Mossie's Musings

We have seen a lot of changes at AncestryDNA recently. Ancestry subscribers now have 64 groups and 32 colours to work with. ProTools subscribers also have "enhanced shared matching". More recently, we've had the Chrome extension - Genealogy Assistant - to assist us.  What does this mean for me? I have more groups and colours to work with. The display of groups is different. I can see how much atDNA a shared match not only shares with me but also with the match I are working with eg Frank shares 824cM with me and 51cM with my match JBis. I can see my matches below 20cM on the shared match page if that person shares 20cM or more with the match I'm looking at eg James shares 50cM with my match JBis and 10cM with me. Over the last couple of months, I've been evolving how I use these features. I'm sure it will continue to evolve but I thought it was time to document where I'm at in March 2025. I still use my "Twisted Leeds Method". My first step is t...

Update on Ancestry subscriptions- Most of your AncestryDNA matches will not have a subscription and will have very little information to work with.  If you don't have an Ancestry membership, you should consider "AncestryDNA Plus" which costs $39.99 each six months. You can read about the features included  HERE. Ancestry Pro Tools allows you to see how much DNA your matches share and their relationship to each other. The cost is variable but I pay $10US a month. You can read more HERE  and use the link to subscribe.  Below at are notes for those who attended the Society of Australian Genealogists' webinar First Look at AncestryDNA .  Others are welcome to use these notes for their personal research.  Please contact me at chrisw9953[at]gmail[dot]com for  other uses.  I'll strive to update the notes as there are further developments or my understanding of the area grows. "Setting the scene" You can read about the "4 types of DNA"  HERE. Ancestr...

These notes are for participants in the Society of Australian Genealogists' program, Analysing your AncestryDNA results . Others are welcome to use these notes for their personal research. Please contact me at  chrisw9953[at]gmail[dot]com for other uses.  I'll strive to update the notes as there are further developments or my understanding of the area grows. September 2024 - There have been recent updates at AncestryDNA including the optional subscription to ProTools. While my approach to grouping remains the same, I am now trialling slight changes to numbering and colouring to take advantage of these changes. For examples, groups are numbered as 1P and 1M rather than P1 and M1 as the number and colour of the group signifies the ancestral line. This post will be updated prior to the Summer 2025 program.  Introduction to the Leeds Method Click  HERE  to watch a twenty five minute video I've recorded on the Leeds Method and my "twisted" Leeds Method. Remembe...