A few reminders about your DNA matches:
- You will not get as many inquiries from DNA matches as you think.
- Many of the messages you send to your matches will not get answered.
- A good number of your matches will have no trees.
- Much of your DNA analysis you will have to do yourself or with the help of other genealogists who are not your matches.
- DNA can solve problems that records alone cannot.
- DNA can solve problems that you thought would never be solved.
- DNA match analysis is not always easy.
- DNA work does not replace work in paper records.
- Many people test and never look at their matches.
- DNA match analysis is not quick and easy.