Now that you know how to use ThruLines, figure out if they are actually accurate in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7aEedJl3s6ZhHU.html

Thank you so much! You’re such a good teacher, and you helped me a lot. I look forward to watching your other videos. ❤️

Great video, Devon!! I was not aware of the ThruLines icons within the pedigree view. I'm looking forward to more of your videos :-)

A very thorough and understandable explanation of ThruLines. Many thanks for the great vid.

VERY helpful, thank you!

Thanks for tips! I never knew that I needed to turn on the ACCESS Points in each of my trees. Also you said when scrolling thrulines, change the magnification. Game changers!

Great information. You have have confirmed what I was assuming about the information in Tru Lines, but I was unsure whether my assumptions were correct. It seems to be another great tool that will likely evolve over time t do even more. Thank you.

Very helpful, thank You .

Very good info Thank you so much

Devon... Thank you very much for your powerful response. I very much appreciate it. What you said about the possibilities of a Parent Change and Hidden Family Secret makes more sense to me after I called Warren County, TN Library and spoke to a Genealogist there... She said the same thing thing about Hidden Family Secret/s especially when it came down to a particular 4th great grandmother... Never could find any actual proof... so that particularly makes absolute sense. Also, the same thing when I called an Historical Society in Gainesville, Missouri.... The gentleman told me the same exact probable situation about a supposed 3rd great grandpa ( his mother was the one in Question) ok now, it appears it's beginning to be clearer to me since my very own grandma Maude Myrtle Bennett's 2nd great grandpa Thomas Hobert/Hobart ( spelling isn't the best sorry) Lord was born in Christian County, KY 1805 and his supposed mother Milliford Whiting was born 1779-80 ( no one knows where she was born or her parents) and she would have died in Bedford, TN 1827 no one knows her grave.. her supposed husband( father of Thomas H Lord) was born 1775 in GA ( or Maryland) and re-married to a Elizabeth Baumgarner in Rutherford, TN 1829 so yes, something is fishy for sure. Also, I noticed Thomas Lord's middle name Hobert or Hobart wasn't it a usual thing that a son's middle name was either a Mother's surname or else a Grandparent's surname? Lastly, Thomas lord's sister Rebecca Lord was born 1807 also in Christian County, KY while all the remaining siblings were all born in Coffee County, TN and it all makes sense why my grandma's Mtdna test had a few matches but all those women were related to her father's Bennett line. Maybe that is what could be explained by HIDDEN -SECRET PARENT ? Thank you Devon for your suggestions earlier !

I don't know if things changed. You CAN definitely click on one of the suggested inline ancestors to find their information and link them to your tree directly. Thanks for your videos.

Nice video!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Stacy..That was some super good advice you gave me I really appreciate your help..😋..I will just put that 2nd great grandfather on hold for a while longer ..until I can get some more concrete proof😋..

Thanks for the help getting me started with ThruLines. I have tried it a couple of times; but, found some of it confusing. Your video helped. Note: I am a Townsend descendant from the Texas Townsend (Asa, Emma Nell) branch.

Thanks

I did a lot of merging last night as a lot if DNA Cousin we're attached to my tree but as a relationship like 1C of wife of Uncle. Yes, this is true but she was my Mom's DNA Cousin. So I searched each surname in the list and merged the duplicates until I found who I had twice until voila! 9C1R on a French branch!

Lots of good info, but The most important thing was @11:29 mark. I actually have two families that people continually add the wrong info in their trees (mixing of unrelated people with similar names) because the copied from other faulty trees. I too have spent years trying to correct this error..I even added a tree for one of these wrong families to prove that they are not related to my line...YET Ancestry suggested them as a potential ancestor...using that very same tree I uploaded proving there is no connection LOL

Thanks for all the info. It is very helpful, but the problem I am having is in helping an elderly (89 year old) DNA relative find out how we are related. He reached out to me & I know from mutual DNA relatives that we are related thru my maternal grandfather who is a Keith. I then hit a wall, a hard, brick one as all our mutual relatives led nowhere. I asked him to add my 3rd ggparents to his tree to see if it would create a thru line (at that time it was DNA Circle) and got no luck. His daughter also placed my 3rd ggparents in her tree & I notice she now shows a ThruLine to these relatives. My question, do the ThruLines and DNA matches always go together or am I wasting time in trying to put these DNA relatives into my family by using the deceased grandparents where I think the DNA relative may fall? I always believed the DNA and the ThruLine would have to be consistent, but now I am not so sure.

it is so easy to enter ancestry! however it is a labyrinth of steps, not everyone can navigate, I would go Elsewhere for any genealogical source!

Hello Devon... I have a question about thru-lines. If there are ZERO matches showing for thru lines when I get the ancestors in the 1700's, could this mean at that point in my suspected ancestor/s that I put onto Ancestry.com mean I have the wrong people as my ancestor/s or could it be that I am (cousins as well) the only family related to these ancestors of the 1700's? Boy, I sure hope you or someone on this comment section can answer this ! I am also guessing that Thru lines might be the key to confirmation about suspected ancestor's relation that I put down in my tree. Is that pretty much correct? Enjoyed your lesson today.

In my tree, I see several ancestors that have the ThruLines icon on their tree entry; but, when I get all excited about the possibility of new insight and ask to view their ThruLines, all I see is me. Why? I thought the ThruLines icon was an indication that there was someone that had DNA that connected to this entry (other than me) - if not, what does it really mean?

I have the DNA results of several people linked to my public Ancestry Family Tree, and not all are direct line ancestors. If I want to take advantage of the power of Thru-Lines for these people, do I need to unlink myself and link each, one at a time, to that tree?

Is it possible to produce a non-DNA 'ThruLine' to a common ancestor in someone else's very complex family tree?

I tested with 23 and me. I suppose I have to take another test with Ancestry to be able to use these tools?

I am actually finding that they are updating at least current Thrulines fairly quickly, like in minutes. I am currently going through my matches and seeing which ones are in my tree and which ones are not. And some of them should be in my tree (or at least their parents/grandparents) but I haven't worked on that line. So for example one DNA cousin whom I have message I know where we are connected. I have family genealogies down to her dad in my possession, but I have never inputted the information into my tree. So I did. And now it is showing the full line. Another one I was working and there were two sisters and I just could not find who they married or an obituary that mentioned their married names but for some reason on the match page I clicked on the common ancestor. And now the match's mother's name showed up because now it was in my tree. And this was like not even fifteen minutes since I updated the tree. Granted, that Thruline was already there so it was just flipping from the private information on my match's tree to what information is in my tree. But it is a trick I am now using in my research, though I would only trust it at the parent level for the match.

The ThruLines Icons slider button is greyed out. Why is that?

Does a tree linked to your DNA results need to be public to use ThruLines? Both my husband and I have our DNA linked to private trees and ThruLines shows only ancestors from our own trees (not common to other testers), which is pretty useless as of course we already know we are related to the people in the trees we constructed. Thank you,

Can this be done on a phone?

My only issue with ThruLines right now is that it is adding the ThruLine icon on my family view and pedigree view to my step-mother even though we are NOT a DNA match. My mother passed away when I was a teenager, so I don't have her DNA. I do, however, have my step-mother's DNA. I added her in my tree as the 2nd wife to my father to show my connection to my half-brother, and I have his DNA as well. I also double-checked to make sure I am still showing as the child of the correct couple. When I go into the ThruLines section of Ancestry, it does show my mother and the correct ancestors there. I don't know how to get that ThruLines icon to go to my ancestor (my mother) so that it will flow correctly in my tree views. If anyone else has this issue to know what is causing it or how to fix it, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for the video thru lines has helped me a lot ..I only have one ☝️ problem ..what bothers me is when somebody gets put in my tree ..as a potential..and the owner of the tree has no records of this person..I contacted and them and they won’t respond..it leaves me wondering is this really my ancestor..Especially when the great grandparents are a different race..It’s not that I don’t believe them because fifth and sixth dna cousin matches are in the line ..it would just be nice to know where this information came from....Do you think maybe this person had access to overseas records with the upgraded subscription ..is that why they won’t respond??..I know it gives them access to more overseas information..I’m just very curious to know where they got this information from..

My mother was adopted. We know what her name was before she was adopted. Should I just use her name given by her biological mother when trying to find my maternal family?

i thought this was like the Autoclusters that My Heritage created - but its actually more similar to the Theory of Family Relativity that My Heritage uses. I dont use Ancestry. I prefer My Heritage.

I would suggest You find a more reputable source for any genealogy information! just my opinion!

Blood test B4 marriage is where I am.

The biggest issue is " are the trees connected to your matches accurate?" No not very