Ashkenazi Questions

[hollifer]

So, I'm apparently 0.4% Ashkenazi per 23andme. Nothing shows for FT, Ancestry, or Myheritage. I hear 23andme is most accurate for Ashkenazi as well. Gedmatch Jtest has me 4%. The 0.4% apparently means that I had a 4x or greater great-grandparent that was full Ashkenazi. I'm also matched to a 1st cousin...

[hollifer]

Speaking of this feature. There's a person that I wanted to see who we have in common. He's a 5th-remote cousin. It shows no matches when I use this feature. But a close cousin is showing him as a match when I choose her and use this feature. When I'm in hers and my shared matches, I then click on him,...

[hollifer]

We may have communicated about that project before. I tried finding the alleles on my raw data, but I did a search find and didn't match, or was reading it wrong. I assure you that I'm a natural redhead, came out of the womb with red hair. I'll look into it, though.

My dad's facial hair...

[hollifer]

I just got my results from MyHeritage from uploading raw DNA:

Europe 100.0%
East Europe 74.4%
East European 58.1%
Balkan 16.3%
North and West Europe 25.6%
English 14.9%
Irish, Scottish, and Welsh 10.7%

Well, my known ancestry going...

[hollifer]

See? Told you I was confused. That actually did occur to me after I wrote.

Thanks for clarifying. It makes more sense now. I think it's best to not pay too much attention to X-matches for now at least....

[hollifer]

I'm very confused on how to read X-matches on family finder. I'm female.

I took the lowest level MtDNA test and my haplogroup is T2b. Can it be assumed that it's most likely that any X-matches in family finder with this haplogroup is a relation through my mother's mother mother, etc?...

[hollifer]

Thanks both for your replies which are very useful.

[hollifer]

I've very inept with analyzing Mtdna. I didn't have the full sequence, but the bottom most one 4 years ago. I'm T2b. When I view HVR1/HVR2 matches, there are only 4. Three are in England.

My heritage analysis shows 10% British Isles, but I have no known ancestry there. My ancestry is...

[hollifer]

I've built my tree. Now, where should I upload my GEDcom? Where are the best sites for getting definite matches?

Should I make living relatives private before I create the file or do you usually have the capability to do so after you've uploaded elsewhere?

I'm currently...

[hollifer]

Apparently, I can't delete this thread. I found the answer. Yes, you must purchase their kit.

[hollifer]

I uploaded my raw data to MyHeritage. I got matches, but there is no ethnicity analysis. Do they only provide that if you buy their kit?

[hollifer]

No, it's just my test here or anywhere.

I think I will create one GEDcom for my entire tree, and make private those that are still living. I guess I'll name it as all surnames the tree has.

[hollifer]

Thanks for sharing your story. That's wonderful!

[hollifer]

I currently have five surnames. They all connect to me. There isn't any one lingering unattached to someone....

[hollifer]

yes, NatGeo only provided MtDNA results, but they must have transferred all my DNA (however that works) because FTDNA was able to test my chromosomes fine when I ordered the FF test. All my chromosomes are accounted for when I analyze....