Jim, I don't think I'd want my tree seen by non-matches. My tree will contain some likely persons that I don't "publish"; that is I don't include them on my website or in printed reports. Some of these will be in the gedcom that goes to FTDNA. They'll be there because they might be the common ancestor with a match. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bartlett" <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> To: <va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Autosomal DNA Project for NorthernNeck Families > David > > I'll ask FTDNA if this is possible. > > However you can see the posted Trees of anyone who matches you through > Family Finder from your FTDNA webpage. I don't understand why you'd want > to see the Trees of people you don't match? > > And we should all be adding our NN ancestries to the NN Tree. This would > make the NN Tree a very valuable companion tool to those with Family > Finder tests in the NN DNA Group. And we'd all be working off the same > sheet of music - that's a goal for this group. > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:44 PM, DAVID BROWN <dbrown544@prodigy.net> wrote: > >> Hi Jim, >> >> I'm in! Sorry it took so long as I was away from the computer for a few >> days. My sister will be joining too (she's not a member of this List, >> but I can answer questions for her). >> >> I will also send a listing of my surnames/locations. >> >> I've missed quite a few e-mails in the last couple of days, so my >> apologies if this has already been covered. But, since the Project lists >> the participants by YDNA and mtDNA results, do you think FTDNA would >> allow us to access the posted GEDCOM/family trees/pedigrees. For >> example, I've posted both my surnames and a GEDCOM to the FTDNA site, >> which may be accessed by any of my autosomal matches. However, it could >> be beneficial if each of us within the Northern Neck project could also >> access those GEDCOM/Family Tree/Pedigree files. Hopefully, what I'm >> asking makes sense. It may very well be that FTDNA won't allow this >> anyway. >> >> Thanks again for doing this! >> >> David >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> >> To: "va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com" <va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 4:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Autosomal DNA Project for Northern Neck >> Families >> >> David >> >> We're waiting for you and your sister.... Just kidding;>j >> >> As of this morning we have 9 participants with almost 2,000 matches (not >> all with NN of course). I'm sure we have more in the wings... >> >> Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! >> >> On Oct 11, 2012, at 3:45 PM, DAVID BROWN <dbrown544@prodigy.net> wrote: >> >>> Thanks so much Jim! When the NN Project is available, I will be sure to >>> add both myself and my sister to the list. My sister actually has some >>> matches who show Dameron family ancestry in their family trees whereas >>> my matches do not (at least they don't show obvious Dameron ancestry). >>> This is yet another intriguing aspect of DNA autosomal testing. Of my >>> 260 or so matches through the FTDNA Family Finder (autosomal) testing, I >>> only share about 50% of that number with my sister! I have heard >>> elsewhere that 50% is a good baseline with most siblings! You would >>> think this percentage of shared matches between siblings would be >>> significantly higher. Amazing! As such, my sister's testing has >>> opened up other avenues for me to possibly break down the proverbial >>> brick walls! >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>> David Brown >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VA-NORTHERN-NECK-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 >> VA-NORTHERN-NECK-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 > VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Barbara Actually, as I think about it, it is FTDNA's policy (and mine) to observe the privacy requests of their customers. In fact all three companies provide methods for customers to participate but still maintain some privacy. We will have to be careful to observe these requests. At the same time this is a group project, so we want to share as much as possible. This is one reason why I've asked the participants to provide the information about their Patriarchs for our group list. I also allow the names of the test takers to remain a John/Jane Doe (or even selected people in a Tree) if that's desired. To use these DNA tools it is not essential to know everything - the individual who takes the test is not important, their ancestry is. Even a few close ancestors are not critical - most of the group interest is in the tips of the trees, the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of lines. Our own interest is whether DNA was passed down from Common Ancestors to ourselves and to someone else - thereby proving both lines. Well really proving our own line. The DNA is a tool. We use it to learn more about our genealogies. We can do that and still respect the desires of others. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 22, 2012, at 1:15 AM, "karenhappuch" <karenhappuch@cox.net> wrote: > Jim, > I don't think I'd want my tree seen by non-matches. My tree will > contain some likely persons that I don't "publish"; that is I don't include > them on my website or in printed reports. Some of these will be in the > gedcom that goes to FTDNA. They'll be there because they might be the > common ancestor with a match. > > Barbara > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Bartlett" <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> > To: <va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Autosomal DNA Project for NorthernNeck > Families > > >> David >> >> I'll ask FTDNA if this is possible. >> >> However you can see the posted Trees of anyone who matches you through >> Family Finder from your FTDNA webpage. I don't understand why you'd want >> to see the Trees of people you don't match? >> >> And we should all be adding our NN ancestries to the NN Tree. This would >> make the NN Tree a very valuable companion tool to those with Family >> Finder tests in the NN DNA Group. And we'd all be working off the same >> sheet of music - that's a goal for this group. >> >> Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime!