Ancestry Dna Matches Update

I was not on that call but i read about the changes on debbie kennett s cruwys news website.

Ancestry dna matches update.

According to their research this revision will remove 2 3 of your false matches or matches who don t actually share a recent common ancestor with you. A shared match hint chart showing the common ancestors at the top with each members relative that leads to the member. I m going to report what was said then lay out a strategy for you. Yesterday ancestry announced that they are going to remove smaller matches from their customer s dna match list around the first of august.

Thus i will have to relink dozens of dna matches each. On 15 july 2020 ancestrydna updated their matching white paper which is a detailed document describing how they use our dna data to match us to our genetic relatives. I have a private tree that is my working tree. Ancestry will no longer show you matches who share fewer than 8 cm with you.

However it s a small community and others have reported consistent information. From your dna homepage click link to tree under your name. Ancestry is committed to enhancing our customers experiences and supporting journeys of personal discovery. Then a thought came to mind.

This is assumed to be a dna match. The tree i use for dna on ancestry is a public tree with only names dates and places. What will my results tell me. Connect your dna test to a public family tree by signing in to your ancestry account and clicking the dna tab.

Ancestry s update will remove some dna matches earlier this week ancestry announced on a conference call that they were making several big changes in regards to dna matches. The current threshold is 6 cm. Your ancestrydna results include information about your geographic origins across 1 000 regions and identifies potential relatives through dna matching to others who have taken the ancestrydna test. I update the dna public tree about once a year with a new gedcom from my legacy database.

Ancestrydna is shaving off some of our dna match list. There are now 3 scenarios ancestry can generate. I do not connect my dna to this tree. Unlink a tree from your dna test from the settings button in the top right corner of your dna.

The previous matching white paper was released in 2016. While your dna stays the same our science is constantly improving to provide more precise and informative ethnicity estimates. A dna match without a hint chart just a list of names that are in each members tree and at the top a list of shared last names. Earlier today the learn more link at the top of the dna matches page has been updated with the following information which confirms the facebook posting.

This post has been updated. We have two major enhancements powering this update. I was not on this conference call myself. Ancestrydna can also help identify relationships with unknown relatives through a dynamic list of dna matches.