New Matches Coming In

[sjadelson]

New ones for me too, including a 2nd-1R cousin who tested during the "voucher sale", but my father's have not been populated yet.

[duse]

Two of my sons were tested and their results are in, but I am not in it and they are not a match to each other. FTDNA says complete, but are they?

[emyr]

Two of my sons were tested and their results are in, but I am not in it and they are not a match to each other. FTDNA says complete, but are they?

My half sister and our shared grandmother's results are in. My half sister and our grandmother are not matches to each other, although both of them match me. My half sister also does not match my half brother who previously tested, although our grandmother and I both show as matches to him. I'm guessing that the matches are not complete yet, otherwise there is something seriously wrong!

[ashimmin]

My half sister and our shared grandmother's results are in. My half sister and our grandmother are not matches to each other, although both of them match me. My half sister also does not match my half brother who previously tested, although our grandmother and I both show as matches to him. I'm guessing that the matches are not complete yet, otherwise there is something seriously wrong!

It could be, my grandmothers matches were posted, she only has 34 (including myself- thankfully haha), which I thought was a very low number, hoping more loads, but doesn't seem likely given I started out with only 60 matches myself when I took the test.

[PDHOTLEN]

I just now noticed three new ones; all distant cousins. I also noticed with the former batch that one of my old ones disappeared. Apparently you don't have to let yourself be shown at all, if you don't want to.

[duse]

My half sister and our shared grandmother's results are in. My half sister and our grandmother are not matches to each other, although both of them match me. My half sister also does not match my half brother who previously tested, although our grandmother and I both show as matches to him. I'm guessing that the matches are not complete yet, otherwise there is something seriously wrong!

I hope you are right or the hospital has some explaining to do. I can't wait to check tomorrow. Thanks.

[emyr]

I hope you are right or the hospital has some explaining to do. I can't wait to check tomorrow. Thanks.

I might would consider she was switched at birth, but she matches me, just not our grandmother or our brother!

I did call FTDNA, and they said her matches were probably still in the loading process and to call them back in a day or so if there was still an issue. I've uploaded her raw data to gedmatch, so hopefully will see something there soon.

[Lily]

Well it's a relief to know that other people are having the same issue. Results just came back for my sister, and she has only five matches total. I am not anywhere on her match list, nor is our maternal uncle.

I mean, I understand that sometimes kinda-close relatives just don't match because of the vicissitudes of DNA and the computer programs, but a full sister??

I'm guessing this has something to do with batch 469 being so large from the coupon sale?

[MoberlyDrake]

Something is definitely weird! Neither myself nor my double cousin (my mother's brother married my father's sister) show up as matches to my father. My father's matches just came in and he only has 2 so far. His parents were immigrants from southern Italy and Sicily, so I didn't expect many matches, but I was hoping for more than 2! (And yes, my double cousin and I share a lot more DNA than first cousins usually do, so we should match my father!)

As far other new matches today, my double cousin got 1, and my mother and I got one new 3rd cousin with whom we both share a 30 cM segment, and what is more unusual almost the same total cM. The chromosome browser isn't working yet for this new match.

I expected more new matches for my mother, at least, since it's been 2 weeks since we got any new matches and there was a sale.

Carol Anne

[Mlawton]

I just received an email that my FF test was complete and my results posted. I signed in and it does say my test is complete, but nothing loads. everything says "no matches" and I can't download anything. Is there something wrong?

[emyr]

I just got the email from FTDNA stating that the family finder results have been posted for both of my kits. This actually makes me more nervous, as the FTDNA representative that I spoke with on the phone this afternoon said to me several times: "but you haven't even received the email yet, so your matches could still be loading." As I explained to her, my order page states that the test is completed which is why I called. I understand that there could be a delay in loading matches, but my test should not say completed until it actually is completed.

I'm wondering if something went wrong in the process this time. My grandmother received 158 matches and hers look reasonable (she matches myself and my brother and other matches that we have in common). However, she doesn't match my sister and my sister only has 47 matches. My brother and I both have over 200 matches with our family finder kits, so I would expect my sister to have more than 47.

I received three new matches today myself, with one being my sister and one my grandmother. My brother received four new matches, with one being our grandmother. I guess maybe we will know more tomorrow. The FTDNA representative told me to call back in a day or two if my sister didn't get additional matches. It sounds like it is a bigger issue though than just my one kit not loading all of the matches.

I should add that I have been extremely happy with the service provided by FTDNA and in no way mean this post as a criticism. I realize that these results came in much earlier than the estimated delivery date, and I really appreciate their efforts with this. I just really am wondering what's going on.

[Osiris]

I got my FF email as well. So far zero matches. I really hope it just takes awhile to queary a large database.

[Mlawton]

Is this normal? Is there supposed to be a delay from when they send you the email? Or do I just have no matches period? Not even on "Show All". I have alot of Surnames, I just find it hard to believe that nobody in the database would even "maybe" be a match in the far distant past??

I was able to download the raw data and unzip it, but I have no clue what it means. The chromosome browser shows no matches and the icons are all grayed out. Wahh...

[Lily]

Mlawton

No, this isn't normal at all. Normally when the email goes out that the test is done, all of the matches should be loaded.

I understand that glitches happen and this was a big batch, but it's upsetting. It's very disconcerting to see people who you know are close relatives not matching at all, or to load your matches on a new kit and only see two or five or even zero. The email notifications should not have gone out, IMO.

[emyr]

I was able to download the raw data and unzip it, but I have no clue what it means. The chromosome browser shows no matches and the icons are all grayed out. Wahh...

You could upload your raw data to gedmatch if you felt comfortable doing so. I did, but it takes up to 24 hours to see your matches there. In the meantime, though, you can use the other utilities available at gedmatch, like the admixture analyses.