I have 139 pages of DNA matches (50 matches per page) many of whom I correspond and research with on a regular basis. A few I've been able to fill in their trees for them and make corrections and additions to show them where we connect. A few more have helped me fill in gaps in my tree. Some don't respond and of those some I know where we connect from tree info or shared matches and leave notes about our connection on the match. Of course there are also a bunch I don't know where we match, who do not respond and/or don't have public trees. But on the whole I've been able to put a check mark of PROVEN/VERIFIED on each branch of my tree. Joan Young jyoung6180@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Lori <america4821@myactv.net> To: 'Joan Young' <jyoung6180@aol.com>; 'ROOTS-L' <ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jul 28, 2016 6:49 pm Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] DNA You mention connecting with cousins. I have sent out numerous notes to people who show to be cousins. I have only heard back from one person. Naturally I am disappointed. I can't imagine why someone would go to the trouble to pay for the DNA test and have a public tree and then not respond to a message. Is it possible the these folks just don't know someone has sent them a message? I know people are busy and this is a hobby for a lot of us. But you'd think I'd get more than a 10% response. Lori -----Original Message----- From: roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Young via Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 5:39 PM To: suziejazzaroo@gmail.com; ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] DNA Autosomal test with AncestryDNA is the place to start for a variety of reasons: 1) their database contains more than 2 million others who have tested so they have by far the largest database for finding matches. 2) more people there have trees online attached to their DNA results making it easier for you to connect with your cousins and figure out how you are related.