GenesReunited

[alveleyhistorian]

I joined FriendsReunited  and GenesConnected  for the first year and watched how things went.
My tactic the following year was not to re-join until I actually saw a name I was desperate to contact . In the case of FR - I saved three years subscriptions 

[Shaztoni]

Whoo hoo!! Two close relatives in one day  That hot match thing must have worked for them (and me)

Sharon

[coppernob]

Heyyyyyyyyyyy    The hot match thingy on Genes has just found me another rellie.        The more the merrier.    Coppernob

[coppernob]

Up date on new rellie found on Genes   His 4x great grandfather and my 4x greatmother were brother and sister.   So what does that make us ?     Still love the friendly helpful people on Roots      Coppernob

[Shaztoni]

I would have to say family obsessed relations 

My two are both a great grand parent's siblings descendent's so are only about my second or third cousin, (I can never tell which is which)

Sharon

[trish251]

Up date on new rellie found on Genes   His 4x great grandfather and my 4x greatmother were brother and sister.   So what does that make us ?     

If you did want an answer    6th cousins

GGGG are brother/sister
GGG   are 1st cousins
GG  are 2nd cousins
G  are 3rd cousins
grandparents  are 4th cousins
parents are 5th cousins

Trish

[coppernob]

Hi Trish251
Thanks for that will relay that to new 6th cousin on the other side of the world.  Glad someone knows I seem to have trouble keeping that in my head    Coppernob 

[Pegasuss]

I have been a member of Friendsreunited for Years, signed up with GenesReunited @2 Years ago, I was contacted by 2 Cousins within a few weeks of registering (one moved from SA to USA years ago & I lost track with their branch of the Family!).

In the last Year I have made contact with 4 more Cousins, each of us has been able to swap Info to further Our Research & Knowledge!

P.S.

I read in this thread that some have had trouble with Genes not allowing the posting of Web addresses?

I have Never had any Problems, Apart from the Pages full of spurious Hits which I reported to the Admin Bods.  In reply they told me that they are in the process of updating their Server so that More Parameters could be Included thereby reducing the number of false Hits!