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Thx, stickman07738. Very interesting charts. I hope to find out more soon.
Roselvr, wow, I didn't know about those other sites. I'll check them out. How do you find common matches? And I thought you had to join Ancestry in order to find out more info? Just looked at family search, and it's really cool! They even show the written census. Thanks!
There is a lot you can do without paying at Ancestry
Go to your DNA page, click matches, click this close match, you'll see pedigree and surnames, shared matches, map and locations. You want shared matches.It will list anyone you have in common.
I mostly use the ancestry app, just find it easier.
I finally had time to look at the ancestry site again, and discovered this about the person they say I'm related to:
1,864 centimorgans shared across 54 DNA segments - any clues on this?
I'll probably end up joining to explore more, LOL
There's other options, as mentioned, like grandparent/child, or uncle/nephew, but given your ages, they can't be grandparent/child, and uncle/nephew is unlikely too (especially an unknown one).
There is a lot you can do without paying at Ancestry
Go to your DNA page, click matches, click this close match, you'll see pedigree and surnames, shared matches, map and locations. You want shared matches.It will list anyone you have in common.
I mostly use the ancestry app, just find it easier.
Matches and shared matches aren't very useful without being able to see their trees, which you can't do without a subscription or invite to a tree. You can contact your matches and ask for an invite to see their trees, but it is tedious and people often don't respond.
Matches and shared matches aren't very useful without being able to see their trees, which you can't do without a subscription or invite to a tree. You can contact your matches and ask for an invite to see their trees, but it is tedious and people often don't respond.
That depends on how many samples you are working with. Since I have both my mom and dad's sample, using "shared matches" is a very fast way to determining which side of the family the cousin is from (the answer is sometimes both!) With three generations on my moms' side, I can use shared matches to break down my maternal matches further in maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother's family.
That depends on how many samples you are working with. Since I have both my mom and dad's sample, using "shared matches" is a very fast way to determining which side of the family the cousin is from (the answer is sometimes both!) With three generations on my moms' side, I can use shared matches to break down my maternal matches further in maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother's family.
Sure, but without seeing their tree, you still don't know much/anything beyond that. Both my parents tested, and my paternal grandfather, but I still want to know more than that. Of course it's up to every individual how far they want to take things - I probably wouldn't recommend subscribing unless you're going to make sure of the records access and build your tree. But for someone who just found out they have a half sibling they didn't know about, if that person has a public tree and won't give you an invite to it, it might be worth subscribing just for one month to see their tree.
Sure, but without seeing their tree, you still don't know much/anything beyond that. Both my parents tested, and my paternal grandfather, but I still want to know more than that. Of course it's up to every individual how far they want to take things - I probably wouldn't recommend subscribing unless you're going to make sure of the records access and build your tree. But for someone who just found out they have a half sibling they didn't know about, if that person has a public tree and won't give you an invite to it, it might be worth subscribing just for one month to see their tree.
Oh absolutely.
Your experience matches mine in terms of trying to get invites to see trees. Most people either don't respond, or claim ignorance as to how to do it.
Still, the shared match feature is one of the better Ancestry.com free cousin utilities. Not as good as MyHeritage or GEDmatch's free cousin matching systems though, IMO.
my dna match 12 first and second cousin in my dad home town, but all of them has no tree or lock tree, my tree has over 3000 member and i was always helpful if other wanted to look. but now my tree lock, im playing by their rules now
That depends on how many samples you are working with. Since I have both my mom and dad's sample, using "shared matches" is a very fast way to determining which side of the family the cousin is from (the answer is sometimes both!) With three generations on my moms' side, I can use shared matches to break down my maternal matches further in maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother's family.
I manage 6 samples, my daughter has her grandma and her aunt who doesn't have the same father as my daughters father while my son has his grandma and her nephew plus a few matches that I know where they came from. Same with my hub, I have known matches for him. I know how I match some people so it's helpful.
If I have common matches I don't know I send a message, some answer, some don't. I finally got one reply the other day, seems we share our maiden last name but both of our dads are deceased, hers at 67, mine at 69. Now I really need my uncle to test to determine if I have relatives in the US from that line. Our last name is pretty common in Hungary.
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