Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Hot Matches

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

SJR

SJR Report 7 Nov 2007 10:13

Can anyone explain why I keep getting messages from people who have matches with me. Yet I do not have the same names on my Hot Matches.

Does this mean that I am not getting my Hot Matches?

Sheila

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Nov 2007 10:44

The only people who can tell you that are GR technical support............

Reg

Thelma

Thelma Report 7 Nov 2007 10:53

Is the box ticked in "my account"?
Are you sure they contacted you via "hot matches"? There are other ways.

Judith

Judith Report 7 Nov 2007 11:28

Presumably to stop having to send thousands of hotmatches GR have some sort of system which limits the number we get each time.. Back when I used to bother to look it seemed that I only received matches from near the beginning of the alphabet. But other people with less names on their tree than me were evidently getting matches for further down the alphabet and contacting me.

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 7 Nov 2007 11:33

To quote, Genes "set the limit to 100 matches as any more can be quite overwhelming."
These are done in alphabetical order as Judith as quite rightly worked out.
At one time I added a family of very common names to my tree & asked if I could be "overwhelmed" just to get it over & done with but they couldn't oblige.