I'll try to answer them and if you like this video, be sure to
time and I still rag on it is the messaging system. The
questions about 23andMe, put it in the comments below and
website over the last couple of years, people have
down to just a single opt in so that you can get it over with
see. So, I'd rather see that 23andMe condenses their opt in
rather than an opt in onto every feature that you want to
23andMe seems to have you opt into everything. Now, I'm sure
building map where at minimum you can upload a GEDcom file to
would like 23andMe to actually include a tree
know about that feature and it's never filled out almost
ability that you can put a link to a tree outside of
dissolved and MyHeritage has gone their separate way, 23andMe
in common with them. Now, I showed a video about quality
and only giving you the ones that are true matches where
First, the lack of a tree. Now, 23andMe originally
already doing a lot of the hard work of filtering out those
mean by that is based on the analysis that I've done between
23andMe is their robust matching algorithm and what I
helps narrow down how you want to be looking for your
who's interested in genetic genealogy. Now, if you have any
pros and three cons about 23andMe. I still use the
of the 23andMe messaging system. So, those are three
website. I still love it and I would recommend it to anybody
not gotten on and so they're not opted in and so they're not
very very clunky. It is difficult to get in and see
had to reopen to a lot of the and so in some cases your
been a problem has been because of some changes in the 23andMe
and you don't have to worry about it. Now, where that has
show how you fit into your known relatives. Number two,
this is probably a consequence of some of the legal issues
100% of the time. So, it's really a useless feature. I
23andMe but there's some bad things that I don't about 23andMe.
competitor as far as the ability to find quality
as part of the website but since that partnership has been
DNA that really aren't related to you. They're false matches
great great grandparent or what kind of great grandparent it is
matches the amount of shared DNA between those matches and
initially. I always provide my Email and my phone number so
common relative. The third thing that I really like about
that if people want to contact me, they can contact me outside
relationships may fit and which common ancestor I should be
map I guess you could call it and why this is really useful
second to fourth cousin something like that but unless
each message and usually, I try to get off of their messaging
where all of your messages are. It takes a long time to load
even showing up anymore. Number three and I ragged on this last
chromosome browser and since I know I triangulate between
no. When it's a yes, that means that you triangulate between
somebody on there because it is the only way to contact people
relationship and it might be second to third cousins or
system as fast as possible. Whenever I am messaging
messaging system on 23andMe seems to be
matches that may not have been on the system in a while have
the triangulation within the chromosome browser and I'm
going to show you both. If you are looking at a match and you
the three of us triangulate at that one point. The second
is because I get confused sometimes as to where certain
matches particularly the ones with much smaller amounts of
triangulation on the website. Now, 23andMe will tell you
able to be taken care of with a single opt in when you sign up
that they had several years ago but a lot of this should be
with other people and see on their website. They do have the
has been left without a tree that you can be able to share
23andMe but a lot of people I found don't even
thing I like about 23andMe is the ability to do
23andMe provide you with the least number of
when you triangulate with two matches and you can also see
was partnered with MyHeritage and so you had a tree function
23andMe and all of the different companies even though
those, what I'm looking for is I'm looking for the places
companies. What this likely means is that 23andMe is
yourself is as much or more than almost all of the other
figure out whether or not that is a great grandparent or a
algorithm is probably 10 times better than the nearest
matches. So, those are the three good things I love about
where your match is or where your match likely is. That
that you might share in common and so 23andMe provides this
you are looking at these all the time it's kind of hard to
some overlap between those. So, let's get started. The first
looking for now every company gives you the predicted
matches and basically came to the conclusion that their
there's actually a relative that you might be able to find
number 18 that we share the same DNA and so I know that we,
that and try to give you some new things that I like and some
23andMe and gave you the things that I liked and the
easy to see graphic that shows where you are and it shows
upcoming episodes. Now, about a year ago, I did a review of
those three. Now, clicking on that yes takes you over to the
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scroll down to the match and share in common, what you see
thing that I like about 23andMe is the relative prediction
give it a thumbs up and tell your friends all about it.
there's actually just one segment down here on chromosome
where all three of us share the same DNA and you can see
is you see this area of shared DNA where it's either yes or
Howdy, I'm Andy Lee with Family History Fanatics and this is a
new things that I don't like but there's still going to be things that I don't like about 23andMe. I'm going to update
It's 23andMe time. We're going to do a new review for
2019 of 23andMe.