People Who Match Both Tool | GEDMatch TUTORIAL Genetic Genealogy

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What can you learn when you compare two kits on GEDmatch? Learn what happens when match relatives in multiple way, including how endogamy affects endogamy.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:37 Displaying the results
03:26 My cousin's match list
05:49 Adjusting thresholds
06:29 Threshold of matching segments
07:33 Generation Difference
07:58 Changing the number of generations between matches
08:13 Narrow down your matches
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@rickarmstrong576 3 жыл бұрын

I was working with this feature last night, and accidentally plugged in a wrong kit number and got shared matches between kits that shouldn't be related. I've seen the posts here about husbands and wives showing shared matches. But I have a rather unusual situation with my tree. All 4 of my grandparents are from widely varied geographic locations. Maternal grandmother: largely French ancestry, born in Detroit Michigan. Her husband was largely German who settled in Pennsylvania. They met when both went to NYC to be actors. My paternal side is the result of 2 generations of military service. My grandfather's ancestors came from Ireland. He was born in Albany NY and met his wife when he was stationed in Nebraska. So far I have compared a half dozen different kits, known to be from different lines, and ALL have shared matches.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

The places you said (other than Ireland maybe) are actually quite similar genetically.

@Snicklebeck 3 жыл бұрын

Oh this will be especially helpful. Thank you!

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ianfinlayAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Video, would be nice to understand the generations column and also would be good to explain what endogamy is, in the video

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

Did you see this video? What is the Gen Column on GEDmatch One-to-Many Results? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJ-Yqax_p-C-nZc.html

@nickiboyle9077 3 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you for making the videos! they help a lot. I'm new to gedmatch, how does one find their first and second cousins?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

1st cousin usually share between 600 and 1000 cM. 2nd cousins usually share between 100 and 400 cM.

@educationmostly1847 11 ай бұрын

Not necessarily as far as having to match all of the people your parent matches. There are several people that I dna match whose connection I know and who are through either my maternal line, but she doesn't share either enough dna with them to meet the company threshold OR she doesn't match them at all even though they are still cousins through her maternal line. The first example given would apply to parents as well.

@bobmitchell7469 4 жыл бұрын

I entered 'Steve' and 'Grace' in 'matches both' search. The 'matches both' list appeared. In the next list, 'matches only 'Steve', results included 'Grace'. This seems impossible.

@davidwade4825 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great info. It has been very helpful. I have used this tool to look for common matches between my father and I. I found a number of instances where I have more shared DNA than my father with a cousin known to be on his side of the family. How is this possible?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

You and that cousin could be related in multiple ways. So, part from your father's side and from your mother's side.

@cecilshaw207 4 жыл бұрын

What about unknown cousins, how we check other kits.

@suzannemcclendon 2 жыл бұрын

I have been using this tool to make comparisons between myself, maternal half-siblings, and our mother and something is going on that I don't understand. I hope that you can explain it to me. There is a match that we all 4 have DNA matches to at well over 100cM (our mother over 250cM) and we know his place in our family. However, in the part of the "People who match both, or 1 of 2 kits" that shows one kit and not the other, he shows up as a unique match for my sister and also our mother. How is he a unique match to either of them when he matches all of us at such a high level? The comparison parameters are left at the defaults for all of us. Thank you for any help with this.

@valglofcheskie8516 Ай бұрын

I ran this yesterday. Reviewed it and I do not see the three sections as per the video. I only have who we both match. So I am assuming that because the other match and I are at MRCA 4.6, that we both match all of the people on the list. There are no separate lists for just me or the other match. Am I correct? Thanks so much.

@paulinedickson7780 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Can you please explain what the asterisk means beside some family names. Cheers

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 3 жыл бұрын

The * indicates that the name is an alias.

@MrRowencrow Жыл бұрын

So I did this but used my husbands and my dna . My husband and I are related through marriage only. I was a bit surprised to see we had about 20 or so matches that matched us both. What does that mean ? I did not expect anyone to populate .

@MusicInMotion_67 2 жыл бұрын

That's People who match both! OR 1 of 2 kits. I noticed when I used this under the column that was supposed to be what I thought was shared matches it brought up people that were not on my list, but it was on my matches list. So I'm not so sure this is a good way to find people who match you both as it will add people in there who only match one of you but not the other as well as people who match you both.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

This tool has 3 lists. 1) Matches you both, 2) Matches you but not the other 3) Matches the other, but not you

@paulweaver1618 3 жыл бұрын

I have Gedmatch kits for my dad and another male ancestor that is a Y-DNA match (we share the same 3rd great grandfather). His line moved several states away from mine at least 4 generations ago (mid 1800s) so there should be no cross contamination from newer generations. I ran the test comparing the 2 kits and get 20+ matches. So then, now what? This video doesn't really say how to proceed finding out how these matches tie in. If I look up each match separately, I see that most did not submit their results from Ancestry. Those that did have a different name under Ancestry because I can't find them on the Ancestry site by the DNA matches using their names, so I can't find any family trees. So does it come down to emailing each of these matches individually and seeing if they can point me to a family tree? I guess what I'm saying is, how do you take these matches to the next level to find a common ancestor?

@Ione1916 4 жыл бұрын

If you don't know how you are related to a match, can you "guesstimate" based on the number of cM you share by using the DNAPainter tool?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is always a good place to start.

@joyupton2597 4 жыл бұрын

After doing this analysis of my Mother's and my kits, I found many of my only matches were also related to her. Did I not understand that these should be related paternally to me? My parents are not related. Thanks for any guidance.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

They may be related through different lines, particularly if they are distant.

@alanheadrick7997 5 жыл бұрын

I am working with lots of 4th cousins and probably one 3rd cousin. So I was wondering....if you had a couple 3rd cousins, should those 3rd cousins be able to see each other? The one 3rd cousin does not match to any other 4th cousin. I do see a couple 4th cousins that seem to match 6 to 8 other 4th cousins. I think they must have some connection between them?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 5 жыл бұрын

90% of 3rd cousins share DNA, 45% of 4th cousins share DNA. So it is entirely possible that they share DNA with you but not with each other.

@Palarran 4 жыл бұрын

Should the number "99" go higher or lower when dealing with endogamy, and by how much?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Lower, it depends on the population so you will have to try it and see.

@bjornlarby3706 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for great videos. I have a rather lengthy question: I have used the Comparing 2 kits a lot but had the feeling it always shows common matches when comparing any 2 kits. I made the following experiment: I took 20 random kits from my Tier 1 500 matches with default 7 cM, paired the 20 kits into 10 pairs and ran the tool with the default 10 cM. Of these 10 comparisons all gave matches who matched both kits. The number varied from at least 10 to over 40. I don¨t belong to an endogamous population (although I score 5% Ashkenazi on FamilyFinder), my roots are Scandinavian. Neither is there any indication my parents are related. I think there is a good chance that at least a few of these 10 pairs have one kit from my father´s side and the other from my mother´s. In those cases there should not be any kits who matches both, am I not right? So, what do you think is the explanation? Is this tool simply very unprecise with many false matches and thus not very useful?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. They might match you through your father or mother, but remember they also have a father and mother. So while a match may match you through their father=, they may match a random match through their mother.

@katerinariabova7080 2 жыл бұрын

Is there any way to select these two kits from "one-to-many" list and then proceed to "people matching both" function for them? I often use a cellphone and hate remembering two kit numbers to do these comparisons between different family members, if only for a short time...

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

No, there isn't.

@eamonpollard386 4 жыл бұрын

Hi my parents are from the Caribbean, so which would be the best site to place my DNA to find out about my ancestry? I would also like to find out more about my patrilineal side of the family.

@fuzonacid 4 жыл бұрын

Probably most of them since I have found matches on all the different sites and most don't upload to Gedmatch unfortunately. The Caribbean is not the easiest area to do research due to a lack of records. The luck I had was with ship lists and airline manifests but those are in the 1900's. If they've emigrated to the USA I have a little more luck. I find matches but generally difficult to get back to a common ancestor.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

If you're looking just for ethnicity results, then watch this video for the answer. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q56cgMl41rnWp5s.html If you want to find relatives and learn more that way, you'll want to test with multiple testing companies. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7qfrbWZyeCYkaM.html

@carolrobinson4769 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Andy I'm hoping you can help me with a bit of a puzzle. A friend and I have both had our DNA tested through Ancestry. I have uploaded the kits to GEDmatch which shows no DNA in common when I do a 1:1 analysis. She also shows no DNA in common with any of my known relatives on my paternal side. However when I run a comparison to find who matches both her kit and mine, I get about 20 hits. What does this mean? Are we related, but just don't share enough DNA for it to show up? Help!

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

You have some matches in common, although the segments you each share with the common match are different.

@leandragilmour2806 4 жыл бұрын

What do the numbers in the Generations Difference mean...it was the whole reason I watched the video lol. Ex: 0.0 0.2 etc...

@dorrykelley6210 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted to know the same thing. Based on his examples, I gather that the Generations Differences number suggests which generation the match belongs to in comparison to the kit holder. So those with a 0.x would be in the same generation as the kit number, 1.x would be within one generation, 2.x would be within two generations, etc... So his mother is 0.0, and first cousins were label 2.0 The lower the number, the closer they would be to the kit holder's personal generation.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

These numbers give you a rough idea how far apart by generations you and one DNA match are from a third match. A value zero could mean the match is equally distant from each of the specified kits. A value of 0.5 should tell you that you have a distance of half-sibling or 1x-removed cousin in play; a value of 1, a full-cousin step. Use this value as an indicator as which matches to triangulate first but nothing more.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

I suppose that's why I didn't focus on that value. It wasn't very useful.

@blairallan1 4 жыл бұрын

G'day. Out of interest I put in my Gedmatch kit no and my wifes. Surprisingly there were a number of matches to both kits. I tried with my wife and half brother, and a match also appeared. Any reason why. Cheers mate

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Each match has two parents. You may be related through the mother and your wife may be related through the father.

@kathyl.5311 4 жыл бұрын

How is it possible that a distant cousin and I are DNA matches on GedMatch, but do not show up as matches with two other companies? Does GedMatch have a different cM threshold than some of the other companies?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, each company has their own matching algorithm. Ideally, what you want to do is find multiple people that match each other in the same location.

@RC-qv8dr 2 жыл бұрын

Question: My maternal half brother is my second kit. Do I have an advantage locating my mom's grandfather and other relatives. I am looking for my maternal great grandfather and back.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

Test anyone and everyone you can. They may not necessarily help with this specific tool, but the more known DNA matches you have, the more success you can have when trying to research any of your ancestral lines.

@dgsmith9969 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can answer my question: I was having questions of the accuracy of the one-to-one program on GEDMatch. To test, I matched my kit to my same kit and it came back as "low" confidence on matching in several segments, especially an area on chromosome 6., So, I asked, if you can't match my kit to my kit, how can you accurately match my kit to other people's kit? No answer. I mean,, they called me not a match in these areas and it the same exact kit.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

Can you send me the kit number so I can take a look www.familyhistoryfanatics.com/contact

@biblecents 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings. What does the asterisk next to names mean?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 3 жыл бұрын

You did receive the correct answer. The * indicates that the name is an alias.

@anthonykat1 4 жыл бұрын

My DNA results are on Gedmatch under two different kit numbers and when I do matches for both kits, I get some results that match one kit and not the other. Why is this so.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Because each company tests different SNPs. So in some instances different matches will pop up.

@RC-qv8dr 3 жыл бұрын

How does this work when first kit is sister and second kit is half brother same mother? What should I be looking for to help sort family?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

The 1st match list will be those matches on the mother's side. The other two match lists will be a mix of the fathers with some mothers (but no way to tell from just the two people you have).

@carriebelle2 4 жыл бұрын

Yesterday I discovered my father is not my father. I downloaded my results from 23andme. If an unknown half sibling also downloads on GEDmatch, how do I find them on your site? Basically, if I have no other kit number to compare, does it show me the unknown relatives? Thanks for any help.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Use the One-to-Many tool. This will show all of your matches. Any half sibling will share between 1400 and 2200cM with you.

@lesssithole1316 4 жыл бұрын

So what does it mean if two people who are not related have in common matches?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 3 жыл бұрын

The common match may be related to you through their father and to the other person through their mother.

@o1kric 2 жыл бұрын

This tool was upgraded at the end of August 2021, some aspects are now different & the overall appearance has changed. Where is the tutorial to accompany the upgraded GEDMatch People Who Match Both Tool please? Thank you.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

You're right, there is an upgrade and GEDmatch and I are still working to make an updated video. However, there are still people using the 'older version.' Which is why this video is still available and linked on GEDmatch.

@smoore-gh4rm 4 жыл бұрын

When i ran this report i showed about 40 people that both kits are related to but when I compare both kits to one another, they do not show that they are related? how can we have common dna relatives but not be related?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Because you may not have inherited any of the same DNA, but you still have common ancestors.

@nikilaine_ 3 жыл бұрын

Ok, so if my spouse and I have 45 shared matches when I use this tool, yet we don't appear on each others' match list, are we related?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

No, most likely you match with these matches through different lines.

@debraclemens2834 4 жыл бұрын

So I did me and my wife. I used the default settings. We individually have between 5100 & 5500 matches. Together we have 55 matches (1%), including our son. The, "are your parents related tool", says we are not closely related. What can I learn from these 55 matches? (I'm on my wife's phone, so it shows as Deb (David here). The chart displays on her phone better.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

For most of them, they are distant enough that you and your wife didn't receive any of the same DNA. So you and your wife might be 7th or 8th cousins or some such.

@evelynpalmer241 3 жыл бұрын

One of the statements you made doesn't seem to always be true. You said that if you compare to a cousin on one side of the family all of your matches to that person would be on that side. However I just did that with a cousin with whom I share a 2xggf. One of the matches I recognized on my ggm's line. I did a one to one comparison with each of us and the matches are on completely different segments. Couldn't they share a relationship on a different line?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 3 жыл бұрын

They could, they also could share through multiple lines of descent.

@kathileenwoods3948 4 жыл бұрын

I do not have dna for my mom or dad, but I know who is a close relative on my moms side. If I do a 1 to many with her will that show me which ones I’m related to only on my dads side? Because I do not know who he is?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

You can use the close relative on your mom's side as a proxy for your mom. Remember though, just because they don't match your close relative, does not mean they are not on your mom's side.

@annmorris8689 2 жыл бұрын

How do I get step by step my second Kit number?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

The second kit number would either be found on your list of kits you manage (on the home page of GEDmatch after logging in). Or the kit numbers will be on the one-to-many tool beside the names (or aliases) of the people you match.

@GrandmaChickens 3 жыл бұрын

tried this today & it worked fine when I compared mine with my mother's; got an error when I compared mine with my children ("ERROR: Kit number [kit number was in this space] is invalid"). I know the kit numbers are not invalid, so what's the deal? ETA 1: went back to compare mine & mother's again & now I'm getting the same error for her, too. Played around with it (put mine 1st, then hers) & it seems that no matter what number I put in the first box, it errors telling me it's invalid... ETA 2: still playing with it--noticed that when I copy/paste the kit numbers into the boxes, it adds "%09" to the end of each of them, but they don't show on the line, only when you click in the box does it show the complete set of digits it's using. Deleting the added characters makes it work, but why do I have to go through all of that? Surely, I'm not the only one using copy/paste?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Copy/Paste can sometimes grab an extra space at the beginning or end of a kit number. Make sure there isn't an extra space.

@josephmayer1969 4 жыл бұрын

When using this tool on the old Gedmatch, you could select a number of matches and compare them using chromosome mapping. Is this still possible?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but you need to have the Tier 1 membership to do that now.

@DenaRs 5 жыл бұрын

Seems like you're implying that everyone in the shared match list is related through the same line/ancestor... but I've seen a lot of coincidentally shared matches. So, my match with the main person is through a maternal ancestor and one of the shared matches is a paternal cousin. So, we're each related to each other, but through 3 different unrelated lines.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 5 жыл бұрын

The majority of people in your shared match list are going to be related through the same ancestral line, especially if the two of you match that person on the same segment. That's a good starting point for any researcher until information comes along to prove otherwise. That doesn't mean the exceptions don't matter, just that they are exceptions.

@DenaRs 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, matching on the same segment is pretty concrete. Managing 17 DNA kits I see a lot of exceptions. I had a light bulb moment when I realized that all shared segments between two people might not be from the identified shared ancestor. That changed how I handle and label each segment.

@maureenwilson5743 2 жыл бұрын

I have tested my Dad's English, who is from England, cousin tested and I had a cousin tested on my Mother's side. My Mother's cousin ancestors on her Mother's side is English. I compared my Dad's English cousin against my Mother's 1st cousin. They do have matches in common, so that means my Dad's 1st cousin is related to my Mother's 1st cousin? It is very confusing.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

It's entirely possible that the cousins from your parents are related. Have you run the Are My Parents Related Tool? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptyKhLFetKedd6s.html Could your parents actually be related a few generations back?

@WmAGates 4 жыл бұрын

What am I missing? I've run the 'both' three ways. My cousin and I both match a third distant cousin on CH20 at 8.7cM and 8.1cM. I've lowered both thresholds to 8. Separately we each match him "two-way" with groups of overlapping persons. Should we, separately, show up as a line on those tests - we don't. And running against each other, with lowered thresholds, should he show up - he doesn't. I've searched with CMD/Ctrl-F by kit number. I looked through the questions and did not see any like this. Thanks!

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Any of the match lists tools should just be a starting point. If you have all three kit numbers, do the one-to-one between all of you. If there is a pair that doesn't match, it is possible that one or more of you are related through both parents rather than just one.

@WmAGates 4 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics -

@WmAGates 4 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics - Regarding "The Value of Comparing Two Kits on GEDmatch Genesis" ... provides a list of common auDNA relatives. I was questioning why our lists are not inclusive. One-to-one had already been done and we all match. If my question is not clear I can provide the kit numbers but I'm asking about the subject of the video and the output it provides. Sorry if I was unclear.

@carolk4080 4 жыл бұрын

My genealogy research is complicated, and I am trying to determine if uploading my Ancestry.com DNA results can help. For whatever reason, my paternal grandfather married (?) my grandmother under an assumed name. Together they had 7 children, who never knew that the family surname was simply created out of thin air. On her deathbed, very old and very frail, my grandmother revealed this to me, along with my grandfather’s actual family name. DNA has pointed us to that name on Ancestry, but communication with our matches has yielded no information. Would GEDmatch be helpful?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe. It will have kits from Ancestry (who you have already tried to contact) but also from the other companies.

@beneficeofstbenedict5031 3 жыл бұрын

Just to say, keep going. I was in the same situation. My maternal grandfather ran away to the army and (unbeknown to us) changed his name. He used the alias all his life and married using the alias. So when I began research I got no where as I didn't even suspect the name was false. Then I found a tree online (before DNA) with my grand mother's family and a brick wall about her husband. The TREE owner turned out to be a first cousin I had never met. She is 20 years or more older than I. We exchanged notes. Crucially she remembered when she was a child hearing my grand mother jokingly say that their surname wasn't really theirs. I'LL SKIP THE DETAIL BUT from there went on to find my grand father's real name and his birth certificate. Lot more research. His father was a SWEDISH seaman who died at sea 3 months before my grandfather was born. All seemed too far fetched for most of my mother's family! Then DNA came along and confirmed my paper research. I had lots of matches from the SWEDISH county where the seaman I had found was born, including a strong match to a descendant of his brother. KEEP GOING! YOU WILL GET THERE.

@arunachalagirl 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thanks for this information. am just starting to match with my Uncle, as my parents have passed. I understand what you are saying, but you did not explain the last row: Generations Difference. How do you use that?? Is 0.1 one generation difference? Is 0.0 same generation? I don't understand. If the 3rd row under each kit is Gen and it says 3.4, for me and 2.7 for my Uncle, does that mean it is 3.4 generations back from myself?? And 2.7 from my Uncle? Then what does the generation difference mean?? Sorry, can't find the answer.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't cover that row as it's not particularly useful. I highlighted what you should focus on. However, the generations difference is a rough estimate what level on a descendant chart you and your match appear. So a "generations difference" of 0 (zero) could mean that both kits share the same total cM with the third kit. In DNA matching, that's not particularly helpful since your shared cM's could be too small to be useful. Since you'll likely have too many matches for you to reasonably investigate them all, focus on those with the strongest match (or cMs).

@arunachalagirl 2 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Thank you for this reply. I feel the last row is important for me so I can se how far back I have to look to possibly find where the connection might be. Doers that sound correct??

@JoVan75 5 жыл бұрын

My half brother and I submitted our 23andMe kit to Gedmatch. 23andMe results show that we have no DNA in common. However GedMatch shows that we have roughly 13 individuals with shared DNA to both of us. I am at a lost right now, on how to process this information.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 5 жыл бұрын

Email me at andy at familyhistoryfanatics dot com and I can take a look at the information.

@queenz68 4 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Along those same lines, My brother, mom, and I (family 1) match another family (family 2) btwn 3 and 4 cM. When I did the Comparing Two Kits on GEDmatch Genesis, family 1 has matches with family 2 with matches btwn 10 cM and 30 cM. Although family 1 doesn't match family 2 with the 10 cM minimum, but both families have a few similar matches, does this mean family 1 and family 2 are related, just very distantly related?

@annemalyon9545 5 жыл бұрын

How do I export the match lists?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 5 жыл бұрын

Video in the making, look for it late September

@annemalyon9545 5 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Thanks!

@dangie5867 4 жыл бұрын

how can you find out which person is related to one or the other side if grandparents were cousins and you're the oldest generation alive

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

That would be a trick. You probably can't. You would need some more distant relatives that aren't related to both sides of the family.

@bluejayakalover 4 жыл бұрын

What if you are adopted how would it work to find family

@gilgamew 4 жыл бұрын

may this video be helpful kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gcmjhKt8sbnOdoU.html

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Start with videos on Leeds chart. kzfaq.info/sun/PLcVx-GSCjcdmJ2ZbhDCBPugPMYveHkwxs We also have a series on DNA Adoption website kzfaq.info/sun/PLcVx-GSCjcdk1GsAs9NfLWKvACcjE3Afg

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Then you can come back to GEDmatch tools.

@S.L.S-407 2 жыл бұрын

Don't both people have to use GED match for this to work ?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

It is a GEDmatch tool, so that would be correct.

@diegolondono 3 жыл бұрын

3:30 Did you realize that on the third list (the matches for just your cousin) you are the first element on the list? This doesn't make any sense to me. The same happens on the second list, your cousin is there even though the list is supposedly based on the matches that you don't share with your cousin.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is a artifact of programming. When it looks at a match list, it automatically excludes the kit being matched. So, kit A doesn't match kit A on the match list. This means that for an unshared match list, kit A doesn't match kit A, but kit A matches kit B.

@darlagreer 3 жыл бұрын

How can I save my report?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

You have to manually copy it and put it in a spreadsheet.

@jayceesullivan328 5 жыл бұрын

In the Generations Difference column what would 1.4 mean, say as opposed to .04?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 5 жыл бұрын

Generations difference is how closely person 1 is to match A minus how close person 2 is to match A. So if it was 0, then you are likely both 2C or 3C or 4C to that match. If it is 1 then you are a 2C and person 2 is a 2C1R or 1C1R to the match.

@Dan-lo7ot 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I have looked at my comparison (only joined two days ago when I found a 3rd/4th cousin. So comparing me and her. Her mom is my 4th Gen on the chart, and a 1 for her, so it’s a generation gap of 3. But some are coming up as 4.1 to me and 4.2 to her meaning a difference of 0.1, does this mean it’s a a relative from the same generation as the one we connect to (same 3rd Great Grandparent I believe) I.e a brother of the two sisters we come off. Or is it closer to her by a generation? Thanks in advance

@roxannelebeau9232 Жыл бұрын

I am trying to find people related to my maternal grandmother. I have my Mom DNA and I have a distant relative that comes up close to my mom. In research I have found that the distant relative is the granddaughter (I Think) of my grandmothers brother. Unfortunately the distant relative does not know anything about her real dad and all this is information in Cuba which I cannot obtain.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

When the related parent is unknown, this is a difficult case. Usually you are going to need to find how her other matches are related to each other to determine the family line this distant relative belongs to.

@quetzalli4354 2 жыл бұрын

I put my husband's and mine and we have at least 6 matches. Does that mean we are distant relatives?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

It's possible. Did you run the Are Your Parents Related tool? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptyKhLFetKedd6s.html

@curtray3923 4 жыл бұрын

I'm getting NO results with me and mom......... me and my 1st cousin........... me and my sister......... etc. only results I got was between my brother an a stranger.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

It's possible that your genetic matches have not transferred their DNA to GEDmatch. Perhaps request that your DNA matches from other platforms transfer their DNA there. You might have to walk them through the process of how.

@theangiea78 4 жыл бұрын

Well, this is great, but I still don't understand. I don't know ANY of my blood family or their dna. SO when I pull up the closest match with this tool, I have no idea what I am looking for . :(

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

We have a video on using DNA for adoptees. That may be useful to you.

@theangiea78 4 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics ok great where?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gcmjhKt8sbnOdoU.html

@theangiea78 4 жыл бұрын

Already found my birth fam, thanks tho

@tammydriver5759 3 жыл бұрын

or 1 of 2 kits! I only have ONE KIT TO MATCH TO!

@politics9118 8 ай бұрын

He kinda says it wrong, everyone your parents are related to you share DNA with also. BUT if say it's a cousin there could people they are related to that you are not seeing as the other parent is no blood related, or are they...

@Samira2013 Жыл бұрын

My husband and I share 11 relatives Lmao

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Some people are more closely related that we realize.

@anitasimaganis5449 4 жыл бұрын

What if you compare 2 different companies but same person I'm a real newbie but it looks like I'm my sister lol

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Your match list will largely be the same (maybe slightly different amounts of shared DNA)

@peterdouglasmurphy9083 10 ай бұрын

Sorry; but your main point does not follow. Just because Joe and I share DNA and Joe and my first cousin share DNA, it does not necessarily mean my first cousin and I are related to Joe in the same way.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 10 ай бұрын

Triangulation, which confirms common ancestors, has DNA that is shared between three people at the same spot. Now, it won't say you're shared in the same way. One could be more closely related to you than the other, but you will have a common ancestor. This tool helps you know that three people have a common ancestor, it's then up to you to use shared cMs for close to how that relationship plays out.

@peterdouglasmurphy9083 10 ай бұрын

Yes, triangulation does; but I was referring to the "People Who Match Both Tool@@FamilyHistoryFanatics

@STICKITINYOUREAR 2 жыл бұрын

This is only helpful if you know who the other person is that you are comparing. Otherwise its useless.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and no. Yes, it helps if you know the person you're comparing to. No, because sometimes you recognize some of the matches of the unknown person that you're comparing yourself to. Genetic genealogy research is like building a puzzle with no picture. You have to keep playing with the pieces to see how they fit.

@joewinfield244 4 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that most of the people who do dna tests don't do any real research, so you find people who are dna cousins and have no clue who their own ancestors are and can't help you connect the proverbial dots.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

We have to respect why people take DNA tests. I discuss that in this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8pdY719tc3Lcqc.html Not everyone is trying to find cousin connections.

@joewinfield244 4 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics that's kind of comical coming from someone calling themselves "family history fanatics" no disrespect to your view point but you and i both know the overwhelming majority of people getting dna tests are being sold on the idea by services like Ancestry dot com with the promise that if you will just get the test done all your family history and secrets will be revealed to you when in fact most don't have any success at all because they don't do any traditional research which is key!

@rickarmstrong576 3 жыл бұрын

@@joewinfield244 There are some who test simply for the ethnicity report. They have no interest in building a family tree. Its more or less a lark for them. I have some matches that I have researched in depth, and they have no interest.

@nubianking7097 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickarmstrong576 Good point

@joewinfield244 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickarmstrong576 that is indeed a good point and i stand corrected