I won't be home until late tonight. No you don't need to transfer again. Will explain more later.
On Wed, May 8, 2019, 1:33 PM Gordon soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Holy Carumba, Cheri…my mind is blitzed. Gonna take me a while to digest > all this. Wish I could go to your workshop but will be away first two weeks > of June. I did look at the Ancestry DNA and noted that there are more > matches than what I have on FTMdna, particularly first and second cousins > How do I get the two in synch? Do I pay $19 to transfer the data? And > will I have to do that every time I get a new match with Ancestry? I don’t > recall having to do that the first time. > Gordon > > > On May 8, 2019, at 12:34 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Gordon, > > That sounds like an AncestyDNA thing. You need a Chromosome Browser and > you need to know the longest block (because of the Azorean endogamy > problem). AncestryDNA does not provide you with a Chromosome Browser. You > and the match both need to transfer to FTDNA and unlock the tools (Chr. > Browser). I see you are a transfer to FTDNA so I can use that as an example. > > I'm looking at your FTDNA matches (AncestryDNA doesn't use Admins so I > can't help you there). I see you have a match of 85 cMs total (cMs - > centiMorgans, a genetic unit of measure). > [image: image.png] > > A total of 85 cMs and the longest block is 19 cMs. > > And you both share only 4 segments. So I'll compare you two in the > Chromosome Browser: > [image: image.png] > [image: image.png] > > It's chromosomes 2, 3, 15, and 19. This adds up to 44 cMs total. The > remaining cMs are fragments, partially due to endogamy, partially due to > time. So the 44 cMs and the longest block of 16 cMs may be more like a 4C1R > or something more distant, such as a 5C, 6C, 7C, or 8C. You may find that > you are 5Cs two ways or something like that. That's why your total is > inflated. > > So my question is, have you worked every single match above this > particular match? Going after a 44 cM (or 85 cM) to start isn't going to be > successful. Unless this NOT a Portuguese match that you are working (that's > for those in the reading audience who have other ethnicities - I've worked > a match that 55 cMs with the longest block of 19 cMs on my mom's Missouri > lines, but there's not an endogamy problem there so it's a different > strategy). On FTDNA you have these matches, all much stronger: > [image: image.png] > > On Ancestry though, they would be listed differently. You need to work > your top matches and then work your way down the list (well, if one of your > upper matches tells you how they match someone further down the list, then > you'd be able to work that match). > > If you are coming to Salt Lake in June, I have 4 DNA classes spread out > over 3 days. Also Kathleen Fernandes and I will be available in the > evenings to have DNA consultations with you: https://t2m.io/YfiGdr8C If > that is not feasible for you this year, many DNA conferences have > livestreams (for a fee). If you are interested in that, let me know and > I'll find out when the next ones are. > > Hope this helps! Cheri > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:47 AM Gordon soares <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What does: Shared DNA: 85 cM across 4 segments mean? 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