I do much as Cathy has described, and I've also recently started adding another step - I share the DNA event with other matches.
First up, I record a DNA event for the person who I've matched with. Then I share that event with myself, and anyone else I recognise in our shared matches (who are also named in the event as shared matches with that person). That way, I can see at a glance who matches with who if I'm looking around my tree later on and forgotten that connection. I've created a role called Match for the person who this person has a DNA match with (usually me at this stage, I don't handle/manage other people's kits yet), and one called Shared Match. It does make for a rather long list of events in my own record, but that doesn't bother me. When I'm sharing data with other people I never share more than first and last name for any living people, so those events are never going to be accidentally shown to anyone else in a report. Hope that gives you some food for thought. :-) BTW, Gedmatch aren't included in the list at Legacy because they don't do their own testing; they 'only' analyse the results of tests from other companies. Wendy On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:51 PM Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gail, > If you've looked at your autosomal DNA results you will realise that you > can't enter them in the same way as you can enter Y or mtDNA tests. The > results are about 5 MB of text not just a few values. > > So enter Events and, if you want, link to the DNA file you download. > > I have a DNA test event that I add to people I discover have tested. I > record who they've tested with there. I also hashtag them with DNA test. I > guess I could have multiple hashtags for the various sites. > > I have a DNA match event where I record notes about the match - number of > cM etc though I'm using DNA Painter now more for that information where it > is sorted in useful groups. > > I also have a series of hashtags so I can see the verified line between me > and the match. I do that like this: With DNA matches I'm using the > Relationship Calculator to find the path back to the MRCA (most recent > common ancestor) for me and the match and then clicking the Options button > on the Relationship Calculator to tag the people on an empty tag #. > Then I go to the Name List. Click Search - Show all tagged # and then > assign a hashtag to them. eg MRCA - CLARK-CRAIG with the full names of the > ancestors in the hashtag description if necessary. This is similar to what > Michele describes here " > http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/how-i-use-hashtags-to-track-my-dna-matches.html > " > I also have another hashtag I attach to people who have done a DNA test. > So a search for those with Hashtag DNA test AND one of my MRCA hashtags > tells me how many people I have to help verify the line. eg to CLARK-CRAIG > I have only one (few of my Clark relations seem to have tested) but for the > generation back CRAIG-HOUSTON, I have 5, not including me. > > When I'm happy a direct ancestor has been confirmed via DNA matches I'm > using the AFN box to record that. There's good help in the WikiTree help on > what is required for DNA verification. > > Cathy > > Gail Vincent wrote: > > > Hello, I have the Deluxe version and want to enter all my DNA > Autosomal matches from Ancestry. When I go into the “Available Tests”, > this is not listed – there are only tests which Ancestry no longer > offer.I don’t want to test just my matrilineal line and have only had > one male tested for a patrilineal line. It was too disappointing to > test any more uncles. > > Thank goodness that my Excel spreadsheets generally meet my needs so > far, but it should also be possible to use Legacy for DNA results, > with the amount of shared dna and to be able to run reports just for > the matches.I notice that the FamilyTree DNA tests include up to the > Y_DNA 111 Marker, so I’m surprised that it is updated but Ancestry is > not.Also, why isn’t GEDMATCH listed as an available "test"?I plan to > start using that more in the next few months so that I can use DNA > Painter etc. > > > Regards, > > Gail Vincent > >
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