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Thanks JBonevich for letting me know that link is gone. I'll remove it from my article. You might still be able to find the document at archive.org. GEDCOM specs are still technically copywritten documents by the LDS Church. Hopefully one day, they'll make all their early GEDCOM specs available to everyone.

Thanks Randy. Setting up a new computer is only a week out of one's life. Couldn't be a better time to do it than while you're self-isolating.

Stefan, GEDCOM 5.5.5 simply cleans up GEDCOM 5.5.1. It makes the rules clearer and eliminates multiple ways of doing things. It does not add anything new. So anything that could not be exported in GEDCOM 5.5.1 still cannot be exported in 5.5.5 and you'll have to use the same or a very slightly modified ...

Keith: No, it's not under "DNA Relatives". Click on the "Family & Friends" menu item and you should see it.

Ahh. Now I see what you're trying to do. You're taking the two pieces of the 15 cM segment, and deciding that if one was only 5 cM, then it wouldn't match anyone because the smaller side wouldn't reach the threshold that the company calls their minimum match.Yes. That's entirely possible and may be the reason ...

Jonathan: I don't understand your logic why a 6 cM limit means that the 15 cM wasn't born in some ancestor, but got longer. It's always a recombination that creates a new segment. Whether it or parts of it are filtered out by the company doesn't seem relevant to me because the filtering is only done in the DNA ...

Yinwang: The general method of imputation is to use samples from a population that best fit known values to fill in missing values. Imputed values will thus not catch many variants, and may result in non-matching segments with close relatives who should match and matching segments with people who shouldn’t ...

Cdxp: Yes, the parent company of Family Tree DNA is Gene by Gene, and their testing facility in Houston does both Family Tree DNA and MyHeritage. Gene by Gene changed recently to a new chip that allows for some custom selection of SNPs. Family Tree DNA and MyHeritage have different custom SNPs, with MyHeritage ...

Jarett, no, I wrote all the code myself. Double Matching is a technique I've never seen used before, so I'm discovering new ways to utilize it as I go.

Hi Jarett. My interest is more in the genealogical aspects of DNA testing I'm currently working hard to finish and release version 3 of DMT. www.doublematchtriangulator.com - I am not a genomics expert, but I'm learning.