Louis Kessler’s Behold Blog     The Behold User Forum

So... you are saying that DMT can't use Ancestry DNA data because it can't be downloaded. But two weeks later you say "At AncestryDNA, you need a 3rd party tool to get your DNA matches downloaded. I used the the DNAGedcom client ...

... a guru. The beauty is that an up to date GMP file really supports my use of DMT, DNA Painter and Visual Phasing. Jim Sipe created the comprehensive User Guide and is really fast on including new updates and/or corrections. There is a really great GMP Facebook user group with many helpful members. I am available to help you whenever you choose, but I am by no means a ...

I uploaded my DNA result from FTDNA to living DNA estimated date 6-August to be ready .

... i.e., the regression effect. When you look at list of matches, each has some DNA in common with you and each has some distance to a MRCA. The goal is to guess the latter based on the former. When correlation between two variables is strong the regression effect is minimal and the guesses should be pretty accurate. But lets ignore the matches with MRCA of, say, 4 ...

While Living DNA does not yet directly provide matching, if you upload your Living DNA results to the Genesis version of GEDmatch you can seek matches.

... that so far I had not understood or used. My maternal half-brother only shows 2 X-dna matches for unknown cousins. I ran the first one (only 8.2 cms atDna and 7.5 cms X-Dna) and I am pleasantly surprised to find that it leads back to my mother's father's mother's father, which although I have a huge ...

Thanks so much for your comments on the FTDNA conference! I wasn't able to attend this year, and so I really appreciate your summaries about the events each day. wish I could have been there to network.