Playing With Matches

Ancestry DNA Home Page

AncestryDNA Match List

Ancestry Match

Ancestry Match Details

Family Tree DNA Home Page

Match Page Family Tree DNA

Chromosome Browser Family TreeDNA

23andMe Match List

Drop Down Menu 23andMe Match List

This Is What You See When You Click On A 23andMe Match

Summary I often check the hints using the filter at AncestryDNA After checking hints I use the New filter to find new matches At Family Tree DNA I check for new matches by clicking the date At 23andMe I use the drop down menu to filter for newest matches At both AncestryDNA and Family Tree DNA I check for shared or common matches I search by name and location at 23andMe and AncestryDNA. At Family Tree DNA

you can only search by ancestral surname or matches name, not location. If a match has a tree you can you can search the tree by location

At AncestryDNA I look at the total number of shared cM’s to get and idea of how good the match is. At Family Tree DNA I’m more interested in the longest segment. If the segments, or segment, don’t add up to 10 cM’s I’m not very interested

At 23andMe and Family Tree DNA I take a look at shared segments in the chromosome browser, looking for areas where more than one match shares a segment

If I find a possible shared ancestor I record that in the notes. I also star the match at AncestryDNA