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Hi Melba

Gedmatch is about the same for me, of my top 20, there are 11 who I know about pretty much exactly, as I match with them on Ancestry. 2 of those are my Dad and first cousins, whose matches I manage.Of the other 9, 4 are 2 sets of duplicates, one of which I know pretty much how we relate, but  not the exact relationship of their and my 2 furthest relatives on those lines, be they siblings, cousins, Uncle/niece/nephew etc..  The other I know roughly where in my tree they match, but that is back in Ireland, and that is hard to fathom. the other 6 are similar to the last, I know the branch, and the location of most, but the exact link to my family there is unclear. The last one I have no real info regarding the match, though at nearly 50 cM, it is likely not a false positive.  Th last of theses 20 is at 36.1 cM, so of a reasonable size.  However below that I have very little idea, other that recognising from the user name/name, that many are Irish in origin!  Not a surprise to me.

My sister in law has always volunteered her opinion of DNA testing to me - not positive! However, over the years ( married 25 years this year!), I am aware of a slight thaw in her opinion. I may get there sometime in the next 25 years, you never know!!

I have 254 matches, 6 new ones in the last 2-3 months. However, they are all small matches, the largest being 32 cM! And none seems obviously related to knpwn branches, although I have not spent much time on this. Normally, however I can often make a guestimate, as to where matches might fit in!  It does have a chromosome browser, so you can see where you match , however I have not seen a way to compare more than one match to you on the browser!

I've seen chats about this on Facebook genealogy pages, but i dont have it yet myself - ie still the old format!

Ah Flemming, you will know I didnt notice that this message was a year old! Thought it was last month!  Cant say I have ever seen this option mind you!