I downloaded and thought I followed instructions for Gedmatch but I don't think its working. Is there any tips for troubleshooting this product?
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Check the Getting Started links on the genomemate.org home page. FYI, if you are working only with Ancestry DNA, you cannot currently import that information to Genome Mate. It requires the Ancestry DNA Helper Chrome browser extension, which is currently not fully operational. Even when it is, you will not get chromosome matching information for Ancestry DNA since Ancestry.com does not make that information available. You will have to transfer your data to Family Tree DNA or Gedmatch.com to get chromosome matching.
There is a Genome Mate users group on Facebook.
Jim
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Jim, Thanks for the reply. I have my DNA on all sites (23andMe, FTDNA, Ancestry.com and Gedmatch). I started out by installing the program and followed instructions in a Blog I found. I decided to use the instructions for Gedmatch but after doing that multiple times I decided to start over with the instructions for FTDNA. That seems to be working. I guess there is a bug in the Gedmatch instructions or missing steps. I got to the point in the Gedmatch instructions for ICW and it said to click on a chromosome but I could not find a chromosome to click on. It also appears one has to use a site called DNAgedcom. Maybe that is why the Gedmatch instructions did not work. They did not mention DNAgedcom anywhere. -Carl
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You should be able to download your Gedmatch matches from the Chromosome browser. Go to your one to many list. On the left there is a column with spaces to check. Check up to 200 of those and then go to the top of the page and look for the link to Chromosome Browser. Wait for the file to be created and then you will get another page with a link to display it.
Once the chromsome browser is displayed, highlight it (control-A on a PC or command-A on a Mac). Then copy. Open Genome Mate and click Import. Select Gedmatch and then chromosome browser. Past the copied values into the window and then follow the instructions from there.
DNAgedcom is for 23 and Me or FTDNA data. In addition to downloading your chromosome browser and family finder files, it is the only way to dowload your full in common with file. It also has an interesting tool called Autosomal DNA Segment Analyzer, which shows a graphic display of your FTDNA matches in common with each other together with matching segments. I've found it to be very useful.
Jim
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Jim, I wonder if the reason Gedmatch did not work is I might have checked more than 200. I'll try it again with fewer. The FTDNA seems to be working and I am also doing 23andMe using DNAgedcom. I'm not entirely sure why I have to use DNAgedcom. I would think I should be able to download files from FTDNA or 23andMe myself. Maybe I'm missing something. -Carl
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You can download the FTDNA Family Finder and Chromosome Browser files directly, but not the ICW file. DNAGedcome has to construct that. Also, you can't download your matches directly from 23 and Me but you can do one of two things. You can request a copy of your aggregated matches from 1 July 2014 from your Family Inheritance Advanced page; look for the link below the comparison list. You also can use a Chrome extension called 529 and you. Unfortunately you have to go through your entire match list to set it up but once you do it is pretty easy to maintain.
One other point, Becky indicates that the copy/paste functions only work with Chrome or Firefox, but I have found that Safari works as well.
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I'm not sure my 23andMe download is working on DNAgedcom. With FTDNA it seemed to work OK but with the 23andMe tab it showed the progress downloading but now it just looks like its stuck. On the FTDNA tab I got a DNAgedcom ID with an option to download. I never got that on the 23andMe tab. I'll try again later...
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Keep at it. 23 and Me can take several hours to download.
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Thanks. A couple more questions: What is CoA?
Can I have a single profile name (assuming I have data on Ancestry.com, 23andMe, FTDNA and Gedmatch) and use each option in "Import Data" to download all the various files from each of those sites into that single profile? Right now I have set up a profile for my FTDNA data, one for Gedmatch and one for 23andMe. When I select the one for Gedmatch I see no chromosome information, When I select the one for 23andMe I see 23andMe and CoA, When I select the one for FTDNA I see FTDNA and Gedmatch. It would be nice to see all information from all sources on one profile. Is that possible? -Carl
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CoA is Countries of Ancestry. That file includes matches who have responded to 23 and Me's survey about their ancestry. Some of those people will not be on your Relative Finder list but there will not be any detailed information about them.
Yes, you can (and should) have all of your matches from all sources under one profile. That's the only way you can do comparisons among companies. The other profiles would be for other people whose tests you manage--for example, I have three profiles, one for me and two for my first cousins.
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