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Convincing my AncestryDNA matches to use GEDmatch - a comic

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Convincing my AncestryDNA matches to use GEDmatch - a comic

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
I've tried to talk a little about GEDmatch to some of my DNA matches, but even when I attempt to be brief (ha!), I know it has to be overwhelming to see all the of blah-blah-DNA-lingo-blah-blah-blah text.

"Why won't this crazy lady just accept our leaf hint and go away?!"

So, I tried to make a comic to explain. (Thank goodness for online comic strip generators.)

I had to WAY oversimplify things in places (because I know Ancestry dumbs things down for a reason), *especially* how GEDmatch works after you upload your data. Right now my main objective is just to get people *on* GEDmatch. (While making them aware that they need to bug Ancestry for an in-house chromosome browser.)

If anyone else wants to use the comic to educate their matches, here's the URL:
http://tinyurl.com/gedcomic

(This is my first comic and probably my last one, so please no grades for art, lol. Also, I won't get huffy if someone with more talent makes their own comic. We can't have too much education on this subject!)
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Shari S. 29 Mar 2013 4:04AM GMT 
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Shari S. 29 Mar 2013 11:01AM GMT 
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