23 March 2018
GEDMATCH & GEDMATCH/GENESIS
GEDMATCH updates to GENESIS:
https://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/dna/gedmatch-updates-genesis/?ranMID=43068&ranEAID=GGIf2GFEj0Q&ranSiteID=GGIf2GFEj0Q-e_mAxG3PmEursPNI8uk_0A
GEDMATCH GENESIS tutorial for beginners: http://whoareyoumadeof.com/blog/2018/12/21/gedmatch-genesis-tutorial-for-beginners/
GENESIS Basics – GEDMATCH reinvented Part 1: https://blog.kittycooper.com/2019/02/genesis-basics-gedmatch-reinvented-part-1/
The Beta One-to-Many Tool -
GENESIS Basics 2: https://blog.kittycooper.com/2019/03/the-beta-one-to-many-tool-genesis-basics-ii/
GEDMATCH/GENESIS is a FREE site for uploading autosomal DNA from many different testing companies with the ability to compare SNP
data. This is especially useful for
AncestryDNA testers as that site does not provide segment location data with
its reported results. On the tools at
GEDMATCH/GENESIS you also have the ability to adjust many reporting thresholds for your matches.
GENESIS is the rebirth of GEDMATCH providing matching
for many more testing companies and chips than GEDMATCH handled
previously. GEDMATCH has not yet gone
away, but all DNA kits which had been uploaded to GEDMATCH have been ported to
GENESIS. Any NEW uploads will be made to
the GENESIS site. To make things a
little confusing, at the moment, any NEW ACCOUNTS will be created on the
GEDMATCH site. Several tools on GENESIS
are labeled as Beta and may change as the company tweaks its new site. The tools at GEDMATCH still function, but no new kits for comparison are added there.
The CURRENT process for using GEDMATCH/GENESIS is to:
1. Download your raw
autosomal DNA data to your computer in ZIP format from AncestryDNA, MyHeritage,
23andME, FTDNA or other DNA testing companies.
Each company provides directions for doing this. If you don’t see the menu item, use the HELP
facility at your testing company. [If you’re a MAC user, set default to NOT
unpack ZIP files.]
2. Create an account
at GEDMATCH.
3. Login to GENESIS
4. Upload your ZIP
file to GENESIS. You can upload multiple
DNA files (for multiple people) in one account.
5. Wait a couple of
days until the matching is complete (there is an icon indicating completion on
GENESIS). While waiting you might read
the links above and the HELP files at GEDMATCH/GENESIS.
6. After your wait,
login to GENESIS and begin using the tools, upload a GEDCOM file and assign the
point person in your GEDCOM file.
7. Any password
changes you wish to make still need to be made on the GEDMATCH site, currently.
There is another part of GEDMATCH/GENESIS that you will see
called TIER ONE. This is a section of
additional tools that are part of a PAID section. The cost is $10 per month. You can purchase as many or as few months as
you’d like.
Things you can do on GENESIS:
One to Many Matching
Chromosome comparison
User Lookup tool
X-DNA matching
Ethnicity tools
People who match both or 1 of 2 kits
