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A really informative clear and easy to follow video- it's easy to be overwhelmed by the science and a page filled with numbers and abbreviations!

Great info Andy!

Many people can't find the tool. It is, as of today, 7 Mar 2021, it is on the home page under "Tier 1", 12th down, named "Find common ancestors (MRCA) from DNA matches NEW"

This tool sounds wonderful, can not wait to try it.

When I get back home to Pennsylvania I will be checking this out! Thanks Andy👍💻📑✍📚🧬

Oh, I hope this is all it's hyped to be!

Great info, Andy. My second time through it and I learned more things today! Do you know of a video or blog that shows an easy way to create a direct line GEDcom from Ancestry or MyHeritage?

Very clear instructions, if only I didn't get lost by the time I get to the end, but thank you.

Cannot wIt to try this. Thank you for this video.

OK I got it to work and what I did was upload a Gedcom again with new name and then go straight into the tool. Originally it was showing zero on all 4 of my GEDCOMS but since uploading anew it is finding links.

I set it for score 3. Out of 1047 matches I have 34 Most Recent Common Ancestors found. Comparisons took 9800.27730 seconds.nts.

i am now learning how to use.

I would like to know if when you submit a kit number to a specific DNA PROJECT it would seem obvious your not going t be accepted unless you are showing a certain amount of the desirable markers? Is this correct ? I think these projects lack a lot of participant info that should automatically be sent to people when your accepted . After all your giving them your data.

I don't see a MRCA search tool available . Is that only on the paid subscription version on Gedcom?

Honestly it was reveal to me that ancestry compositions from 23andme and others are nothing but comparing your DNA in terms of how similar in genetic make up you are compared to a specific group of people or ethnic group rather actually confirming your relationship as actually family. It doesn't necessarily mean they are your ancestors especially if they are living populations they are comparing your dna too, which has been proven that populations across the world today mostly likely wasn't there a 100 years ago because of course human migrate and move around alot.

Powerful tool. Would you recommend using this in conjunction with the cluster tool in cases of unknown parentage?

Hi I am trying to use this feature on GedMatch and I am following your video. It appears that there must have been updates that your video has that is no longer available. Can you help me find my MCRA, please?

I downloaded a gedom file from Ancestry and was going to upload it to Gedmatch until I read the instruction stating that names of the living, or those I don't know for sure are deceased, need to be changed to LIVING. How do I do that without screwing up my Ancestry tree and losing all the cousins, nieces, nephews, etc., that I've already identified?

Had Big Y done had a GED # now have another one it now says my Haplogroup is confirmed. what is the Difference. I have a completed Family tree

Where do you find the MRCA Search Tool?

I noticed that the path says my 7th ggf is my 9ggf. similar paths noted for other ancestors.

Where can I find the Gedmatch MRCA search tool?

How do you add a gedmatch file? Ie where does it come from?

Does the cM column in this MRCA ancestors indicate the total number of cM's in common or the longest segment size in common between possible cousins?

I want to upload a GENCOM file but do not know how to exclude people who are alive and may not want to be included. Any help would be appreciated

SO at the 5:28 mark in your video, I see that in your Gedcom, you included all the children of that couple, (in this video, Jane Gordon's siblings), but I thought that our Gedcom was only supposed to include our grandparents and great great etc grandparents as opposed to all of our great (and 2nd great, 3rd great etc) aunts and uncles. Am I incorrect in that? I have many of those great aunts and uncles listed in my Ancestry family tree and each of their families as well. SO by the example above, I'm thinking I need to create a Gedcom that includes all of those great aunts and uncles to increase the possibility of finding a MCRA. But perhaps not include the families of those great aunts and uncles? And it looks like GEDMATCH is pretty much like Ancestry's thru lines (to DNA Matches trees) where it is dependent on you both having the same spelling of an MCRA. The challenge in my case are my Finnish ancestors that have long names that are not as standardized as my American and English/Scottish Ancestors names.

I am new with DNA . Do you share DNA with your closest match ? So you are related somewhere ? Or is this just comparing ged files (your created trees ) ?

Can you add more than one DNA kit to a GEDCOM or is it just like Ancestry - everyone with their own tree.

What does this mean Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 4.3

Hello I was looking at your video.And I m trying to help my fiancee with his lineage.And for sometime I see this ancestor he s top ancestor(common)U could say.Would this be helpful in locating his history.But he has over 7 generations but It says orphan on him.But I can t seem to find records on this common ancestor

so i put in my kit number but it says its invailid gow do i fix that

Andy? Where do we find the tool? I am having a Dickens finding it.

Problem with GEDcom: no matter what I do, the gedcom comes up incorrect. It keeps placing the parent for the child. Almost every generation in my family there are two or more parents and in almost every case, the "step"-parent gets shown as the biological parent. How do I edit the gedcom on GEDmatch to correct for their stupidity? As it is I can't show half-aunts and uncles on the gedcom whose kits are on GedMatch now

What is the real benefit to gedmatch when their database is so small compared to most recognizable DNA services?

Will GEDmatch privatize living people when a gedcom is uploaded, or do I need to do that prior to uploading?

4:09 - "Next we have the name, in our GEDCOM kit, of who that match is..." No, you have the name of the detected common ancestor; the match is between you and the person in the second column. In most cases, there are two common ancestors, that person named as "Common Ancestor" and their spouse; in fewer cases, the MRCA spouse is different on the two sides of the match9 and are therefore not common to both sides. And I have some questions for you, Andy: Most all of my matches are listed at generation 8 9, 10 and 11, even an occasional 12. I was told that common DNA doesn't often occur beyond the 8th generation back because of dilution, but I'm getting common ancestors that verify out, as far as I can check, born back to the high 1500s. Is this normal, or am I just odd? Are matches often found that far out? We're talking like 10-11th cousins matching here. Do you have any information that the search algorithm searches from the closest relatives outwards? If not, then there is the possibility (as I seem to have found in a few cases) that the most likely common ancestors (the ones most likely to be generating the DNA that matches) aren't the ones being displayed. It's important to point out that the match size is between you and the other testee; that size has little to do with finding MRCAs in the two trees (GEDCOMs). I've gotten several matches that look good; the names verify out, but when I take them back to a one-on-one comparison, there is no match. A glitch in the software? Finally, do you know how this compares to Ancestry's Thrulines? It seems to be essentially the same product.

I have searched for over 30 years for my paternal grandfather Smith's family. He died in 1930, twelve days before Dad was born. We don't know anything much about him. I tested through FTDNA in 2004, and Ancestry last year. Also uploaded to GedMatch. STILL NOTHING! I don't know what to do.

I don’t understand so are you saying that if they’re too distant have a relative it’s not really worth exploring or are you saying that the DNA could be wrong if it’s too low?

I'm getting some pretty bad results with this tool. Multiple cases where using the one to one DNA compare the MCRA is 5 generations back but with the Gedcom match, they are showing the MCRA as from 1520 with no matches in the Gedcom file past about 1600

Can I use an ancestry tree with floating people for my gedcom file?

When doing adoption research, can gedcom be added and removed ? Can it be made private so that it does not confuse others?

But what if the information in your tree or gedcom file is inaccurate or you’re uncertain about it?

I keep on getting an error whenever I use the MRCA . It states that there is no GED Com file associated with the DNA file. This is even though I have linked them.

Should I update my gedcom file regularly as I update it?

MRCA is greyed out for me. Does anyone know how to activate it?

I was hoping you would click on the name with the score of 6.

I have over 5 thousand people in my tree. Will Gedmatch accept a Gedcom with so many in the tree?

Does this only work if both you and the match have uploaded a tree?

Why does Jane Gordon match, if she is not a relative? Is the lack of DNA matching being ignored?

Alredy have a profile on Ancestry, 23andme and MyHeritage... not shure there is an added value to do my GEDmatch...

This tool doesn't seem to be available. Where is it?

Most at Gedmatch don't even have Gedcom files at Gedmatch. I don't know why some of these people even bother. What's the point without a Gedcom file?

Do you just upload your DNA or add a tree?

Can several people be linked in the GedCom files?

Gedmatch has "too many connections"... lol, I think this video just caused a bit of a Slashdot effect.

If there is a rainbow dna symbol next to a name what does it mean? I been googling it and can’t find any information

Looks like your grandfather and I match..lol

it doesnt actually sound any different to thrulines on ancestry which is a free facility if you have your DNA done by them

What does the * beside Name mean?????

It appears this tool is only available to Tier1 members

I have now watched 1½ minutes still no info on how to find common ancestor :-(

Looks like the more common a name the lower the score is.

951 and no matches

I had ZERO MRCA :(

Is this a paid tool? I don't see it on the list of "free tools".

Too many people marking all ancestors as "private." No help in this case.

That's a Tier 1 tool :(

My son had 23& me DNA done and they didn't get it right at all ‼️‼️‼️ It is a rip off 😡

This is about the most unnecessarily confusing website I have ever seen. Do not waste your time!