I have whole sections of my DNA matches that are off by two generations. Everything is crowded into 3rd and 4th cousins and many of them make no sense. I have found that part of that is mistakes in trees that are propagating faster and with less and less review. Ancestry does not give sufficient
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https://x.com/RichardKCollin2/status/1848845422498111868 Policies and standards for collaboration on the Internet – DNA Genealogy, sharing and hoarding Someone just asked me to help them with a brick wall. They are not related to me or to any of my DNA matches, or cases. They do not clearly identify themselves, have no age or location, and ALL their
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DNA Genealogy – build a full pedigree for every match After more the 120 DNA cases my recommendation is the same for the last 80 of them. Take the first person closest and build their complete pedigree. Take the next and build theirs. If they connect, put placeholders from your root person to their common
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DNA Genealogy as it affects individuals, groups, populations, species – “Genome Genealogy” One of my DNA matches is beyond my ability to help. Part is that I am getting too old and tired to use the click and human memory intensive methods that is all that #Ancestry offers. The other is that most of the
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/ancestryforall I have been filling in some of my 4th to 6th cousin DNA matches in my tree. I find the common ancestors, then fill in the generations down to the match. The reason I do this is more matches come often where one DNA test exist. New matches often come from people nearby. 40-50%
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You might find a protractor to measure the angles and the percentages of the whole circle. 360 degrees is 100% of the DNA. So a section that is 36 degrees would be 10% Most of the time these “pie charts” are supposed to be label with the percentage. Forcing poor humans like us to mentally
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Debra, I read your message again. Yes join the group on GedMatch and learn what it can do. But it is only about 2 Million Tests, so do not expect magic solutions. Ancestry DNA Painter https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Chromosome-Painter?language=en_US DNA Painter Example on DNAPainter.com https://dnapainter.com/example Adding 23andMe Data to DNA Painter https://www.familysearch.org/to/rootstech/session/adding-23andme-data-to-dna-painter Ancestry Pro Tools matches of matches:
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I know what back pain feels like for extended periods, so I have a bit of understanding and empathy for your pain. Physical therapy is a good idea. Yes, you can share your DNA results with others. I have helped about 200 others with their DNA, for adoptions. missing parents, brick walls and just to
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You are working with people who are already likely to have NPEs. You can look at birth statistics for children where no father is listed. In Texas that is about 2%. I calculated the number of official adoptions and that is about 1% but it varies by group. When I tell people, I usually say
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Debra, I have not received the DNA invitation yet. I looked at the tree. My immediate reactions are (1) Mexico, not a lot of DNA matches, (2) not a lot of trees filled in deep enough (3) lots of people not knowing their families (4) requires extensive international account research. (5) many people with no
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