Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-23 Thread Lynn Bernhard via LegacyUserGroup
another DNA profiler. Billy Nyhan  From: Jerry Case Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 8:46 PMTo: legacyusergr...@legacyusers.co m Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test  Kevin - This has been discussed before and, as I remember, the answer is that the autosomal results are too massive to i

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-23 Thread Eliz Hanebury
t;> gave no indication of my English ancestors for which I have documented >>> evidence. Both my maternal and paternal ancestors were English going >>> back to at least to 1750. The DNA profile for England was 0. I intend >>> to cross check results with another DNA profil

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread Roberta Montpetit
I had mine done by Ancestry. When the results came in (and the matches), some of the people looked eerily like members of my family: one of them looks so much like my sister who passed away in 1973 in an automobile accident that my brother came back with "are we sure that Clara is dead"! On

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread johnbernacki1
LOL. There are definitely some absurd family trees out there. John From: CE WOOD Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 11:26 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test And, to top it all off, some dubious genealogies on the internet trace all of us back to Adam and Eve

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread CE WOOD
behalf of johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au <johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 4:12 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Birth, marriage and death records are usually not available from thousands of years ago but I agree that mtDNA a

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread johnbernacki1
of migration etc. John From: Ian Macaulay Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 9:11 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Yes indeed Mongolians in Italy will show as Mongolian. However given two beings and their DNA the comparisons of such will give you

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread Ian Macaulay
that I'm not going to establish the age of this > cluster more closely than within one to two hundred years either way. > > *5. *Digging up the ancestor is all of our dream. > > [SGM, Using Y DNA for medieval genealogy, Dora Smith, 7/30/2017]” > > > > > > > > CE

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread CE WOOD
M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk<mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk>> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 12:29 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test On 21-Jan-18 07:31 PM, Kevin Ferguson wrote: > The resu

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread Carl Cox
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test I agree with Ian, especially on the primacy of FTDNA (Family Tree DNA) which is run by real geneticists. They are capable professionals. Generally speaking, you can trust Y-DNA pretty thoroughly but autosomal DNA requires a lot more research

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 21-Jan-18 07:31 PM, Kevin Ferguson wrote: The results  are rather intriguing and I have no idea how far back the tests would go back to but as far as I can see the test results don't match the research I have (I am back to 1780). I find no North African, Nigerian nor Finnish connection in

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread Jerry Case
I agree with Ian, especially on the primacy of FTDNA (Family Tree DNA) which is run by real geneticists. They are capable professionals. Generally speaking, you can trust Y-DNA pretty thoroughly but autosomal DNA requires a lot more research and education.  As others have stated, ethnicity

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread Leeanne Broyd
oup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test I have not researched MyHeritage DNA testing but maybe it is like Ancestry and only tests autosomal DNA- not mtDNA or Y-DNA. Autosomal DNA mostly helps for the last few generations and virtually fizzles out completely after a

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-22 Thread johnbernacki1
: Ian Macaulay Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 5:07 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Now that is not quite true, My DNA proved conclusively that I am not the viking I believed I was and for that matter not the Scott Either. Turns out that we are Irish

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Ian Macaulay
gacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on > behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 21, 2018 6:30 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test > > The least valid part of a DNA test is the ethnicity

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread CE WOOD
<legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 6:30 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test The least valid part of a DNA test is the ethnicity estimate. Load your results to GedMatch. They h

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Cathy Pinner
users.com> on behalf of Edward Fenn <edwardf...@xtra.co.nz> *Sent:* Sunday, January 21, 2018 3:09 PM *To:* 'Legacy User Group' *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test This little flurry of erroneous DNA results reinforces my view that the current obsession with DNA as a genealog

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread CE WOOD
From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Edward Fenn <edwardf...@xtra.co.nz> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 3:09 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test This little flurry of erroneous

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread steven perkins
acyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On > Behalf Of *Ward Walker > *Sent:* Monday, 22 January 2018 10:19 a.m. > *To:* Legacy User Group > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test > > > > Agree, and you can create events or notes to do

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Edward Fenn
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Ward Walker Sent: Monday, 22 January 2018 10:19 a.m. To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Agree, and you can create events or notes to document specific matches or triangulations that you might find (as you

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Hogrooter .
t;> back to at least to 1750. The DNA profile for England was 0. I intend >> to cross check results with another DNA profiler. >> >> Billy Nyhan >> >> *From:* Jerry Case >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 21, 2018 8:46 PM >> *To:* legacyusergroup@legacyusers

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Art Womer
ncestors were English going > back to at least to 1750. The DNA profile for England was 0. I intend > to cross check results with another DNA profiler. > > Billy Nyhan > > *From:* Jerry Case > *Sent:* Sunday, January 21, 2018 8:46 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@legacyusers.c

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Billy Nyhan
to cross check results with another DNA profiler. Billy Nyhan From: Jerry Case Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 8:46 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Kevin - This has been discussed before and, as I remember, the answer is that the autosomal

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Ward Walker
, January 21, 2018 3:46 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Kevin - This has been discussed before and, as I remember, the answer is that the autosomal results are too massive to include in Legacy. Plus, they would be difficult to interpret in Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Jerry Case
Kevin - This has been discussed before and, as I remember, the answer is that the autosomal results are too massive to include in Legacy. Plus, they would be difficult to interpret in Legacy. Putting the lengthy raw results into Legacy would swell the files unacceptably. Jerry Case On

[LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2018-01-21 Thread Kevin Ferguson
Hello, I have the results from a Myhertiage DNA test. I have one for myself and my wife. How do I go about adding this to my Legacy family tree? The DNA test was an autosumal test but I don't see that listed on the add DNA screen. The results are rather intriguing and I have no idea how far

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-03 Thread Cathy Pinner
*From:* LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> *Sent:* December 3, 2017 12:00 AM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Leo, It seems you need to learn more about DNA and DNA tests. Here's why yo

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-03 Thread Leo MacDonald
times removed. Just not what I had expected. Leo  From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> Sent: December 3, 2017 12:00 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Leo, It seems you need t

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-03 Thread Leo MacDonald
times removed. Just not what I had expected. Leo From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> Sent: December 3, 2017 12:00 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage D

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-03 Thread Leo MacDonald
times removed. Just not what I had expected. Leo From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> Sent: December 3, 2017 12:00 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage D

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-03 Thread Leo MacDonald
times removed. Just not what I had expected. Leo From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> Sent: December 3, 2017 12:00 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage D

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-03 Thread Carrie Pillow
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Hi Kevin, I was expecting to be able to add my DNA results to my Legacy program, I was quite disappointed to learn that what I had expected to receive will not happen, this is the reply

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-02 Thread Cathy Pinner
roup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Kevin Ferguson <kevinf2...@hotmail.com> *Sent:* December 2, 2017 6:42 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Hi there, I ordered a MyHeritage DNA kits for my wife and I and I wanted to know how to input the results into

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-02 Thread Leo MacDonald
y User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Hi there, I ordered a MyHeritage DNA kits for my wife and I and I wanted to know how to input the results into Legacy. I clicked on the DNA symbol in the "Individual Information" screen but didn't see an entry for MyHeritage DNA ser

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-02 Thread Leo MacDonald
y User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test Hi there, I ordered a MyHeritage DNA kits for my wife and I and I wanted to know how to input the results into Legacy. I clicked on the DNA symbol in the "Individual Information" screen but didn't see an entry for MyHeritage DNA ser

[LegacyUG] MyHeritage DNA test

2017-12-02 Thread Kevin Ferguson
Hi there, I ordered a MyHeritage DNA kits for my wife and I and I wanted to know how to input the results into Legacy. I clicked on the DNA symbol in the "Individual Information" screen but didn't see an entry for MyHeritage DNA service. I find this odd as the email I got from Legacy seemed