MODULE 2: Grouping your AncestryDNA matches - The Leeds Method and my "twisted" Leeds Method
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. 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. Remember that many of us have two predigrees we research - our social/known family and our biological/genetic family. In 2018, a US study estimated that one in four people who take a DNA test discover an unexpected parentage event between themselves and their great grandparents ie 25% between you and your closest fourteen ancestors. Genetic genealogy is an important tool for every family historian and cannot be ignored. Knowing your tree and knowing your matches is