Hi Susan, It may have been Doug da Rocha Holmes who started a thread about "In Common With." But with the latest round of results, it doesn't hurt to mention it again.
If I don't know the relationship, I assign "Distant Cousin" and then I can run the filter for "In Common With." They don't have to accept the relationship in order for me to run the filter. FTDNA is supposed to change this where we won't have to assign a relationship in order to run the filter. We will just be able to to it. Don't know when this is coming though. They told us last November at the conference and it hasn't happened yet (they keep IT pretty busy). For people who tested themselves and one parent (because the other is deceased) can run the filter for "Not In Common With" to get the other side of their tree. Once you get 3 people confirmed from the same ancestor, you have done a triangulation and you will start to see other matches hitting on the same people. The puzzle pieces start to fit together and things start to make sense. But it takes time. This is what will need to happen with you and Joao C. Ventura. Because there's more of us Azoreans than either Madeirans or Continentals doing our genealogy and DNA testing, we are going to have more matches than either the Madeirans or mainland Portugal. You've got the DNA Admins on this list with megaphones shouting every time there's a match or sale! It's not happening as much on the Madeira or Portugal lists. They need some big mouths over there! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
