Geneanet DNA

[Flemming]

and have given two matches that are not from my uploads

Out of interest, were these matches you already knew about from other sites?

[aghadowey]

Just to be clear- I wasn't expecting a huge amount of results but was puzzled by the apparent inaccuracy of the one I did get.

[Craclyn]

Out of interest, were these matches you already knew about from other sites?

I have tracked the one that matches the Italian kit to MyHeritage. I have still not figured out where the one that matches me is coming from. It is not easily visible under the same name on Ancestry, 23andme, MyHeritage, FTDNA or LivingDNA.

[Mowsehowse]

Out of interest, were these matches you already knew about from other sites?

I have tracked the one that matches the Italian kit to MyHeritage. I have still not figured out where the one that matches me is coming from. It is not easily visible under the same name on Ancestry, 23andme, MyHeritage, FTDNA or LivingDNA.

I would like to know some tested and successful methods to do just that....
But I will start another thread for it.

[melba_schmelba]

Can any of the posters give an update as to whether their number of matches has significantly improved?

[Janethepain]

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!

[melba_schmelba]

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!

Thanks for the update Jane. Do you have any known French connections? I assume that the majority of people on there might be French? I suppose if you have your DNA on all the other major providers, it is probably not going to tell you anything you don't already know.

[Janethepain]

Hi Melba,
To be honest I was unaware of it having french roots.  As it happens, my brother lives in France, and has a french wife, though they have no children, so there are no french relatives, other than my brother's in-laws etc. to be found in the database!

Most of my matches, I assume, will be North American, as the vast majority have mixed ethnicity names, with Irish, Scandanavian, Italian, Mexican and Jewish names all mixed up together, which I imaging is typical of the mixed heredity of the descendents of the 19th & 20th century immigrants to USA or America, from Europe! Of course, if they are my matches, it would be no surprise that the majority will be from North America, as I am about 100% Irish, and many many irish emmigrated in that direction, and they seem to have been the most enthusiastic testers too!

[aghadowey]

I have quite a few more matches on Geneanet since this thread started- most very, very low numbers and those that have trees provide no clues as to where we might connect. I did have 1 person there contact me who now lives in Paris. Fortunately he's done lots of research before DNA using actual records and we were able to narrow down mutual ancestry.