What does GENMATCH use? On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) > > Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is changing the matching formula for Family > Finder. This is the autosomal DNA test that covers all lines of the testee > back about 200 years. > > Currently, one must have 20 cMs total and the longest block must be at > least 7.69 cMs. (One percent of users had a slightly different threshold). > Currently, they are testing to show all your matches below 20 cMs total as > long as the longest block is at least 9 cMs. If the longest block is > greater than 9 cMs, the match will always show regardless of the total. > > For a bit more information, check out the link to Judy Russell's "The > Legal Genealogist" here: http://goo.gl/a7iIDO > > Many of the bloggers in her article reiterate the same thing. Debbie > Kennett's gives a bit more information. > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
