Good God Cherry, I didn't realize all those cartoon characters were so related!!
JR On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10:19:39 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Yes, then you have to pick all the ancestral couples you descend from and > work them forwards. > > You can ask them to send you a Gedcom. Then you can print out their > pedigree chart, highlight the common lines, and then cross them off as you > enter them in. And if you have worked the pedigree via the "backwards" > method, then you can enter the others in the normal fashion. > > Sometimes, I just pull out a blank pedigree and start filling it in by > hand (I don't want to wait for the Gedcom; maybe it's 3 a.m. and I can't > sleep). Then I highlight and cross off as above. > > I'm sure others have different methods too. > > Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Joseph Mendonca <jemend...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> It gets more confusing when you descend from different spouses, sometimes >> several down the line. >> >> Joseph Mendonca >> >> On Sep 4, 2017 21:52, "Cheri Mello" <gfsc...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> The first time this happened, I just chalked it up to a rare person. >>> Nope, it happened a couple of more times in Salt Lake. >>> >>> People understand their own pedigree chart, as they are the focus. >>> Change the focus to someone else, and they are lost. >>> >>> I found this when I had people click on the pedigree of their matches. >>> Many times they found the common ancestral couple, but were confused about >>> how the match tied in. You can't tell by looking. You have to enter it into >>> your genealogy program. >>> >>> Pretend you match me, Cheri Mello. You click the pedigree button next to >>> my name and you see this: >>> [image: Inline image 1] >>> >>> You pick out that we have Manuel de Sousa and Maria de Jesus in common. >>> But how do I fit in? I'm not in YOUR pedigree. >>> >>> So go to your genealogy program and go to Manuel de Sousa and Maria de >>> Jesus. Add a daughter, Cleopatra VII: >>> [image: Inline image 2] >>> >>> Now add her spouse or husband (depending on your program), Marc Antony: >>> [image: Inline image 3] >>> >>> Marc Antony and Cleopatra are the parents of Minnie Mousette. So you >>> want to add a daughter, Minnie Mousette: >>> [image: Inline image 4] >>> >>> Minnie Mousette is married to Mickey Mouse. Add a spouse or husband to >>> Minnie: >>> [image: Inline image 5] >>> >>> Mickey and Minnie had a son, George Jetson. Add a son, George Jetson: >>> [image: Inline image 6] >>> >>> George Jetson is married to Jane Asteroid. Add Jane Asteroid as a spouse >>> or wife: >>> [image: Inline image 7] >>> >>> You can see that they had me, Cheri Mello. So add a daughter, Cheri >>> Mello: >>> [image: Inline image 8] >>> >>> Most genealogy programs have a Relationship Tool (I mean genealogy >>> programs installed in your computer; I'm not sure about the ones in the >>> cloud, such as Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Geni.com). Usually it is found >>> under Tools in your genealogy prgram. You can then run your own name and my >>> name and figure out what kind of cousins we are. >>> >>> You do this for a few of your DNA matches and then upload a new Gedcom >>> and link your matches. That will activate your Parental Matching on FTDNA. >>> >>> 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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.
