Transfer of DNA Results

Question

I have my dna results as a pair of .csv files. FTDNA wants more money than I have at the moment to do a FamilyFinder upgrade.  Is there any way to convert this to a raw data file, or another format accepted by GEDMATCH., so that I can begin finding it now?

Answer 1

Hello Brian, Gedcom is a file format for transferring data in family trees, not for handling DNA data. You may be confusing this with gedmatch.com which is a site where we can analyse autosomal DNA uploaded from one of the testing companies.

Which test have you taken?

Comments

You are right, brain fart. I have made GEDCOMs. National Geographic Genographic 2.0, the ones that cost $40 to upgrade at FTDNA

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Hi, Brian. To my knowledge, GEDmatch cannot accept data directly from the Genographic project. Someone else may know definitively.

https://dna-explained.com/category/gedmatch/

Answer 2

Try uploading to Gedmatch Genesis - their VCF file upload form lists NatGeo as a company they accept so the Genographic project will probably work. https://genesis.gedmatch.com Google search for “convert csv to vcf ” for programs that will do that conversion.

Note that Genesis is still in beta testing so Wikitree doesn’t link out to it yet, and it doesn’t have as many DNA files as the main Gedmatch database, but they’re going to roll all the Genesis files into Gedmatch proper once it’s finished.