Tags: Ancestry, DNA, Shared Ancestors, Video
Understanding Shared Ancestor Hints + Video
Understanding Shared Ancestors & Shared Ancestor Hints In order for you to really take advantage of genealogical DNA testing – especially at Ancestry, you need to understand what shared ancestors and shared ancestor hints are, how they can help in […]
Confusing Shared Ancestor Hints
Shared Ancestor Hints Recently, I linked my mom’s DNA profile to someone in a mirror tree and I got more shared ancestor hints than what I was expecting. I had already confirmed this person’s maternal family is related to my […]
What is a Mirror Tree?
I’m getting a lot of feedback and I keep seeing the same thing. The same question keeps coming up. What is a mirror tree? I’ve answered some questions about mirror trees in the Five Questions Answered post and went over […]
Lehr, Stigler, Oliphant – New Connections
I got stuck tracing records back on the potential lead that I wrote about in the last post so I decided to give my brain a break from that and work on creating a 4th cousin tree that had the […]
Finding Shared Ancestors – A Walk Through
Finding Shared Ancestors I was telling my sister how I’ve made some progress recently and I quickly realized that she had no idea what I was talking about. I think it’s because she’s not on Ancestry. So I’m going to […]
Adopted Family Linked to DNA – Bad Practice
My mom has a bunch of 3rd cousin DNA matches that we have been unable to find a common ancestor. A “DNA expert” suggested that I create a mirror tree of a DNA match’s family tree and link my mom’s DNA results […]