NOTE: After dragging the match over to your tree and saying "Self" you will click the Confirm or OK button. I think it's on the left. I can't see mine, as it's below my task bar. I'd have to make the screen smaller (and thus unreadable) in order to see those dang buttons.
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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