I love what you are showing with AI being a tool to use with your Leeds method. I have found that I have to go beyond 4 color categories. In small rural communities, two large families with the same moral values could have multiple marriages between them causing 1st cousins on both sides (sharing 4 grandparents). My mother, grandmother, and great grandfather had double first cousins. But knowing these relationships, I can separate out further back in generations.
@@tghodges1, Thanks! It’s been amazing learning what AI can do. 😊 And my mom’s mom’s family was from a small county in Tennessee with lots of cousins marrying throughout the 1800s. That’s a bit of a mess, too! I plan on spending time on that family in 2025 and sharing my discoveries with you all.
@ lol. I had cousins marrying too. But these were two separate families. Example, the Giles brothers met the Weaver sisters at a church function and the they ended up marrying the Weaver girls at different times. This happened with the Weaver and Burnham family as well. In my dad’s family I have seen marriages between cousins. Small towns like you say and not as much traveling. I focus on dna segments to separate some of these matches for the first type of double cousins. The other which involve collapsing tree lines are a little harder. 😄
Interesting and informative. When I did sorting (manually), I ended up with 5 clusters and was told I couldn't use the Leeds method. Apparently that's not true, so I'm going back to try again. Thanks!
I tried to do my table based on the previous Leeds video and with the free version. I began about 10:30am and by 11am it told me that I could not have any more messages with Claide until 4pm! Another day I will try this method of loading the existing chart.
I know that's frustrating! Are you using a free version? You get a lot more access with the $20/month. I haven't been put "in time out" in a very long time. It used to be a pretty big issue with paid accounts, too.
2 of the corrections you made were for Janice. There are 2 rows named Janice which might be what caused the confusion. You might want to update your spreadsheet to include an initial for each one like you did with Barbara.
Great point! I didn't notice there were 2 people named Janice. I often ask it to search for duplicates so I can add another initial or something. Great reminder!
Thanks Dana for responding to my question! Of course now I have more! I’m really surprised it made so many mistakes in its initial reading of your table, so I have to ask (never having used Claude) if it’s possible for it to read a spreadsheet directly rather than a screen shot of the table- maybe it would help with accuracy if it could?
You're welcome! If it was just data, it could probably do that. But since it also has colored cells, that doesn't come across in a copy-and-paste. I did give it a try! :) It created the 2 columns with match name & # of cM, but then it was blank.
I love what you are showing with AI being a tool to use with your Leeds method. I have found that I have to go beyond 4 color categories. In small rural communities, two large families with the same moral values could have multiple marriages between them causing 1st cousins on both sides (sharing 4 grandparents). My mother, grandmother, and great grandfather had double first cousins. But knowing these relationships, I can separate out further back in generations.
@@tghodges1, Thanks! It’s been amazing learning what AI can do. 😊 And my mom’s mom’s family was from a small county in Tennessee with lots of cousins marrying throughout the 1800s. That’s a bit of a mess, too! I plan on spending time on that family in 2025 and sharing my discoveries with you all.
@ lol. I had cousins marrying too. But these were two separate families. Example, the Giles brothers met the Weaver sisters at a church function and the they ended up marrying the Weaver girls at different times. This happened with the Weaver and Burnham family as well. In my dad’s family I have seen marriages between cousins. Small towns like you say and not as much traveling. I focus on dna segments to separate some of these matches for the first type of double cousins. The other which involve collapsing tree lines are a little harder. 😄
@, Got it! And as I work with this county next year, I might turn to segments, too. I’ll be sharing my process so we can hopefully all learn together!
This is amazing! It’s just like training a very efficient personal assistant. I’m amazed at how far AI technology has come.
That's a great analogy! And, it is! We can have our own personal assistant ready to (attempt) to do whatever we ask of it, whenever we ask. 😊😊
Interesting and informative. When I did sorting (manually), I ended up with 5 clusters and was told I couldn't use the Leeds method. Apparently that's not true, so I'm going back to try again. Thanks!
I'm glad you're giving it another try! And, yes, 5 clusters are fine. Let me know if you have any questions! 😊
I tried to do my table based on the previous Leeds video and with the free version. I began about 10:30am and by 11am it told me that I could not have any more messages with Claide until 4pm!
Another day I will try this method of loading the existing chart.
I know that's frustrating! Are you using a free version? You get a lot more access with the $20/month. I haven't been put "in time out" in a very long time. It used to be a pretty big issue with paid accounts, too.
Yes, the free version.@@DanaLeeds
2 of the corrections you made were for Janice. There are 2 rows named Janice which might be what caused the confusion. You might want to update your spreadsheet to include an initial for each one like you did with Barbara.
Great point! I didn't notice there were 2 people named Janice. I often ask it to search for duplicates so I can add another initial or something. Great reminder!
Thanks Dana for responding to my question! Of course now I have more! I’m really surprised it made so many mistakes in its initial reading of your table, so I have to ask (never having used Claude) if it’s possible for it to read a spreadsheet directly rather than a screen shot of the table- maybe it would help with accuracy if it could?
You're welcome!
If it was just data, it could probably do that. But since it also has colored cells, that doesn't come across in a copy-and-paste.
I did give it a try! :) It created the 2 columns with match name & # of cM, but then it was blank.
And this morning I tried attaching the Excel file to Claude. It wouldn't accept the file.