DNA match confirms Family History

[Deirwha]

fyi




They report values but do not explain their significance. Nor do they upload those values to YSEARCH. Separately some of us obtained "reads" privately before deciding whether to upload our results to GeneBank. I am not knowledgeable enough to confirm...

[Deirwha]

Warnings



Perhaps. I don't know about 23andMe but I recall FT DNA providing what I would consider an adequate "informed consent" at the time of my FGS.

I wonder if the same were required of legislation ... some sort of disclaimer like ... "This...

[Deirwha]

Cycles



These sorts of things wax and wane but never go away. The next time it comes up, make a personal phone call to the district office of each of your elected representatives. It is counted the equivalent of 50 separate letters. Say your own version. It carries more...

[Deirwha]

Gd



The GD on this may be out of whack although the conclusion is not. When we first compared the GD was 2 out of 25 markers. All the GD appears on the last panel on a project transcription rather than a y search upload. The 25 markers are the same as another member of...

[Deirwha]

Ooops



9 markers different out of 37 and matching deep clade....

[Deirwha]

I am U198. Within the past 3 months I found another of the same surname who was 13 gd on 37 markers but had not yet taken the deep clade. That person took his deep clade. Based upon the predictors that this would be the case I followed his family tree in the US, which was relatively easy, to a known...

[Deirwha]

Country of Origin



Huh. Stumped me. I did not ask, come to think of it.

I copied this from their main page: "GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European...

[Deirwha]

Thanks, however



Thanks, tomcat. I had found that out in the 10 weeks since I posted the first message. I posted a follow up message the other day to mention some of what I had learned and how valuable posting to GenBank had turned out to be (in some of the first posts...

[Deirwha]

when you receive your FGS

consider GenBank. It has opened up a whole new word of info for me. On FT DNA (not complaining mind you) I have one public FGS. On GenBank I have 7 in genealogical time frame ... and the good news is that I know of 6 closer matches than are yet on GenBank....

[Deirwha]

Make that three votes

It would be a nice feature.

It would also be nice if more people knew and understood there is a significant value in taking the SNP tests.

[Deirwha]

wondering too



I suspect it is akin to the downside of some of my more favorite TV channels like History and discovery ... only so many reruns and repackages of the same thing. This whole business requires a great deal of patience and the correct answer, that there are...

[Deirwha]

Yes there is a method



No, you cannot find matches by name. It is deliberately designed to foil that. However, yes, you can find that you have matches in genealogical time frame. Rucksack has a prior post on how. Using this method I have established that 6 individuals...

[Deirwha]

Thanks



I may try that....

[Deirwha]

Thanks, John

That would explain 4 of the 6 matches then....

[Deirwha]

FGS numbers

I found it interesting that GenBank shows 6 FGS matches for me within genealogical time frame while FT DNA shows 1. I am aware of a privately held match that may or may not be on GenBank. I know this is set up in a way to maintain privacy and am not looking to disturb that....