Doug, Please don't mislead people on the list. FTDNA doesn't change dates. What you write makes no sense to me or to any DNA admin.
If you have a problem with your match dates, direct the question directly to me at my private email or email FTDNA to ask. Customer service will get back to you. Cheri On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:20 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > We got four new matches for my father's Family Finder test. So if you > haven't checked lately, you might find some new ones, too. > > Strangely, many of the recent matches the date of the match got changed > from the original. > > For instance, it has been maybe 2 weeks since I last logged in. Each time > I log in I set the relationship to "Distant Cousin" if I don't already know > exactly how we connect. So each time I log in, if there are any new > matches, they will be waiting for me to do that. Yet, these latest four > matches are dated about 2 weeks ago and I have maybe 5 newer matches that I > had already set for "Distant Cousin." These latest 4 are not at the top of > my list as they should be. So there is no other way than to think these > other matches got a new date. > > Of course, it makes zero difference, but is just a curiosity. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder matches > From: <p...@dholmes.com> > Date: Wed, March 26, 2014 4:21 pm > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > I have been checking my and my father's Family Finder matches and noticed > there are many new matches that are actually dated as much as 3 years ago. > > Seems to me that they went through everything and changed their criteria > as to what is a match. > > One strange thing is that I am matching two people (siblings) with > Portuguese ancestry that my father doesn't match. I find it hard to believe > it is anything other than a mistake by FTDNA, because they have 100% > Portuguese (Mainland) ancestry and I suspect one ancestor moved over from > the Azores to the continent. > > So it might pay to check your matches again. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > -- > > -- > 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. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
