I don't think the spouses would be relevant as long as their children related through the original person stay in.
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:03 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wasn't taking out the blood related spouses. They're ancestors. > > If the woman who married great, great uncle Bill's DNA is relevant, then by > all means leave them in. > I'm not interested in DNA but I can't see how they're relevant. If they're > relevant, then the whole connected file is relevant including all that > woman's siblings and ancestors despite the fact they have no blood connection. > > Cathy > > Nancy wrote: >> >> So leave the spouses in? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 9, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Pauline B. Cramer <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> >>> Cathy, >>> Autosomal DNA is not just Y-DNA. Mothers contribute half the DNA to >>> the children. So you would not want to remove the spouses. >>> Pauline >>> >>>> On 3/8/2015 5:31 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Nancy, >>>> >>>> You seem to want a list of all blood relatives - is that right? >>>> If so, set relationships to yourself and then do a search for >>>> Relationship equal to related. >>>> Done. >>>> Tag them, export them to a new file, use the print option in the >>>> Search list to create a csv file, ... >>>> I can't imagine charting them. >>>> >>>> There are other ways with focus groups or tagging descendants but in >>>> the end you still probably want to remove the spouses so you come >>>> back to needing to refine the group by using the Related option. >>>> >>>> Cathy >>>> >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> How would one make this file for comparing autosomal DNA? >>>>> >>>>> Gather all the information on all the children and grandchildren >>>>> for all direct ancestors known. This would be more than just an >>>>> ancestor chart since siblings and their children, etc. must be >>>>> included. >>>>> >>>>> I cou ldn't just go back and make descendent charts for all my >>>>> ancestors because of all the duplication. >>>>> >>>>> There is probably a simple way that I am missing. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Nancy >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
