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. Some I can tell from their surname where I think they belong, others no idea. Even some of those with a small tree on ancestry, there are no common surnames, so I can't tell where the match is, but 4th-6th cousin range says before anyone came to Australia.
On GEDmatch, most of the trees I can look at have ancestors who were born in USA back in the 1600s and 1700s, and don't go any further, so they are useless too.
And very few people answer the messages or emails, its so frustrating. I did get some replies, which was nice, but we generally don't stay in touch regularly. I check how long it is since they logged into ancestry - that will tell if they are researching or not. My niece says she did her DNA because her boyfriend did his and has never looked at it. I told her to log in and make me her manager.
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