I can't see any paternal/maternal/both matches on mine. Is it not live yet?
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes) > > At the administrator conference, they had a lecture on the new Family > Finder matching tool. > > This is where some programming has been put into place and based on your > matches, you'll be able to see your paternal matches from your maternal > matches. > > NOTE: On the attached screen shot, a couple of people on this list said > they don't care if I use their names. One person said no. Some are no > maiden names. Those are blocked out too. I've never asked about the > pictures, so I just blocked them out. So if you are wondering, now you know > why. > > On the screen shot of my dad, you can see how he matches his daughter (me) > and since I match on both his paternal and maternal side, I have the purple > "Both" icon. I am also on the tab labeled "Both." You can see cousin Nancy > has a pink maternal icon and she also appears on his maternal tab. Cousins > Marie and Altino have the paternal icon and are on his paternal tab. > Shirley should also have a paternal icon and be on the paternal tab. She's > not. She confused the algorithm since she matches my dad multiple ways on > his paternal side (they are looking into this). > > So how did it do that? It's through the Gedcom upload or trees. A problem > existed where FTDNA suggested that the match was 2-3rd cousin, so people > just picked one with out doing the research. This forces you to put your > match into your tree and then it will tell you if your match is indeed a > 2nd cousin, 2C1R, 3rd cousin, etc. > > Once it finds you've matched someone on your paternal side, it can pull in > other matches to that side. AND since FTDNA now knows that it's really your > 2C1R, it can collect the data to make better relationship predictions in > the future. > > They are also working towards a triangulation tool based on these trees > and linked relationships. > > So those of us who have tested Family Finder need to upload our trees via > the Gedcom. Personally, I'd run ALL lines for about 10 generations. For > those of us without genealogy software, get some and start building a tree > and put something up there. Same goes for people with small trees. ANY tree > is better than NO trees. > > P.S. I sat with the guy who is taking over the trees. He's from Dell. > Don't think he understands genealogy much. I did get him to understand to > drop that middle name field which is creating problems for us. And he heard > that from someone else too. Hopefully, it will go to just "Given Names" and > "Last name" like our genealogy software has. > Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin, volunteer > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > 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. > -- *MaryAnn Santos* Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator Department of Art and Art Professions NYU/Steinhardt 212.998.5702 [email protected] Follow us at *Twitter / @NYUart <https://twitter.com/NYUart>Instagram / @nyuart <http://instagram.com/nyuart>* *Facebook / NYU Art Department <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389>* -- 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.
