<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6002.18100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Larry-</DIV> <DIV><BR>There is no pedigree sharing here until people are already MATCHED by the relative finder and agree to share both the basic DNA matches found by 23andme AND their own family history to the extent they know it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've been identified as having a matching segment on chromosome 7 with an adoptee trying to learn both his medical AND family history. We obviously haven't found the relationship on this one but we know it is back there -- estimated about 300 years ago. And that tell-tale chromosome got passed down to both of us through the years.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/29/2009 7:44:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, laboswell@rogers.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>One problem on some online genealogical DNA databases is that many unverified pedigrees were submitted, and that has to have an impact. The DNA hits would then take you to possibly an individual who in turn has wrongly identified common ancestors.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>If a person has submitted their DNA but attached it to the the wrong individuals, how could that be identified and corrected.  I think you'd still have to then go and verify that person's ancestral research before drawing any conclusions?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Or am misinterpreting the risk here?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Larry</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>