Doug, Contact me offlist. My guess is that something's screwy with their dates. I do have someone in the the project that joined 01/01/0001. Which is impossible.
Cheri On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:28 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cheri, > > Well, that's a surprise about matches for me and not my parents, but sure > makes sense. > > About the "new" matches, here is what I noticed and you can explain it any > way you want. > Starting from about last summer, I always made it a point to check in once > or more each month and every match to me was then assigned a "distant > cousin" connection or closer if I could figure it out. > > Then this week I log in and found maybe 5 or so new connections and most > were dated at least a year ago. They just never appeared as my connections > until now. > > I know it sounds strange, but am willing to bet some others are getting > this, too. They might not be paying attention to it, but it happened > probably to many. Same thing happened for my father's connections. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder matches > From: Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, March 26, 2014 10:36 pm > To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > > Doug, > > That change was made quite a while ago (last summer maybe?) Anyways, at > the time they changed the algorithm, I made a post. Nothing else has > changed. > > Yes, you can match someone your parent doesn't match. If your dad had 2 > small slivers below the threshold but they both get passed onto you and > land adjacent to each other, it now looks like a larger block and it will > be reported in your DNA results. They do have an FAQ on that. > > Cheri Mello > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
