Marsha S, Someone just asked me this same question about uploading more than one kit for the same person. I don't know if it was to the list or to me personally. Anyways, here's my answer:
<<I'm not sure [about uploading more than one kit for the same person]. You'd have to contact them. https://www.myheritage.com/contact-myheritage But why would you do that? Let's say I match you. So I log in and I see Your DNA Kit 1, Your DNA Kit 2, and Your DNA Kit 3. From a match perspective, I want to see different matches, not to the same one. I know Roberta Estes, who has the DNA Explained blog has uploaded her DNA from the different companies to different sites, as she's blogged about it. But she explains how many matches she's getting out of this company vs. that company. Out of the 3, AncestryDNA, 23 and Me, and FTDNA, it will be FTDNA that has the most family markers/SNPs. AncestryDNA and 23 and Me have replaced almost half their family markers with health markers. So if you are fishing for cousins, including distant ones, upload the FTDNA build 37 concatenated. You will get more distant matches. But if you want to do it to see what happens, I guess your best bet would be to contact My Heritage. I've just never understood why people upload multiple kits ;) Good luck! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:48 AM M. Stringer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I got the same/similar message at first re FTDNA (not sure which > mistake); tried again and it worked. > > > > Is it possible to upload a 2nd test? Wondering if there would be > different results via the Ancestry test? > > > > Marsha Stringer > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Cheri > Mello > *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:45 PM > *To:* Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Transferring your DNA to My > HeritageDNAbefore December 1 > > > > Sam, I really don't know if you can upload it again. > > > > https://www.myheritage.com/contact-myheritage > > > > There's phone numbers and other ways to contact them. I hope it works!! > Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:41 AM 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Rick; Since I got that message when I uploaded my sister’s raw data, do > you know if I can uploaded it again? Will a second upload over-ride the > first? I’m thinking you could be right and I may have clicked on the wrong > download when I did it the first time. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sam (Mazatlán, MX) > > > > *From: *Richard Francis Pimentel <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:28 AM > *To: *[email protected] > *Subject: *RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Transferring your DNA to My > HeritageDNAbefore December 1 > > > > *Sam, I just did mine this morning and had no problems. I first > downloaded my DNA from Family Tree DNA. You want to download Build 37 > Autosomal. If you did not use this one then that could be the problem. It > is an easy mistake to make because you can also download Build 36 which > will not work.* > > > > *Rick* > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Epping, NH* > > > > *Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores* > > > > > > > > *From:* 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy [mailto: > [email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2018 11:22 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Transferring your DNA to My > Heritage DNAbefore December 1 > > > > Cheri; Thanks for this reminder. I had tried to do this twice now > without success. It just kept showing that it was uploading but; would > never finish. Thanks to you reminder, I tried again this morning with > success. I’ve uploaded all 3 of the kits I manage to My Heritage. > Interestingly, there were no issues with the two male kits but; when > uploaded my sister’s kit I received a message that said something like, we > are unable to process this type of information at this time. We will > notify you when we are able to. (Something like that anyway). Any ideas on > that? > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Sam (Mazatlán, MX) > > > > *From: *Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:14 PM > *To: *Azores Genealogy <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject: *[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Transferring your DNA to My Heritage > DNAbefore December 1 > > > > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) > > > > Just a reminder...You only have a couple of days left before My Heritage > starts charging on Dec. 1st. > > Original email below: > > > > 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 > > > > Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:23 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > (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. > > > > > > [image: > https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif] > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. 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