tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post8082118005350977034..comments2024-03-14T11:04:59.667-07:00Comments on AK'S Genealogy Research: DNA News of the Week: Taking Steps Forward and BackwardAnnettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449882634469681649noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-11924772410603111792014-06-25T07:38:03.772-07:002014-06-25T07:38:03.772-07:00From experience, I've learned to also be cauti...From experience, I've learned to also be cautious on the reported distant male ancestor on yDNA tests, too. Sometimes they are who the surname members want them to be, too.Mary E Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604421709196867607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-41423133210955805462014-06-24T20:14:52.450-07:002014-06-24T20:14:52.450-07:00Thanks for the comments! It would be so helpful fo...Thanks for the comments! It would be so helpful for us to be able to see where the shared DNA is. Otherwise we have no idea exactly what the basis for the match is.<br />Annette Kapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838906750219853975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-2347115970076149512014-06-24T18:04:12.486-07:002014-06-24T18:04:12.486-07:00In order to get a Shared Ancestor Hint, you need t...In order to get a Shared Ancestor Hint, you need two things: you need to be a DNA match to the person and you need to have something that looks like a common ancestor. I say "looks like" because I've had Shared Ancestor Hints that focus on the fact that both of us had "Unknown Williams" in our trees.<br /><br />I'm an adoptee searching for my father. I have set up a tree that uses a few generations of "unknown" to get to people who I *think* might be my ancestors. Some of them are based on shared chromosome segments with their descendants (my matches) and some are based on just seeing the same ancestors too many times to ignore. I hope when people see that my ancestors are connected to me via several generations of "unknown" they understand what I'm doing.<br /><br />I've learned a lot by constructing DNA trees for adoptees.Gaye Tannenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792214233203816331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-20761591315249146892014-06-24T15:44:50.995-07:002014-06-24T15:44:50.995-07:00<br />Genealemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862053925857198520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-59108541687809103442014-06-24T15:42:12.083-07:002014-06-24T15:42:12.083-07:00Yes, most definately Ancestry uses the names in yo...Yes, most definately Ancestry uses the names in your matches' trees to determine where you match with DNA. This is no scientific, although the first few generations could easily be correct.<br /><br />They even have me matching people in the 1600s...much to far back for the atDNA test unless there were multitudes of cousins marrying each other.<br /><br />It would be wonderful to see where our matches match us on our chromosomes. Then you could use that information to help determine the common ancestor for other matches. As it stands now (and probably forever) you must either upload your Ancestry data to Family Tree DNA and/or to GedMatch. Sadly, this means you need to talk all your Ancestry matches in doing the same! Genealemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862053925857198520noreply@blogger.com