I downloaded my DNA today. No problem.. nothing on there that concerns me about it Gordon
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2018, at 8:13 AM, M. Stringer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Cheri, > > I had thought there were privacy concerns re downloading raw data? > > Are there pros/cons re uploading to My Heritage? What about GedMatch? > > Cheers, > > Marsha Stringer > [email protected] > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cheri Mello > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2018 3:24 PM > To: Azores Genealogy; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Transferring your DNA to My Heritage DNA before > December 1 > > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) > > For those who have DNA tested, you will want to download your raw data from > whichever company and transfer it over to My Heritage DNA before December 1st. > > Each testing company has developed different tools and has different > population samples. Transferring to MyHeritage DNA is currently free. Use of > their tools will be grandfathered in. Beginning December 1st, you will have > to pay. No, I don't know the amount. > > Here is what Dick Eastman says about the transfer: https://goo.gl/F5VScW > > Here is Roberta Estes' step-by-step guide to downloading and transferring: > https://goo.gl/9bYpyM > > Roberta went to My Heritage's conference last week and spent a lot of time at > the DNA lectures. Roberta does have a scientific or technical background, so > she completely understands this stuff. She tries very hard to break the > science down for the us to understand in her blog, DNA-Explained.com. She > wrote a long, detailed article on how DNA matching is done at My Heritage. > All companies have their own similar processes. I encourage everyone to read > the article and try to follow along. You don't need to understand the gory > details. The only understanding is that there's a lot of science and stuff > behind the scenes going into these matches and it's not a perfect science. > There's no way to appreciate it until you read (or attend) lectures like > this. So read her latest blog with the understanding that you are following > along and will only digest small portions of it: https://goo.gl/uAnanQ > > And transfer over now, before American Thanksgiving and other things that > will come up and make you forget :) > Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) > -- > 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. > 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. 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.
