GEDmatch - Please help!

[KentishChris]

Hello all

So I have downloaded my DNA raw data to GEDmatch. I thought I would be able to get a lot out of it... So far, I haven't taken anything from it. It has to be one of the worst laid out sites I've ever come across. Most of the links (which are supposed to be there to help make sense of it all), don't work.

I've spent the day using all the calculators. I'm taking all the results with a pinch of salt, but I'm trying to get as much as possible out of it, but I am struggling to understand it all.

For example, what is this and what does it mean?;
1 Danish + Danish + Norwegian + Southwest_French @ 0.964049
2 Danish + Danish + Southwest_French + Swedish @ 1.141391
3 Danish + Danish + North_Dutch + Southwest_French @ 1.161246
4 Danish + North_Dutch + Norwegian + Southwest_French @ 1.162745
5 Danish + Danish + Danish + Southwest_French @ 1.181339
6 Danish + Irish + Southwest_French + Swedish @ 1.197221
7 Danish + Southwest_French + Swedish + West_Scottish @ 1.200949
8 Danish + North_Dutch + Southwest_French + Swedish @ 1.213933
9 Danish + Orcadian + Southwest_French + Swedish @ 1.231534
10 Danish + North_Dutch + Spanish_Cantabria + Swedish @ 1.295007
11 North_German + Southwest_French + Swedish + West_Scottish @ 1.309928
12 Danish + Danish + Norwegian + Spanish_Cantabria @ 1.312227
13 Danish + Irish + Spanish_Cantabria + Swedish @ 1.317395
14 Danish + North_German + Norwegian + Southwest_French @ 1.324737
15 Danish + Norwegian + Norwegian + Spanish_Cantabria @ 1.338127
16 Danish + Danish + Spanish_Cantabria + Swedish @ 1.342205
17 Danish + Orcadian + Spanish_Cantabria + Swedish @ 1.351638
18 Danish + North_Dutch + North_Dutch + Southwest_French @ 1.353833
19 Danish + Norwegian + Spanish_Aragon + Swedish @ 1.368205
20 Danish + Spanish_Cantabria + Swedish + West_Scottish @ 1.368780

I did like the 'Predict Eye Color' section. It was spot on!

I understand it is still 'downloading' or something like that, so I'm not including matches in this post for now (this may come in a few days).

Any help for now, would be awesome!
Thanks
Chris

[chempat]

Does not the GEDmatch site have a queries section specifically designed to help you with your problems, as people who use it must be the experts in their field?

[chempat]

Google search gives lots of tips and links, how about :

http://www.genie1.com.au/blog/78-tips-for-using-gedmatch

[KentishChris]

Thank you chempat! The link you gave is a fantastic site

Any further help from anyone on my results in italics would be great.

Thanks
Chris

[Flattybasher9]

Regarding GEDmatch, this makes interesting reading.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lz5/

Malky