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!)