The First 5 Things to Do with Your New Test Results

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   A good plan for starting review of my two tests.\n\nA good review for me and I picked up a few things I was missing. Thank you!\n\nA good source of information. \n\nAdvice from an expert! Much appreciated.\n\nalways gives great lectures\n\nAlways good to get a refresher on the basics!\n\nAlways good. \n\nAlways learn so much from Blaine!!\n\nAlways learn something new from Blaine. Thank you. Will watch others of his webinars on Legacy.\n\nAlways very informative\n\nAnother excellent webinar by Blaine Bettinger\n\nAnother fantastic webinar by Blaine!\n\nAnother top notch presentation! Legacy always does an outstanding job of presenting the best-qualified speakers. Thank you!\n\nAny program by Blaine Bettinger is very helpful.\n\nAs always, Blaine gave an interesting and informative webinar. So glad I was able to attend the webinar live as two minutes after I got in the webinar was at maximum capacity.\n\nBlaine always does a nice job. Thank you.\n\nBlaine always presents immediately applicable information and demystifies subject matter. Thanks for a great webinar!\n\nBlaine Bettinger is always a good speaker. Enjoyed and learned from it it as usual.\n\nBlaine Bettinger is always excellent to listen to. Great information to get me re-started.\n\nBlaine Bettinger is an excellent speaker!\n\nBlaine did a wonderful job making DNA understandable and useful.\n\nBlaine does a wonderful job of explaining a difficult topic to people of all skill levels. \n\nBlaine explained many parts to DNA testing that I was unclear about and some I didn't know. Now I'll have to go look at my test results with a totally different perspective. which should make them more valuable. Thanks!\n\nBlaine is a recognized DNA genealogist, and his presentation is never "over our heads." He is thoughtful, easy to understand, and presents his topic not only in a useful manner but also in a "user-friendly" way. ;-) Thank you so very much for having him! \n\nBlaine is always a great speaker. Thank you for adding him to the line up!\n\nBlaine is always a pleasure to listen to and learn from...\n\nBlaine is always excellent! \n\nBlaine is always excellent--clear and concise!\n\nBlaine is always full of good information that is easy to understand and makes good sense. I always come away with helpful information after listening to one of his webinars. Thank you!\n\nBlaine is always great.\n\nBlaine is always so clear and understandable. He is also a skilled lecturer and pleasant to listen to.\n\nBlaine is always very informative.\n\nBlaine is excellent and really knows his subject. I'll listen to him again anytime I can.\n\nBlaine is great! Always good webinars!\n\nBlaine is my favorite presenter - always does a great job\n\nBlaine is so knowledgeable - great webinar!\n\nBlaine is the Best at helping us understand DNA.\n\nBlaine is the best!\n\nBlaine is the BEST!!\n\nBlaine knows so much and covers lots of helpful ground in a limited amount of time!\n\nBlaine made it sound so simple. Will have to watch some of his other Webinars I missed.\n\nBlaine makes DNA more understandable.\n\nBlaine never fails to raise the bar. As I expected, it was informative, clearly presented and useful.\n\nBlaine T. BETTINGER's very clear and concise oral presentation, accompanied by great easy to follow slides, provided me an awesome learning experience! Thank You!!!\n\nBlaine, as always, is a great speaker. Very good for basic understanding.\n\nBlaine's webinar are always GREAT. Now, I have an 'inkling' about those Shared Hints!\n\nBlaine's webinars always excellent.\n\nBlaine's webinars are always great. Lots of stuff I knew already, but as always, picked up a few new things. Thank you!!!!\n\nBlaine's webinars are always well done on a can-be complicated subject.\n\nCan't beat Blaine Bettinger for teaching DNA genealogy for all levels of understanding. Today's was very helpful to get me re-started on analysis of my DNA results to date. Superb webinar.

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   Clear and concise information. Just a marvelous speaker\n\nclear and consise\n\nDNA has confused me . This webinar helped me a lot. His explainations were clear and I liked his examples. \n\nEasy to understand and very clear instructions\n\nEnjoy Blaine and his webinars as he covers the subject promised and in detail. I've been doing genealogy forever and DNA research for several years yet with Blaine I always learn. \n\nEnjoyed the presentation. Always helpful information. \n\nexcellant \n\nExcellant always with Blaine,\n\nexcellent\n\nexcellent\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent and easy to understand\n\nExcellent basic information. Thanks for providing.\n\nExcellent content and teaching. \n\nExcellent information. Very well organized and understandable to those of us as beginners. Please keep up the great webinars.\n\nexcellent information. Gives me good direction to pursue.\n\nExcellent practical advice!\n\nExcellent presentation\n\nExcellent presentation. Definitely going to try the shared matches option. Always learn something new from Blaine.\n\nExcellent presentation. Lots of information clearly explained and a very helpful syllabus. \n\nExcellent presenter; I was really interested after point 3; the shared matches segment will be helpful to me.\n\nExcellent recommendations for beginners. \n\nExcellent speaker, I learned a lot.\n\nExcellent speaker. Understood everything he had to say about DNA\n\nExcellent Webinar and confirmed that I am using the DNA results correctly.\n\nExcellent webinar especially for those getting started in DNA genealogy or for those who have been away from it while all these changes have been happening. I'll recommend it to my genealogy facebook group.\n\nExcellent webinar! Kept my attention throughout and gave me a lot to work on!\n\nEXCELLENT WEBINAR!!!!!!!!!!!! Blaine Bettinger is a DNA Rock Star!!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent! \n\nExcellent! As usual!!!\n\nExcellent! I've been doing genealogy for over 40 years and DNA for 10 years or so. I just didn't understand my FTDNA results as well as I should. Got my Ancestry results understood pretty well. This webinar helped me with both. What a nice surprise! Thank you!\n\nExcellent! Thanks!\n\nExcellent!!\n\nExcellent!!\n\nExcellent, knowledgeable presenter who can explain a topic in layman's language.\n\nExcellent. I've been reluctant to pursue matches after My Heritage testing. BB set out a doable path.\n\nExcellent. Delivered what I needed to know days after I got my DNA results. The information about pros & cons of privacy settings and the speaker's anecdote about learning of a half-brother were most helpful. The "shared matches" secret weapon is something I will explore more.\n\nExcellent. Now to find time to actually look at those results.\n\nFantastic presentation. Very informative.\n\nFinally heard a description of a skeleton tree. Thanks\n\nGave me a couple tips, even though I've been working with my DNA matches for a few years now.\n\nGiven me to confidence to have a go\n\nGood advice\n\nGood basics information. Enjoyed clarity of how and why you use each site and feature.\n\nGood information\n\nGood overview of all of the different companies.\n\nGood overview. Intro.

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   great\n\nGreat advise even if you are not a beginner!\n\nGreat basic introduction. Thank you\n\nGreat basics on how to start analyzing your DNA results!!\n\nGreat explanation for beginners\n\nGreat for beginners. Thank you.\n\nGreat info for the "newbie". Thanks!\n\nGreat info!\n\nGreat info.\n\nGreat Info~\n\nGreat information\n\ngreat information and presentation\n\nGreat information!\n\nGreat information! Thanks\n\ngreat information.great help for my DNA testing. \n\nGreat introduction for someone who is new to genealogy\n\ngreat job\n\nGreat opportunity to learn DNA from the best!\n\nGreat presentation, I'm a fan. It was a bit basic for my needs, as I've been doing this a while. \n\nGreat presentation, very Informative.\n\nGreat presentation. I'm looking forward to going to my 3 sites and following along with the presentation.\n\nGreat presenter. \n\nGreat speaker and subject.\n\nGreat speaker, learned a lot.\n\nGreat step-by-step info. I've done some of these tests, but your explanation clarified some things.\n\ngreat stuff wish I could stay longer\n\nGreat way to start my research on DNA\n\nGreat webinar and lots of new ideas to pursue - gotta go work on them!\n\nGreat webinar on the first 5 things you should with your DNA test results.\n\nGreat webinar! A lot of things were explained that had puzzled me. Thank you for your time!\n\nGreat webinar! Always learn a lot from Blaine. Thanks :)\n\nGreat webinar, especially about how to use those shared matches. Thanks so much for your time and info!\n\nGreat webinar. Thanks!\n\nGreat Webinar. Learned a lot but realize I need to attack more webinars on the subject to get a better understanding on this DNA stuff.. Thank you\n\nHave tested with three of the companies including the full sequence mtdna. Very informative. Gives me a good starting point to trying to figure out the results.\n\nHe is always wonderful.\n\nHe is very knowledgeable & can make the subject easy to understand. \n\nHe's knowledgeable & a great speaker\n\nI always enjoy listening and learning from him.\n\nI always learn something new from Blaine's presentations. \n\nI enjoy all of Blaine's webinars I have participated in. He is extremely knowledgeable.\n\nI found the information on the skeleton tree most useful. I'm just starting with my DNA.\n\nI got to it late, so only heard the Q&A which was very informative. I look forward to to being able to visit the webinar later.\nThank you\n\nI just appreciate all the valuable information so much! Blaine and Geoff are so knowledgeable and generous to share so much with all of us!\n\nI learned a lot about DNA testing I was unaware of. Thank you for such a great webinar.\n\nI learned a lot from this webinar!\n\nI look forward to the recording to watch it again!\n\nI now have a high level plan on what to do with my results\n\nI now understand how to use the Shared Match feature at FTDNA - thanks.

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4. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   I really learned a lot. Going back to my results with a new perspective! Thank you. \n\nI think I'm beginning to understand DNA testing/results/sharing !!! ;-) An incredibly, easily understood webinar ~ thank you, Blaine. You're a natural at teaching and explaining. (+ Geoff~ congrats on your first, of many, graduation/celebration)\n\nI will need to listen again to do what he suggests!\n\nI'm a relative beginner, so this was great. I've done a few tests but haven't done much with the results.\n\nI'm just getting started and this was a basic intro which didn't speak over my head so appreciated it. I'll eventually get a tree started and need to find some of my own software. \n\nIn the few minutes since the webinar ended, I've already found Blaine's suggestion to use the Shared Matches tool to be a GREAT piece of advice!\n\nInformative and helpful. \n\nInformative, easy to understand, can't wait to get started\n\nInformative. Lots to learn about DNA.\n\nIt clarified a lot of things.\n\nIt told me what I should start to do.\n\nIt was especially helpful to learn about how to access shared matches on Ancestry and how to utilize them.\n\nI learned a lot of little tips that will help me move forward. Thanks!\n\nIt was helpful to see the steps applied on the web site of the company whose test I took. Also, he gave easy to understand information related to some of my privacy concerns.\n\nI've been doing genetic genealogy for a few years and this webinar was a nice refresher to what to do! Thanks for making it simplified.\n\nI've been wanting to start looking closer at my matches but have been unsure of how to go about it. Thanks for the information! I'm certainly going to check out Blaine's other webinars to become more familiar with DNA testing. \n\nkeep them coming!! regarding DNA\n\nLearned a lot!\n\nLearning how to change the settings on all of my sites is helpful, and I will make my tree public now, I think. Even if I don't have all of the sources documented. I think my privacy setting is too narrow. I am going to listen to his other webinars now. Thank you\n\nLooking at the syllabus, I thought I knew most of the material, but Blaine's exposition was clear and very informative. Very worthwhile webinar.\n\nLots of actionable information. A great webinar.\n\nMore basic than I needed but Blaine is always worth the time! \n\nMore Please!!!\n\nMost learned/most helpful: Shared matches and how to look at those in Ancestry.\n\nThe pace of the webinar was just right. Able to keep up and not bogged down with irrelevant details.\n\nThis was my first seminar regarding genealogy and dna. I will definitely look into participating in more seminars.\n\nMr. Bettinger knows his stuff! This is the 2nd webinar of his I have viewed. Plan on watching his Foundations series. \n\nNeeded this info three years ago!\n\nNice outline for starting DNA research. Thank you!\n\nNo one is better at this!\n\nOffered some searching techniques when matches have no tree.\n\norganized, good visuals, informative presentation. More.......\n\nOutstanding. Although geared toward the beginner, something for everyone at all levels of expertise.\n\nReally great one !\n\nreally informative\n\nSo appreciated your seminar today, thank you.\n\nSo easy to understand. \n\nSo glad that I took the time to log in!\n\nSo much to learn about DNA. Thank you for guiding me in another direction.\n\nSometimes it’s the simplest things! I very much appreciate this easy to grasp strategy for working with DNA results. The visual representation of triangulation turned a lightbulb on for me. Thank you! I feel less intimidated!\n\nTeacher par excellence!!\n\nThank. You Blaine. As usual an excellent talk.\n\nThanks\n\nThanks Blaine and FamilyTreeWebinars!\n\nThanks for helping me to better understand DNA testing!\n\nThanks for the First 5 steps\n\nThanks for the good suggestions and hints.\n\nThanks to Blaine I'm learning so much more regarding DNA Matches! Since I'm a member I'm going to take advantage of those 5 webinar courses Blaine has on DNA. I need all the help I can get!\n\nThis is first Webinar I've actually been able to listen to. It was GREAT. Will take more time in the future to join in.\n\nThis was an incredibly helpful webinar! 10+ :D Thank you!

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5. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   This was my first webinar. Blaine spoke at the right pace. I was able to follow easily.\n\ntimely - easy to follow - BB does a great job\n\nTop notch. Blaine breaks it down and makes it very doable.\n\nValuable webinar for after you've taken 'the test' and don't know where/how to go from there!\n\nVery clear and informative! Thank you!\n\nVery clear and understandable.\n\nvery good ...and would like a webinar on "The Next Five Steps" :-)\n\nVery good comparison of how to use the different testing sites\n\nvery good information - presented in easy to understand steps!\n\nVery good information. Most of it I already knew (especially about the SECRET weapon) as I have been contacting oodles of cousins. However, I had almost forgotten that I am a member of Legacy Family Tree Webinars, so this "free webinar" was a reminder to me to use my membership.\n\nVery good presentation.\n\nVery good thanks\n\nvery good webinar\n\nthanks for the class\nVery good webinar. Thank you.\n\nVery helpful presentation. Inspiring me to create a skeleton family tree on Ancestry. Thank you Blaine.\n\nVery helpful!\n\nVery information, easy to understand explanations.\n\nThank you!\nvery informative\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative and easy to follow\n\nVery informative and helpful information. Thank you!\n\nVery informative! My cousin Sherri Steele alerted me to this webinar and while I knew a fair amount of what Blaine covered, there was enough new material to make it worth my time. Thankyou.\n\nVery informative!\n\nVery informative, clear, concise and and presented at a good pace! Thank you!\n\nVery informative, engaging, and it is wonderful having the Q/A at the end.\n\nvery informative. thank you\n\nVery informative. Makes me anxious to get back to my DNA matches. Webinar very well organized and speaker very knowledgeable. Thank you!\n\nVery organized and articulate. Found it to be insightful and reaffirming. Excellent\n\nVery precise and interesting! Have Blaine's book!\n\nVery understandable and easy to follow.\n\nVery useful information.\n\nVery well done! Lots of great information and well presented. Thank you!\n\nWell organized. Great info. Nice pace. \n\nwell paced content rich good audio + question. Well done.\n\nwell presented. \n\nWill be watchung this again!\n\nWill see again. Loved his comments about locating common matches with your DNA relatives\n\nWonderful and information in it will help our Society with a class we are doing especially since he reminded me some of tips I had forgotten about. Thank you!\n\nWonderful ideas and will put them to use right away. Thank you.\n\nWonderful Webinar. Learned some very good points. Many Thanks\n\nWould give this a ""6"" if that were a choice. Particularly for one who is just starting out, this is a great series of tips for how to get the most from one's DNA Test Results at the various testing vendors.

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