Using FTDNA,
23&Me and AncestryDNA for autosomal DNA (atDNA) jim4bartletts@verizon.net
Family
Finder: LogIn
from www.familytreedna.com using
Kit# and Password
Select Family
Finder TAB on
top row; scroll down to Pages with 6 links:
Matches: List
match names, date, Relationships, shared cM (all segments),
Longest cM; Surnames
Over
names, see Relations: Close and Immediate –
Change to Show All Matches (or New Since)
Also
see Name: and Ancestral Surnames: which are search boxes; click on
FILTER to find
Under
each name see Icons: Email, Notes, Tree, Other DNA tests, etc;
Click on Tree Icon
GEDCOM
page: change Levels 4 to ALL; hover over name to see DOB/DOD
& Places
Bottom
Right of list; select other pages; also DOWNLOAD
Match/email list to Excel
Chromosome Browser: click
on Tutorial; note total number of matches on Filter Bar
Click
on up to 5 boxes to see segments on graphic
Click
on any person to see them or the shared segments
DOWNLOAD: Click
on Download to
Excel (bottom right) to save in spreadsheet
Clear
Compare List, to select another group of 5.
Download Raw Data: click
to DOWNLOAD files
(upload at www.GEDmatch.com)
Select
My Account TAB on top row; click Personal Profile; at Surnames: Upload Family Tree
23&Me: LogIn
from www.23andme.com using
email and password; See TABS, subTABs on left
Select Relative
Finder – see
your name and Match names; total # in upper right
Info on
each Match: cousinship, % DNA shared; # of segments; Locations,
Surnames, Haplogroups
Select
# per page; Sort relationship: various choices, including most
recent first
Click:
Send an Introduction: 1000 character limit; I replace
their message, with mine
[my
name, email, links to trees, plea to contact me and share info]
click send
Some
are Public Matches: Click Send a Message; paste in your message and
send
Bottom
left: select DOWNLOAD Results for spreadsheet with all info on these RF
pages
Select Inbox – see
list of messages from Matches; Click on name or message
title to see
message string;
In
message, click on name to see member profile (about same
info as on RF page)
Select Ancestry
Labs; then
on Ancestry Finder; wait for graphic. See geographic country chart
Under
chart, click on Download…Ancestry Finder matches; click
open and view/save spreadsheet
Spreadsheet: Col A= Match name (most Anonymous); J=Chr#; K=Start;
L=Stop; N=cM Size
[Sort
on J and K: this arranges segments from 1st on
Chr01 to last on ChrX
Above
chart, click on your name to see spreadsheets for others,
with you in them=> Triangulation
AncestryDNA: LogIn
from Ancestry.com w/user name and password; Click on DNA Tab on
top line
Select
View Your DNA Results – see genetic ethnicity pie
chart and map; read tabs on ethnicity
See
AncestryDNA Member Match; Change Filter by; Relationship
Range or Sort by if
desired
Default
is Close relationships, then more distant groups; 99% to 96% to
lower
See
Picture (some), Ancestry UserName, Cousinship; # people in Tree
(Lock=private)
Blue
dot means not reviewed; you may select gold star; Click on Review
Member
Match page: Ethnicity Comparison; Shared Surnames box; Full Tree
Link
Select
Pedigree and Surname (usually) or Map and Locations; select
Pedigree:
Click
on each surname in Shared Surnames box to compare yours and theirs
If you
use the skeleton Tree, you have to click on each name form more
info.
I
usually then go to their real Ancestry Tree and search the
Pedigree there
If you
& Match enter Common Ancestor the same, then AncestryDNA draws
the chart/glewis
Back at
the Member Match page, click on Send Message, to communicate with
the Match
There is no DOWNLOAD capability
– of names, contact info, or any DNA data (raw data promised in
early 2013; but no promise of segment data)
NOODLE around each site for more
utilities, etc.