On 16 Mar 2017 Cathy wrote: > As far as I know 23andMe's DNA test is also autosomal. > Autosomal test results are MB not a few numbers.
Cathy is correct, as usual. 23andMe's test and the current test from Ancestry are both autosomal (at-DNA). The raw data from just one of these tests results in a text file of over 15Mb and contains about 600,000 lines of data. Why enter that into Legacy when Legacy has no use for it? Legacy will never use it for anything. The same goes for Y-DNA STR results which are stored in Legacy. Gmail George wrote: > I received 23andMe as a gift and, reading their documentation, it > seems they also provide results (raw data) for Y test. 23andMe's raw data does indeed include Y test data (if a male) and also mitochondrial (mt-DNA) test data. The resulting haplogroups are also provided, but in the "old" or "long" format. Note that 23andMe's Y data are SNP values and these are not compatible with the "old" marker tests that Legacy accepts because those are STR values. As Cathy said, create an Event in Legacy to keep track of who tested and what tests they took. Unfortunately this will not colour-up Legacy's DNA icon. :-( If you want to do something with your raw data then do yourself a favour and upload it into both GEDmatch's and Family Tree DNA's databases to get additional matches from their databases -- this costs nothing! GEDmatch's research tools are also better than those provided by the testing companies -- Ancestry doesn't provide any research tools! I believe Legacy got off on the wrong foot with the DNA features. And then when suggestions were made by me and others to make some changes to it these were ignored. The only data that should be entered for each testee are the haplogroups (with perhaps a typed-in testing company name), and Legacy's DNA section should permit this no matter which testing company -- there are about a dozen! It also needs to be possible to enter other DNA tests taken, even if only for a single SNP. Legacy then needs a feature to copy the haplogroup values up the family tree's biological ancestors -- Y-DNA up the patriline, and mt-DNA up the matriline -- showing who the original testee was. A problem report would be generated if two of these merged and didn't match. Luc has attempted to add some of Legacy's missing DNA features into Legacy Charting but he is limited in what can be done at that point. Hope this all makes sense and doesn't muddy-up the DNA waters even more. Cheers! -- Dave N. > As far as I know 23andMe's DNA test is also autosomal. > Autosomal test results are MB not a few numbers. > Cathy > > Gmail wrote: > > > > > Hi Cathy > > Talking about DNA test, in its book Blaine Bettinger mentioned 3 major > companies and 23andMe is one of them. > > In Legacy´s DNA record, 23anMe is not mentioned among the available tests. > > Have I missed it? > > Georges > > *De :*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] > *De la part de* Cathy Pinner > *Envoyé :* 15 mars 2017 23:52 > *À :* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > > *Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] AncestryDNA results > > Florence, > > You can't enter autosomal DNA tests (like Ancestry) in the same way > you can enter other types of DNA tests. The results are megabytes long. > You can enter an event and attach the results file to that. > You can use events to help you keep track of definite matches. > There are other ideas on how to record/track DNA matches in the > webinars and elsewhere. > > Cathy > > Florence B wrote: > > > Thanks Cathy > Have watched a few webinars but I don't see any that actually show > how > to enter the data into Legacy. There doesn't seem to be any > appropriate matching Available Tests In the dropdown menu in the DNA > Records dialogue box. If there is, which one do I choose and what > data > from my AncestryDNA results do I enter? > FlorenceB > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com > <mailto:genea...@gmail.com%0b > %20%3c%20BR%20&l%20t;mailto:genea...@gmail.com%20%3c%20BR> > < BR &l t;mailto:genea...@gmail.com%20%3c%20BR>> > <mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Florence, > > Have you watched any of the Legacy webinars on DNA? They are a > good place to start. > You might need to get a webinar subscription at least for a month, > but havinb spent money to get a DNA test, the little more for a > webinar subscription is worth it. > http://familytreewebinars.com/dna/ > <http://familytreewebinars.com/dna/> > > Cathy > > Florence B wrote: > > > > How do I make sense of AncestryDNA results and enter the data > into Legacy? > FlorenceB > > < BR> > > -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. HARTRUM/HOTRUM One-Name-Study See the HARTRUM/HOTRUM Family Tree at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hotrum/ --- -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
