3 DNA Uploading Raw Data onto GedMatch - Desiree Colson

To upload your Raw Data onto GedMatch, first open up your GedMatch account:

www.gedmatch.com

From the front page, scroll down to File Uploads and select Generic Upload FAST!

 

You will be led to a form to complete, starting with the name of the DNA person (probably you).

If you do not know your Mitochondrial haplogroup or Y haplogroup - just leave these blank.

Click Browse to select your Raw Data.  (below)

Hopefully you can remember where your data is stored.

Here you can see my AncestryDNA - Desiree.txt (from an Ancestry test)... and BROOK Gordon.zip (from a MyHeritage test).

Select the test result you want and click Open.     (below)

Now click on Upload.     (below)

If all goes to plan, your next page will tell you the upload is complete (it does take a while sometimes, so be patient).

The number in red is assigned to your personal GedMatch data, write this down for your records - you will need it.      (below)

BE PATIENT!

You may be able to use your data fairly soon, but be prepared... sometimes you need to wait for up to 2 days for it to become active.

TIP:
You can add more than one DNA Raw Data to GedMatch under your own email details, eg, mum, dad, sibling, etc.

So what was the point?

What do I do now?

The reason you have gone through this process is to put your DNA onto GedMatch.

GedMatch is a free site that is purely for finding DNA matches - so likely anyone who is submitted on GedMatch is another genealogist looking for connections.

You can contact people that you are matched with by email, and likewise they can contact you via your email.

Check out my other handouts concerning using GedMatch.