Thank you Dave, that works for me:-)

Kind regards,
Elizabeth

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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding 23and Me DNA results to Legacy?

On 26 Nov 2016  Elizabeth Lindsay wrote:

> What I should have asked is why does Legacy not include 23andMe and 
> GEDmatch in the list of options.

As for 23andMe... none of the autosomal testing companies are included in
Legacy's list.  I can only assume that's because the initial list has not
been updated or perhaps the programmers don't know what use it would be
because there's basically no test data to record. -- 23andMe is the only
testing company that provides basic Y and mt haplogroup information with an
autosomal test (and unfortunately it causes many testees to believe they
also need those to match!)

GEDmatch is not a DNA testing company so should not be in the list.  
There should however be a place (the test Notes?) to record an uploaded
GEDmatch kit ID when the autosomal testing company is selected.  But
currently, since the testing company cannot be selected this doesn't apply.

> What I really want to be able to do, is for anyone who I know has been
> tested:
> 1) tick the box for one of the DNA test companies and then,
> 2) add the Kit Number and,
> 3) add the haplogroup and,
> 4) add what family names the test results relate to, or confirm.

So you need to create a new event such as "Autosomal-DNA test" and use it to
record the testing company, and GEDmatch kit number, etc.  
I find this works better than the DNA Records area because it's visible from
the Individual's Information window without further clicking.

> If I can assign a tag or colour to these results, that would be 
> helpful.

Obviously you could uniquely tag these individuals for a DNA flag but that
would be a separate action on your part.

Millennia could have done so much more to make Legacy useful to genetic
genealogists but didn't, and it wasn't from lack of suggestions by myself
and other ISOGG members!  Why useless DNA selections were incorporated when
no features were using them has never made sense to me.  Legacy 9 will
apparently have a mediocre use of them in Charting but still nothing really
worthwhile.

Cheers! -- Dave N.
-
DNA Project Administrator
FamilyTreeDNA & 23andMe


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