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This happens often to me and always makes me question my sanity:)

Refresh your screen or try again in a few minutes.

Sometimes the number of matches doesn’t show up which means Ancestry’s servers are too busy to calculate the number of matches. Look for “Shared DNA.”Ĭlick the down arrow to expand the Shared DNA box and you’ll see the total number of matches, along with the breakdown between 4 th cousins or closer and distant matches. On your matches page, at the top, you’ll see a number of function widgets.

#LEGACY FAMILY TREE WEBINARS HOW TO#

Click here to begin your upload to MyHeritage.Ĭlick here for instructions about how to download a copy of your DNA file from other vendors.Īt Ancestry, sign on and click on DNA, then DNA Matches. If you don’t have an autosomal DNA test at MyHeritage, you can transfer one from Ancestry, 23andMe, or FamilyTreeDNA for free. Matches are not broken down maternally and paternally automatically, but I can filter my matches in a wide variety of ways, including shared matches with either parent if they have tested, or other relatives. Click here for instructions.Īt MyHeritage, sign on and click on DNA, then DNA Matches.Īt the top of your matches page, you’ll see your total number of matches. If you don’t have an autosomal DNA test at FamilyTreeDNA, you can upload one from Ancestry, 23andMe, or MyHeritage for free. will be related to you on both your paternal and maternal sides. Hint – your siblings, their children, your children, grandchildren, etc. For people who don’t have that option, FamilyTreeDNA is the ONLY vendor that offers this type of feature if your parents have NOT tested.Īt FamilyTreeDNA, I have 7313 total matches of which 3169 are paternal, 1402 are maternal and 6 are related to both parents. Obviously, if your parents have tested, that’s the best scenario. Instructions for linking can be found in the “Linking Matches on Your Tree” section of this article (click here), along with information about how that helps you, or here. Your parents do NOT need to have tested for the maternal/paternal bucketing functionality, but you DO need to identify some relatives and link their tests to their place in your tree. Sign on at FamilyTreeDNA and under autosomal results, click on Family Finder Matches.Īt the top of the next page, you’ll see your total number of matches along with matches that FamilyTreeDNA has been able to assign maternally or paternally based on creating/uploading a tree and linking known matches to that tree in their proper place. I’ve written handy step-by-step instructions for each company! How do you locate this information at each of the four major vendors? People often want to know how many DNA matches they have.Īt some vendors, the answer to this question is easy to find, and at others, not so much.

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