I love your suggestions especially about setting our expectations for going as far as our 3x great grandparents. It's what I've done via my matches and I've gotten further than I thought I would. Also you probably know, Black Americans have "The 1870 Brick Wall," due to the history of the US and just from census records going back to 1870, we(I'm Black American) can find 3x great grandparents and have our matches verify it for us. Awesome video and series(I watched all 3 videos).
Also something to note is that you may not get a reply from a match because they only did DNA for Ethnicity and its also possible a match has passed away.
Yes, too many of those....Ethnicity only. Also....those who don't link their trees. Or who do link....but only copied their ancestors from other trees.
What? There's no Irish or Italian in your American pedigree chat?!!! That is very unlikely!!! As for you comments on there not being many outside the US that have treated, whilst true, mainly because the US has such a large population that can afford to and are actively wanting test their DNA to find ancestors or find out their ethnicity (because most are of ancestors that migrated to the US from many different places), but I think places like the UK, Ireland, and even Australia/NZ will have reasonable numbers, and even those in the US will match via ancestors from or currently in these countries. Great video, looking forward to parts 2 and 3!!!
Thanks for your comments, Matt. you are so right that there are other populations outside of the US that have good representation in the databases as well.
The advice on contacting DNA matches is good but very brief. I get a very good response rate. Be polite and friendly but formal. You only get one chance to make a first impression. Don't use jargon, trendy phrases, teen speak, or sport phrases (like 9-yard holes etc! or whatever it is), and 'reach out' is the most abominable expression of all time. It sounds so patronising. The word is 'contact'. Write as if you are writing to an elderly aunt, an archbishop, or your old scary headmaster. You actually might be. Look for a list of 'buzzwords' and DON'T USE THEM. They turn people off. And don't use those little pictures, they get misinterpreted. (Is that a shy wink, a flirty wink, an ailment or what?) Use proper sentences, with punctuation. If you can't manage that, you'll struggle with DNA genealogy. Don't say 'Want help with family'. Say 'I am really interested in family research and I think we can help each other'. If any of this advice offends you, then you need it most.
I had my uncle test on FamilyTreeDNA and he got 0 matches at the 37 marker level. We are looking for information about my 3rd great grandfather. We think we know his name - but know little about him. Do you think it's worth upgrading the test to the 111 marker level, considering their are 0 matches at the 37 marker level. The surname is Joner.
It is very unlikely that you will find new matches at 111. I would use those testing dollars to test more descendants of your 2X great grandfather with autosomal DNA, and then use that information to get crackin' on your 3X great grandfather.
I have a genetic distance of 6 with a Hernandez. 24 generations back we are 99:91 percent related that would back around 600 to 700 years ago. This is according too family tree dna. According to my heritage and family tree it showed Spain. It showed Spain Also on Crigenetics dna test as well.
@@YourDNAGuide Me and a Hernandez have the same forbear deep in our line. The only difference he is in Mexico and I'm in America. I'm of person color dark complexion. I was trying to figure out what country was in before coming to America. We are both haplogroup E
@@shawnstancil6942 The YDNA will be helpful, but is unlikely to give you any specifics about your country of origin. It is just so general. However, by combining your DNA and traditional genealogy research, you may be able to find out more.
@@diahansouthard3006 According to Ydna 12 marker It showed Israel Colombia Gabon Haiti and Barbados. I have a match with people in those regions. I found out that Hernandez is a Sephardic Jewish name. I have match with Hernandez as well. Plus with DNA Consultant it showed Sephardic from Spain Portugal and Morocco.
I love your suggestions especially about setting our expectations for going as far as our 3x great grandparents. It's what I've done via my matches and I've gotten further than I thought I would.
Also you probably know, Black Americans have "The 1870 Brick Wall," due to the history of the US and just from census records going back to 1870, we(I'm Black American) can find 3x great grandparents and have our matches verify it for us. Awesome video and series(I watched all 3 videos).
Thanks, Curtis! So glad you enjoyed them!
Also something to note is that you may not get a reply from a match because they only did DNA for Ethnicity and its also possible a match has passed away.
Both good points!
Yes, too many of those....Ethnicity only. Also....those who don't link their trees. Or who do link....but only copied their ancestors from other trees.
Hi Kali
@@areneec1997 My recent..... ancestors having middle names on trees and no records of those middle names in the documents. ...... grrrrrrr!
What? There's no Irish or Italian in your American pedigree chat?!!! That is very unlikely!!! As for you comments on there not being many outside the US that have treated, whilst true, mainly because the US has such a large population that can afford to and are actively wanting test their DNA to find ancestors or find out their ethnicity (because most are of ancestors that migrated to the US from many different places), but I think places like the UK, Ireland, and even Australia/NZ will have reasonable numbers, and even those in the US will match via ancestors from or currently in these countries. Great video, looking forward to parts 2 and 3!!!
Thanks for your comments, Matt. you are so right that there are other populations outside of the US that have good representation in the databases as well.
The advice on contacting DNA matches is good but very brief. I get a very good response rate. Be polite and friendly but formal. You only get one chance to make a first impression. Don't use jargon, trendy phrases, teen speak, or sport phrases (like 9-yard holes etc! or whatever it is), and 'reach out' is the most abominable expression of all time. It sounds so patronising. The word is 'contact'. Write as if you are writing to an elderly aunt, an archbishop, or your old scary headmaster. You actually might be. Look for a list of 'buzzwords' and DON'T USE THEM. They turn people off. And don't use those little pictures, they get misinterpreted. (Is that a shy wink, a flirty wink, an ailment or what?) Use proper sentences, with punctuation. If you can't manage that, you'll struggle with DNA genealogy. Don't say 'Want help with family'. Say 'I am really interested in family research and I think we can help each other'. If any of this advice offends you, then you need it most.
Thanks for your advice, Martin!
@@YourDNAGuide I'm glad it was received as it was meant. I am often shocked by the way/tone people ask for help. No reply needed.
I'm not interested at all in "matches" or near relatives. I am interested in the phenotype and medical knowledge in my DNA.
Then you will want to stick with 23andMe.
I had my uncle test on FamilyTreeDNA and he got 0 matches at the 37 marker level. We are looking for information about my 3rd great grandfather. We think we know his name - but know little about him. Do you think it's worth upgrading the test to the 111 marker level, considering their are 0 matches at the 37 marker level. The surname is Joner.
It is very unlikely that you will find new matches at 111. I would use those testing dollars to test more descendants of your 2X great grandfather with autosomal DNA, and then use that information to get crackin' on your 3X great grandfather.
I have a genetic distance of 6 with a Hernandez. 24 generations back we are 99:91 percent related that would back around 600 to 700 years ago. This is according too family tree dna. According to my heritage and family tree it showed Spain. It showed Spain Also on Crigenetics dna test as well.
Ok, so you are talking here about YDNA. And a match at that level certainly could mean you are related as you suggest.
@@YourDNAGuide Me and a Hernandez have the same forbear deep in our line. The only difference he is in Mexico and I'm in America. I'm of person color dark complexion. I was trying to figure out what country was in before coming to America. We are both haplogroup E
@@shawnstancil6942 The YDNA will be helpful, but is unlikely to give you any specifics about your country of origin. It is just so general. However, by combining your DNA and traditional genealogy research, you may be able to find out more.
@@diahansouthard3006 According to Ydna 12 marker It showed Israel Colombia Gabon Haiti and Barbados. I have a match with people in those regions. I found out that Hernandez is a Sephardic Jewish name. I have match with Hernandez as well. Plus with DNA Consultant it showed Sephardic from Spain Portugal and Morocco.