7%) And to make things worse, there appears to be around an 8.3% 'no call' level; which knocks the coverage back even further. Overall, 23andMe appear to have missed the opportunity to improve their mtDNA reporting -  and in fact seem to have gone backwards. I hope future analysis of the Autosomal results do not prove to disappoint also. Ian --------------------- > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Eric S Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> GEDmatch has this announcement at the top of my login page: >> >> >> >> “Aug 10 2017 NOTICE to 23andMe Customers: 23andMe is now using the GSA >> chip for their new V5 raw DNA file results. This format is not compatible >> with the regular GEDmatch upload, but can be used with the GEDmatch Genesis >> upload. Use the link in the lower right column of this page.” >> >> >> >> Is our ability to “compare everyone with everyone” on GEDmatch now broken? >> I.e. all new 23andMe kits can’t be compared to any of the tens of thousands >> of existing GEDmatch kits? >> >> >> >> Genesis says “GEDmatch Genesis database will be separate from the main >> GEDmatch database, and comparisons for one will not show entries made in >> the other. Eventually, the 2 databases will be merged, and results will >> include entries from both” … but I wonder how long it’ll take for the >> merge; and it sounds like, for the moment, the schism is real ☹ >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Eric

Hi I was thinking of testing at 23andMe already having AncestryDNA and FTDNA but will give it a miss now. How does LivingDNA compare ? How do these new tests perform in the terms of matches to each other with the same provider or to a similar new type test provider ? Mike Fisher