Hello I am waiting for my results from the Family Finder to come back. Can I join the Azores DNA Group on Family Tree DNA or is that for just Y and MT DNA participants only?
Allen On Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:32:54 AM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Here's some screen shots from their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): > http://goo.gl/Rhrvw > > There's the Home page, the Matches page, and the Population Finder page. > > The FAMILY FINDER HOME PAGE that you see in the link above is just a home > page. > > The MATCHES page: > You'll see that the first match on this page is Mark Doe. IF this were a > real person on your page, you could click on his name to get a little bit > more info that he filled out on his profile. Email, location, research > interests, haplogroups (if tested Y or mtDNA), etc. Under his name you see > an envelope which is another way to email Mark Doe. The orange icon says > TiP. That's an acronym for Time Prediction. It's the Time Predictor > Calculator (a real statistical thing) for those who have taken the Y-DNA > test and want gory detail on the Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor > (TMRCA) is. Or sometimes you see MRCA for Most Recent Common Ancestor. > The 3rd button is green with a check. It was a notepad with a pencil but > this one has a note on it. If you matched Mark Doe, you may have put a > note that says "Common ancestors are Manuel Silva and Maria Furtada," or > whatever note you want to make about the person. The blue button under > Mark's name lets you know his Gedcom has been uploaded. THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR > FAMILY FINDER PARTICIPANTS! Click on the button and start exploring Mark's > family tree. After the buttons, you see Y-DNA 111 FMS. Mark has also > tested his Y-DNA up to the 111 marker level. He also took the Full > MitochondrialDNA Sequence (FMS) test. > > The next section has headings. > Match date: The date that your match appeared. > Relationship range: A suggested range that the geneticists thinks your > DNA falls into. > Suggested relationship: What they really think the relationship is. > Shared cM: Total shared centoMorgans. A centoMorgan is a unit of > measure, like an inch or a centimeter, but something microscopic. The > total helps the geneticists with the relationship range and the suggested > relationship. > Longest block: The longest block you and Mark Doe have in common. This > too helps the geneticists with the range and suggested relationshp. The > screen default is sorted by this field. You can click on the top of any > heading to sort by that heading. If it's backwards, click it again and it > will reverse sorting directions. > Known Relationship: Once you figure out this is your 1st cousin, aunt, > wwhatever, click the button and chose the relationship. The other person > has to accept the relationship too. > > Known Genealogy: Ancestral Surnames: > Here's the CRUCIAL PART. You can upload your Gedcom and FTDNA will > compare your surnames to your matches and the bolded ones on top will be > your common names (not shown here). Or you can go crazy typing them all in > by hand. A lot of people do neither. As soon as someone orders a DNA kit > through the Azores project, the welcome letter goes out that suggests you > get your Gedcom in order. The Gedcom can be uploaded before your results > come in. I recommend this. That way, when your results do come in, your > common surnames will be bolded and on top (unlike the screen shot shown in > the URL above). > > Now, if your match is Judy Thompson, and Judy has NOT uploaded her Gedcom, > you may just skip over her looking for some other Portuguese name. > Thompson isn't Portuguese, but her maiden name is. You would not know that > by looking at the name Judy Thompson. Unless you remember her posting > here. It's pretty time consuming (and I'm pretty behind), but I try to > email people and tell them who their Portuguese matches are. You can tell > instantly if you upload your Gedcom. And Judy has uploaded her Gedcom > (although there seems to be a glitch on the FTDNA side - I reported it) so > when her results come in, you'll see which surnames you match her on (sorry > for using you as an example, Judy)! > > FAMILY FINDER - POPULATION FINDER page: > This is the 3rd screen shot in the URL provided above. It shows you your > ethnic percentages and a map where the poppulation geneticists think you > came from. This is in beta. Only 4 western European populations have been > tested: French, Basque, Spain, and Sicily (I think). At the genealogy > Jamboree a couple of weeks ago, Bennett Greenspan, founder and CEO of FTDNA > said the Population Finder is undergoing revision. I think I'll learn more > at the DNA conference in November. > > FAMILY FINDER - CHROMOSOME BROWSER (not shown, but attached as a file). > I've attached my dad's Chromosome Browser. I chose to display his match > to Shirley Allegre (in orange) and Altino Demelo (in blue). You can see > where my dad and 4th cousin Shirley match (in orange) and where dad and 2nd > cousin Altino match (in blue). So if you want to know EXACTLY where you > match some one, you can see where. I also changed the setting to display > 1+cMs. If I point at one of the segments, it would say my dad matches > Altino from position XXXXXXX to position YYYYYYY for a total of ZZ cMs. > > Cheri Mello > Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) > Azores DNA Project > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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