New Matches Coming In

[Táltos]

After seeing I had 3 new ones in my chromosome browser, and then seeing them through the advanced matches like Lincoln suggested, I can now see all three of them in my show all matches section of matching. Wow sorry for such a run on sentence!

[Earl Davis]

Nice little batch...

8 for myself
9 for my wife
6 FOR my mother
7 for my father
4 for my wifes father
13 for my wifes mother
7 for my son
10 for Cousin D
11 for Great Aunt

[MoberlyDrake]

Not counting my double cousin, who matched all of us, of course:

Dad - 0
Mom - 7
Me - 3 (2 of them -identical to Mom's)
Double cousin - 0

Not a great batch for us!

Results for the double cousin (sibling of the above who just got hers) - 85

Totals:

Dad - 16
Mom - 193
Me - 121
Double cousin 1 - 85
Double cousin 2 - 86 (23 of those, including family members, in common with her brother)

[lindab]

New Matches

Although I haven't rec'd notice yet from FTDNA of new matches or even close matches.....

Both of my mothers brothers I can now view. Odd though, or not.....

The first brother's kit was rec'd 8/7 in batch 529 and first due last week, then changed to the end of this month. Was worried there was a problem with his kit.

The 2nd brothers kit rec/d a month later on 9/7 and in batch 533 initially due the first part of Nov.

Both brothers kits appeared today. One a few days late, the other a month early.......

[siroli]

My Mum's kit did very well- 31 new matches this week! Disappointingly, however, only 5 have listed the surnames they are researching

[PDHOTLEN]

I see I have 6 new matches on FF. But the total number shown on the Chromosome Browser is up by 7. I finally see how the match list works (somewhat). I didn't notice the advanced function earlier. Access to my FF matches depends on my getting through on my other newer laptop.

[N21163]

Just checked my FF matches - 22 new ones!

Suggested relationship
3rd to 5th cousin = 1
4th cousin = 2
5th to remote = 18
Distant = 1

Good to see a lot more people are testing!

[MoberlyDrake]

Are they really new from a batch just completed though? My mother's no. of matches increased by 12, but 2 of them had dates in 2012 and none had today's date. My cousin got a "new" match dated Feb 2, 2013 that my Dad has had ever since Feb 2, 2013. Here's how the numbers changed:


Dad - from 16 to 18
Mom - from 193 to 205
Me - 121 to 125
Cousin A - 85 to 89
Cousin B - 86 to 92

[PDHOTLEN]

Mine jumped from 277 to 302. There is obviously something wrong with that. My new matches are normally few and far between. When I sorted my list by newest date, many or most of them were old matches, but given a new date. Hmm...

[Lincoln]

I have 6 new matches. Went from 74 to 80. Normally only get 1 or 2 at a time, so this is big for me. The dates seem off, so not sure what to think.

[MoberlyDrake]

I just looked through my own and only 2 names stood out as new. One was the very last match on the very last page, but she has my 8th great-grandparents, Cornelius Anderson and Annetje Opdyke, on her pedigree chart. I get more recognizable matches through that couple than any other of my known ancestors.

The other match is a predicted 4th to remote cousin, who has a long list of Swiss ancestors. I have some Swiss ancestors, but they left Switzerland before 1600 and settled in France. If our connection is that far back, we probably won't find it!

[sjadelson]

Something is definitely munged. I'm Ashkenazi and used to 30-40 new matches per update batch, but this time it's more like 160-250 each. And a random check of "new" names shows a whole bunch of old ones with new match dates.

[prairielad]

According to 2 match lists I saved on Oct 23/13

My mother
Gained 11 5th to Remote
lost 4 5th to Remote
and had 4 matches change in relationship
4th Cousin - Remote Cousin to 3rd Cousin - 5th Cousin
3rd Cousin - 5th Cousin to 4th Cousin - Remote Cousin
5th Cousin - Remote Cousin to 4th Cousin - Remote Cousin
4th Cousin - Remote Cousin to 3rd Cousin - 5th Cousin

My Uncle
Gained 13 5th to Remote
lost 1 5th to Remote
and also had 4 matches change in relationship
3rd Cousin - 5th Cousin to 2nd Cousin - 4th Cousin
3rd Cousin - 5th Cousin to 4th Cousin - Remote Cousin
5th Cousin - Remote Cousin to 4th Cousin - Remote Cousin
5th Cousin - Remote Cousin to 4th Cousin - Remote Cousin

Looks like they may have updated their matching algorithm (implementing build 37 again ??) Never saved the cM totals so I am do not know if they have changed...have to wait and see what is mentioned by FTDNA.

[sjadelson]

Yes, changes to total cM, mostly up, mostly by very small amounts (<1cM) but some jumps in the 5% range or so, e.g. a ~140cM match is now ~147cM. Still not enough to make much of a difference.

I sure wish FTDNA would get in the habit of acknowledging when things are messed up, and provide estimates for a fix. I hope we don't go through a month-long boondoggle like the first Build 37 implementation.

[Táltos]

These are not new matches. There is some kind of bug. My one close and immediate relative shows up on three different pages. All my matches from page 1 also all show on page 6. Just to name a few of the problems with whatever the heck is going on.