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I'm not sure which sites you are referring to but I do know that MyHeritage does update their ethnicity results from time to time. Just not as often as Ancestry does. MyHeritage also has where you can see how your match relates to not only you but to those matches in common.

@@familyhistoryhound MyHeritage is #1 when it comes to DNA tools for the genetic genealogist and I really value the site for helping me finally solve all 16 lines of my GG Grandparents it's just I haven't seen any ethnicity or genetic communities updates on my results.

What ethnicity percentage did you pick up?

Glad that it makes more sense to your tree.

@@familyhistoryhound Yes. I was able to reconstruct my tree back to the late 16th century (with numerous branches cut shorter, of course: unknown parentage, lack of books, etc.). All my known ancestors are Portuguese (from N Portugal) or just across the border from Galicia (NW Spain). All from rural regions (back then), not at all cosmopolitan; if someone is from somewhere else, that was recorded. It makes much more sense that all my ancestors even back then were from Portugal and Galicia than from those more remote areas.

In this case we are just connecting our FTDNA tree to a tree at MyHeritage. You can upload your DNA to MyHeritage and for a fee you'll get access to the tools they offer.

Thanks I've been following you too. Tools in AI are a great way to get some of the work done so you can spend time your freed up time for other projects.

I'm not tall at all. Some races are taller than others, but height is a complex trait that is influenced by a combination of genetics and environmental factors.

If you click on the region for the Scottish it opens up further information. There you'll see your 1% but there is also a range.. Which likely is 0% - some number. That is your range.. So it could be 0% which then might go away next time it's updated or it may get larger. This is your ancient DNA so it's likely out of the realm of your genealogy. Happy hunting.

@@familyhistoryhound Makes sense, Thanks for the info.

Your welcome

Yes it can help you with your research especially if either of your family had some unique group. Happy hunting.

It's great when it confirms your personal knowledge.

Keep searching you may find it.. but it can be many generations back.. much further than your genealogy may go. Happy hunting.

Did that make more or less sense compared to your genealogy. Your ethnicity is your more distant ancestral past. So 500-1000 years

Sorry I can't agree on that one. Autosomal DNA is the best test for identifying unknown ancestors. mtDNA is only helpful if you have a theory that you connect with someone on each of your maternal lines. Y-DNA helps to identify the possible surname you're looking for. Autosomal DNA will help you with all your family lines. But it requires genealogy.

@@familyhistoryhound The ethnicity percentages breakdown, by themselves, are not that relevant in many cases. The really important thing is matches, which, of course, are derived from analysing one's autosomal DNA. Y-DNA may help identifying a possible surname in situations where surnames are consistently passed from men to their offspring, which is not a given.

Is that something unexpected?

@@familyhistoryhound those are from 2 very distant ancestors, all my recent direct ancestors are Dutch and English, would have assumed they would be the strongest.

Did that make more sense for your genealogy research?

@@familyhistoryhound same really

Me too, my French went up and Scot down and now 4% Spanish and all my Norwegian is gone but now 5% Denmark.

My Scots ancestry went from 64% to 48%. These new percentages are so wrong on both sides of my family.

@@sylviagibson4639 Have you upload your DNA to other sites like MyHeritage or Family Tree DNA? How do your estimates compare?

Valorie, Yes you're correct I should have clicked on one of the profiles to show the sources. In the cases I shared there were some sources... not a lot. I'll try and remember to do that on another video. Thanks for watching.

Yes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides a free service, FamilySearch.org, which helps people discover, gather, and connect their families.

@@Az3828_uy that took me a long time to get to. I'm just focusing on trying to increase over ten weeks

Yes one tree will work for all the people you have FTDNA kits for. That's what I'm doing for my family. First linking it to the tree and then going into each of the accounts and in the "settings" "genealogy" linking that person to themselves in the tree. What this does is when I a person connects to a person via DNA on FTDNA when they look at the tree they will then be taken to the MyHeritage tree so they can see how their DNA match fits in the tree. Hope this helps.

You are welcome.

You're right I gave it a try on one of the accounts that I still hadn't moved over. It just spun around. But I figure if I get them all attached to my tree I can link them to the correct person after. I did message FTDNA and asked them about it and whether it was a FTDNA problem or a MyHeritage problem. One problem I ran into was I have so many kits that I look after for family that I got a message from MyHeritage that I'd used the two-factor to many times and I needed to wait 20 minutes. LOL

I would suggest linking to the tree for now and then doing the update to the person after it's fixed. As I said in another message. I have an inquiry into FTDNA. You could send one it as well. :)

yes they sure are

Absolutely!

Glad you liked it.

Yes you're exactly right I find it helpful to capture my thoughts on a project. The prevents me from having those cryptic sticky notes all over my desk. :)

It takes a ton of work to get RootsTech ready. The team really does love what they do.

No I did the same process and attached it to the same tree. Key is going back to FTDNA and linking the DNA information to the correct person in the tree.

You can learn so much on RUclips. :)

I use to love that show too. He's as nice in person as he was on the show.

I believe you'd be able to upload the documents and get a summary .

Might be a great tool for you.

If you check the website I believe they are currently $59 US on the dot com site. If you don't live in the US you will have to check on the appropriate website.

Awesome, thank you! I'll be messaging you.

Yes, you're right. I had some technical difficulties and had to use a video from a friend.

I'm so sorry that you didn't get the connection that you'd hoped for.

It's a big job.. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for listening

If you look at DNA painter 205 cM can mean several relationships including Half GG-Aunt / Uncle, 2C, Half 1C1R, 1C2R or Half GG-Niece / Nephew. My second question when looking at a new match is how old are they in comparison to your mother. When looking at segments you need to look at not only the length but the number of segments. If you have a few longer segments that can mean a closer relationship than many small segments. I think the more important question is how old are they in comparison to your mom from there you can decide which of the above relationships might make sense. Hope this helps

Have you signed up for 2025?

When you created your chart did you put in as many birth and death dates and you knew? How many DNA cousins did you put in the chart? If there are scenarios that aren't possible then I remove them and this changes the odds.

Thanks for the reply. I ran the options several times adding another cM individual and the value. The chart had 33 individuals in the first example and 40 in the final example with birth and death years for 50% of the names. Only the last two had scenarios that weren't possible (they would have placed me as a child or 4xgreat grandchild of someone born in the 1870's). As I added more individuals the highest ranked option would be about twice that of the previous test. with the absolute best being over 2,500, the test before that peaked at 1,300. I'm not sure what that told me but I found it interesting. Stepping away from WATO; My maternal dna matches either tally with my grandmother or fall into a 'mystery' group that doesn't match anything in my papertrail. The two groups do not have any shared matches/crossovers so they are two distinctly separate groups. I have a 1c or 1c2r, he only matches with those in my maternal grandmother group. I can't be 100% sure where he fits my tree as he was born in Canada sometime from 1945 onwards, has no tree and hasn't been on Ancestry for at least a year and possibly much longer. Scenario 1 is 1c2r where he is a great grandson and I'm a grandson of LC Scenario 2 is 1c where both he and I are grandsons of LC There are other scenarios but far less likely than the two above. For scenario 1 my mother (born 1924) and his grandmother (b1912) would be full sibs, that is supported by the papertrail of UK birth certs Scenario 2 would put my mother and his mother as half sibs. If scenario 1 is correct and the two females were full sibs then surely the dna from the mystery group and the proven maternal grandmother group would filter down to both of us? I can't think of a 3rd scenario to explain why the 10 dna matches from the mystery group only reaches me and misses 1c/1c2r completely Sorry for the question, I'm just trying to get opinions on whether my thought process is valid or not.

Glen please drop me a note at info@familyhistoryhound.com and we can take this offline.

Ancestry does not have a chromosome browser. What they have is a chromosome painter. You can find it by going to your DNA Summary tab where you will find your ethnicity results and if you scroll further down the page you'll see ethnicity inheritance. Click view breakdown and and the top of the page you'll see ethnicities and Chromosome Painter (Beta). Hope this helps.

@@familyhistoryhound I spent an hour on the phone with Ancestry yesterday... apparently the chromosome painter is a BETA tool available only to select users who were chosen at random as "testers". I was told it would perhaps be rolled out in a future update, if it proves to be a useful tool.

@@2horns8myhalo That is news to me I understood that it had rolled out to everyone.

Thanks for watching

I'm looking forward to seeing her results