Thank you. I've never put too much value in these ethnicity estimates. I've tested at five testing companies and the estimates are all very different. My siblings and I have all tested at Ancestry DNA. Of course our estimates are all different. Or should I take these estimates more seriously? So I know my genealogy on both sides going back at least into the 1700s. So I should receive half of my mother's DNA from her father (German) and half from her mother (Norway)? Or could I receive more Norwegian DNA than German? I ask this because Ancestry DNA has me on the maternal side as 21% Norway, 20 % Sweden so more scandinavian. The rest is 6% French, 2% Germanic, and 1% England and northwestern Europe. Does this make sense? It is possible that my German roots are from Alsace (maybe Switzerland earlier) and history does tell us Swedish troops occupied parts of Alsace during the 30 years war -- could be the explanation? My siblings did not all get the Swedish DNA. Of course I'm mainly using my cousin matches to find clues about my ancestors and my German origins, which is my brick wall. I do get many matches with Swiss, Alsatian and Palatinate ancestors in their family trees but haven't been able to find records and documents to prove anything. 🤕 So I'm looking ancestors beyond my 3rd great grandparents with is a challenge (I think you agree).

I read RootsMagic 10 has a Leeds method built in. Learning curves getting me.

I get so distracted. I go down endless rabbit holes. So I’m starting over with genetic matches.

It seems very complicated for some people to understand you inherit half of your parents dna, not half of everything in their dna perfectly

What if you don’t have secon cousin or first cousins?

Hello I have see you a lot , I am a fan

Please help! In Wikitree. There are people, they brag about their Phds and all. Keep telling me I am not a real genealogist. I have been working on my family tree stuff for a long time. I have been able to work off of what has been handed down from generations going way back. There is one part of my family tree that someone puts in this big long spill about DNA, because they have DNA connecting two or three people, the other people in this family tree they don't have DNA matches for or something about they are not part of some certain DNA group. These people will tear that/my family tree apart. Adding other people, deleting people, and so on. It is like they use the DNA as a way to bully me out of certain parts of my family tree so they can twist their family tree into it. My question is how can it be 100% positive there are DNA matches for people 200 plus years ago? My understanding is that DNA is only as good as the data that is reported, such as family histories.

what file format do i have to look for in order to upload the file with the raw data LivingDNA has for me from the autosomal test i took with them several years ago? surely it is not txt?

what file typ do i look for to find the correct file type instead of txt so that i can upload mylivingDNA raw data to MyHeritage?

Is the tip calculator no longer a feature? the dashboard seems to have been updated and I can't locate the comparison chart

This is such GREAT news. FTDNA gives tests you can’t get anywhere else. But I agree that their “family tree” feature is REALLY lacking!!!!! And allot of people there have no trees at all, even after taking the Big Y 700. Or the mitrocondial test. So frustrating to so many. Hopefully more people will build out at least a small tree because of this. Fingers crossed!…..8-)

When is My Heritage going to offer a monthly subscription?

Very helpful and interesting video.I've got 3 instances in my tree of cousins marrying in the 1800 hundreds,though not on the pedigree line.

I don't have the export button :(

I need to know what cousins to find great grandfather. He was born between 1835 to 1855

A wonderful presentation! I learned a lot from Mags -- thank you!!

​ @YourDNAGuide My closest match is 1862 cm and 27% , with the longest segment of 180 cm on the paternal side. Does this mean that the woman is my half sister? I just found out that the man who I thought was my father for over 60 years is not.. (Me and my supposed half brother took an ancestory test and did not match.This woman I close match with had two brothers and a father who all had a baby girl in the same year period that I was born. So my mother slept with the brothers or the father. She is staying mumon the subject(pun intended).

I forgot all about MitoYDNA! Thank you! I just logged on to my account and updated what I have discovered since 2019 when I created it.

GDPR was created by the European Union (EU) not the UK. EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016.

I was a bit late for the start of this one but really liked it. I did not know who she was but loved all the new things I learned.

Sorry missed it live mags! Good job!

How do you use the MitoYDNA on WikiTree or Ancestry?

How do you find matches from a birth mother and her other children from another marriage?

Surnames are of importance only in certain cultures, and then only recently. My Y-line did not use surnames, my father being the first generation to be born with what he used. In certain cultures names may carry some magical meaning, but in others that is not true.

Thoughtful, sourced-based collaboration.

open collaboration is creative!

Hello, from Plymouth, Devon, England.

Hello ladies! 😊

i have tried this and it dosnt work i get had to be repaired and some features had to be Removed Records: Formula from /xl/worksheets/sheet2.xml part Removed Records: Formula from /xl/worksheets/sheet3.xml part

I do wish I was able to find the towns because I know they immigrated in 1900 during the 3rd partition of Poland occupied by Russia

Oh ok that makes sense as to why my paternal half sister got Czech republic but I got northeast Poland communities

I met both of you in person at a genealogy fair at Nova Southeastern University Library in 2009 in Davie, Florida and bought a copy of Megan's Book "Who do you think you are?" I've been following both of you ever since and sorry I missed your wonderful live interview. Genealogy is addictive and challenging. I took over my mother's genealogy file after she passed and I truly regret I didn't do the interviews you spoke about because now there are so many unanswered questions I will never get answered. Thank you

I uploaded my autosomal DNA to FamilyTree. Seems impossible, but I match with no one. I ordered the Y DNA tests for my husband and BIL. I'm not confident we are going to come up with anything after listening to this. BTW: I paid the $19 to unlock the features. I'm not seeing anything I haven't seen before and I don't have any additional matches. So, I guess I'm not looking at this tool appropriately.

For another $120/year on top of what you are already paying! It's standard with 23 & Me.

That's exciting! I think I'm going to have to subscribe to ProTools now. I wish it was included in the general subscription, but still thinking, 'How cool is this??!!'

I know this video is a few years ago but I wanted to add now that Ancestry doesn't allow you transfer your DNA data from other companies, I suggest that you buy the Ancestry DNA and then transfer to MyHeritage. I had to do both tests.

dont believe in this mess

UPDATE!!!! The Google Spreadsheet has now been updated to handle the latest version of the AncestyDNA matches format released in June 2024. If your AncestryDNA matches page now shows "square dots" with a single character in them, and you can only see 20 or 50 matches at a time, then use the updated version (see link above), and use the 2024 Raw Data tab. On the Instructions page of the spreadsheet is also a link to a KZfaq help video I made about the update - including - how to capture the Custom Dot Groups!

Question: I traced my family to 1730 and it was 100% English. But Ancestry came back 100% Irish. How? Is the DNA from 1000, AD?

It’s too bad that version 9 killed my ability to sync to ancestry and family search, so I have been forced to leave this platform behind and look for something. It also never synced with MyHeritage anyway which is now my preferred platform going forward.

Wow I am way behind, I am still working from version 7

There it is 👏

I saw it last week paid for it just to try it out and still see nothing so that is a waste of my money. I still don’t see it and paid for it on June 13th and they won’t refund my money..SMH!!!