Sorry about that. I got into explaining the screen shot and then didn't tell anyone how to make it work.
Method 1: 1) Upload your Gedcom back about 10 generations. Include everybody for those 10 generations (or whatever you have. Something is better than nothing). 2) After the Gedcom is uploaded, click the DNA MATCHES button in the upper left corner. 3) Search for your match name in your tree (top center search box) 4) Click and drag the person from the Match list to the tree. 5) Pick "Self" You will have to give the system a few minutes to run it through. Most of us don't have our entire tree including all those collateral lines. I suggest you redo your Gedcom. Method 2 is tedious. Method 2: 1) Look at your match's page and find the common ancestor. 2) Manually add the matches lineage to your tree using the FTDNA cumbersome method. (Much easier to make it do the Parental Matching if you do a 1st cousin on each side of your family to start. Method 3: 1) Look at your match's page and find the common ancestor. 2) Add them into your genealogy software or ask them to Gedcom their lineage over to you. 3) Upload a new Gedcom. There are problems though. If you match Wilma Flintstone on your match list, she's most likely Wilma Slaghoople in the genealogy, as that is her maiden name. You'd have to search for Wilma only and wade through all of them. Not a problem if it really was Wilma. Ours are Maria. And that middle name field is creating havoc for us. How many Maria de Jesus' do we have in our trees? Searching for her will pull up way too many. I tried to get the tree guy to understand. I really did. I think he's too new to the company. I'll just have to keep trying. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:44 AM, MaryAnn Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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