There are two people I found on Gedmatch who match me (and each other) on a segment of a chromosome. Both are also on FTDNA but when I use the "show matches in common with" for either of them, the other isn't listed. This makes me wonder how many other common matches I'm missing when using this feature, matches which could potentially help me figure out our common ancestry.
Additionally, I share X-DNA with these two people according to Gedmatch but it doesn't register on FTDNA. I get that many people dismiss a match if there isn't a significant amount of shared DNA but knowing that we share X-DNA, even a small amount, can really help narrow down which branches of our trees we have a shared ancestry from.
I feel like if it weren't for Gedmatch, a FREE service, I'd be missing a lot of information that FTDNA doesn't provide.
Additionally, I share X-DNA with these two people according to Gedmatch but it doesn't register on FTDNA. I get that many people dismiss a match if there isn't a significant amount of shared DNA but knowing that we share X-DNA, even a small amount, can really help narrow down which branches of our trees we have a shared ancestry from.
I feel like if it weren't for Gedmatch, a FREE service, I'd be missing a lot of information that FTDNA doesn't provide.
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