I had not read this thread before I posted my previous email--sorry! I will see if I can figure out how to post my sister's results onFTDNA and Genmatch. I may be back asking for help! Sent from my iPad > On Jun 27, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Sherry Mack via <lovelace@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I'll second all of Lenny's tips. I've done exactly that method for the > three autosomal kits that I've had done, purchased at ancestry and > transferred to FTDNA & gedmatch. I've broke down few brickwalls through > triangulation. I'm much closer on the Loveless line, and on others I'm > missing a few generations between my known ancestor and their progenitor > that I've confirmed from dna triangulation. If nothing else, it gives you > a great lead on where to start chasing the paper trail. > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Lenny Darnell via <lovelace@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> I have used autosomal tests to break through the backside of may brick >> walls. But if you take the test at AncestryDNA and do nothing else with >> it, you won't get much value. >> >> for it to be valuable you have to do chromosome mapping and identify >> specific segments you match others on, and triangulate - same segment from >> three not to closely related cousins goes to a common ancestor. >> >> What I now recommend is to test at AncestryDNA and then port the data for >> free to GedMatch.com. For a bonus, spend another $40 and port the data >> to ftDNA where you can do chromosome mapping/matching against their >> database. >> >> MyHeritage has a new offering to import DNA data which I haven't explored >> yet. I am hoping they they will also offer chromosome mapping and tree >> matching (best of all worlds). >> >> If you do AncestryDNA and nothing else you will get confirmation of your >> tree, and where you don't find matches especially in the 4th-6th cousin >> areas, it may mean your tree is wrong for various reasons. They do >> provide a list of people you may be related to that are not in your tree. >> I have found they are mostly cousins, uncles and aunts and their spouses. >> >> However, one of those hints helped lead me to the right branch of Lovel***s >> to research for my father-in-law Tom Cates. >> >> Here is a set of blog posts with good info about using GEDMatch: >> http://blog.kittycooper.com/tag/gedmatch/ >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Reeves via <lovelace@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >>> i have had zero success with the autosomal test - it proved people i >>> already knew - but in all other cases - it shows relationships many >>> generations closer than they actually could possibly be... perhaps i am >>> unique - in multiple branches of my family there are multiple cross >>> connections creating double and triple and quadruple duplicate >>> relationships for a given pair of individuals - i believe this is causing >>> the dna to "be confused". so i'm sure i'm related to these people, but >> the >>> knkowledge that they exist at this point is not getting either of us past >>> our brick walls to get to each other ... perhaps someday it may help. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Andrew Lovelace via < >>> lovelace@rootsweb.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> General question to the group... what is your thoughts about having the >>>> autosomal test. It appears to help with only the immediate unknown >>> family >>>> members and maybe the first 5, or so, generations, right? My current >>>> test >>>> is Y-DNA67 Thomas Lovelace, Kit 7553. >>>> >>>> Just looking for some overall opinions... >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message