Thanks for all of the updates, Cheri. FT seems to be working really hard to give us more and detailed info.
Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes lists) > > This is mostly just an assortment of notes. > > A batch size is 576-2000 samples. > > FTDNA is processing 6x more data than in 2013. Under 6 hours to upload > stuff, as more frequent uploads. Transfers are now immediate. > > Updated the look of the Family Finder pages. Media pages have been added > (that means viewing from a cell, tablet, etc). > > Parental Matching has been implemented for Family Finder. They are getting > 500-1000 linked nodes a day. Linked Relationships replaces Known > Relationships. More focus on the Gedcoms/Trees. Added a Pedigree View > button. > > Ancient Origins now live. Europe now. More regions coming in the future. > > Reprogrammed entire YDNA matching system. Faster matching, less server > load, faster loading time for us! > > LOOKING AHEAD > More BigY Features with a browser. > > Population Finder/My Origins - More populations coming, deeper Europe, > south Native American, Middle Eastern populations. > > Ancient Origins - Next up is Asia, Middle East. Will add others as they > acquire ancient DNA. The are obtaining information from dig and archeology > sites from around the world. > > MtDNA - It is on Build 17 and they are working on Build 18. They have > revised the matching, taking into account heteroplasmy (heteroplasmy is > like a pimple on your DNA that hasn't fully evolved into a mutation yet). > > Transfers from 23andMe and Ancestry have the programming complete. They > are working on the display problems and expect it to take 3-5 weeks (I'd > tell myself next year, if I were you). MyHeritage DNA will transfer now > (same chip as FTDNA; processed by FTDNA). > > FTDNA lab still has all those certifications that they earned. > > Currently, they can process 1000 samples a day. The turn around for Family > Finder is 2-3 weeks. The goal is to keep all processing the same, whether > or not there is a sale. > > New swabs are coming! Instead of pushing the end of the stick into the > vial to release the swab itself, they are going to break off. Brad, another > DNA admin, will make a new video. I will ask Margaret to put it into > Portuguese so the captions can help non-English speakers. > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
