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Old 10-09-18, 22:12
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Hmmmm. Hot matches, anyone?

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Oh, how true!

And what I am finding weird is that A may match to B, but not B to A. How does that work?
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Old 13-09-18, 17:39
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Hmmmm. Hot matches, anyone?

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Not matches were a doddle compared with this, OC. I have cleared over 20 pages of weak links. Only another 400plus to go....

Trying to determine whether I'd want to do this for my own tree
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I am wading through pages of matches - some don't even have a family tree, so there is no point in even looking at them.
Don't assume that! I contacted the first match on my list although she didn't have a tree - turned out she was a first cousin of my paternal grandmother, whom my dad had some recollection of although they'd lost contact decades ago. Despite the lack of an online tree, she had clearly done some research, and was also able to share memories of family members whom she had known. If even a few more of my matches yield as much information as that one, the cost of the test will have been more than worth it.
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Old 14-09-18, 07:33
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Do the above comments suggest if you don't have your tree online people won't contact you about potential DNA matches?

My tree of 10,000 people and 35 years work (all done by me or OH and not poached from others) isn't online anywhere and won't be any time soon, but I had considered having a DNA test done. Now I'm wondering if it would be a waste of money.
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Old 14-09-18, 08:26
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450 pages x 50 names = 22500 people. How meaningfully can one person be related to 22500 other people?

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Old 14-09-18, 10:47
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I'm working my way through those 22k matches.
If someone shows with only a moderate chance of being related, has an odd name, has no tree AND doesn't match with anyone else, I wouldn't look at them. And might miss a good contact.

But some people have no trees, but do link with lots of people. Those I would be interested in.
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I've just got my results and I am encouraged to see they have got my father right. Not sure about the ethnicity estimate though. Now to look through the rest of the matches...
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Old 15-09-18, 11:05
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I've just got my results and I am encouraged to see they have got my father right.

I suppose there must be a percentage of people where that doesn't happen.
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Old 16-09-18, 09:02
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I suppose there must be a percentage of people where that doesn't happen.
That was one of the reasons Best Mate was nervous about having it done.
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Phoenix, how can you tell how many pages of contacts there are, please?

I've found that the ones who come up with "hints" confirm various lines of my tree, but I'm not getting anywhere much with trying to sort out the rest of them. So many with no tree or a very small tree, and even where there are several "shared matches" in a group, I haven't managed to figure out the connection yet. Still trying to figure out the best way to work through them.
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