Hi Sharon and Kirsten, Thanks both for the information. I have a better understanding of it now. It's a little frustrating. None of my surname have shown up in matches. I know there are at least 7 as per the surname search on the FT home page. We do not have a surname project. Three show up in one project that FT lists, but have only 12, 12, and 25 markers. I already know the one with 25 markers and he has no plans to upgrade. But I've been told there are two who have 67 markers and these I have not been able to find. Thanks for the help ! Fred On 7/8/10, Sharon Fontenot <smfgen@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again - > > One of the other factors may be that an individual also checks the levels - > number of markers - at which his haplotype is compared. If he chooses not > to compare at 12 markers or 25, I don't think you'll see him on your match > list except in the 37 and 67 marker matches. > > Sharon > > > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:27 AM, <dnalister@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hi Fred and Sharon, >> >> Sharon is right, and I can tell you about a related quirk. You noted that >> 11/12 matches did now show up on unless a project including them was >> selected. I had the same question you had at one time. With the 11/12 >> matches, I'm not even sure whether they will show up even if both parties >> have selected entire database matching. It may be that a project including >> both has to be selected by the person viewing matches for the match to >> show >> up. I wish that I could find a complete explanation of the criteria that >> are >> used to select matches for display. I think most people don't even notice >> that there is some complexity to the display of matches. Some must be >> missing some important matches as a result. >> >> Kirsten Saxe >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sharon Fontenot" <smfgen@gmail.com> >> To: y-dna-projects@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:12:30 AM >> Subject: Re: [Y-DNA-projects] finding matches at FT >> >> Hi Fred - >> >> There are two sets of selections at play here, your choice and that of the >> men you are matching. The differences you see *depending on which project >> is selected* is because not all of your matches are comparing against the >> entire database as you are. My uncle has a 66/67 out of surname match who >> it appears only compares with the R-M222 Haplogroup Project, his name & >> email only appears in my uncle's matches list if the R-M222 Haplogroup >> Project is the one I have selected. >> >> Sharon >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:53 AM, fred westcott <westcott.fred@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > I am having difficulties learning how to find matches at FT. In >> > Preferences I selected "entire database" yet my matches vary with >> > either one of four projects that I have joined depending on which one >> > is selected. And they do not vary consistently. If the surname >> > project, Adams, is selected I will get 724 exact matches of 12 markers >> > (of 727 possible if another project is selected) only one of which is >> > an Adams, but in the next category , 12 markers GD 1, there are six >> > Adams and no other names. There can be up to 126 names in this >> > category depending on which project is selected. >> > Is there a way of deselecting all short of opting out of all projects ? >> > >> > What am I missing or doing wrong ? >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > Y-DNA-PROJECTS-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 >> Y-DNA-PROJECTS-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 >> Y-DNA-PROJECTS-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 > Y-DNA-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >