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You're going to have the largest of making matches with
test with Ancestry DNA because they have the largest database.
my kits that I'm managing under one roof. So, there you have
large database that they have. I would encourage everyone to
Ancestry DNA but I will tell you the overriding thing is the
some positives and some negatives of what I think of
is actually broken up and that's really important
manager of that kit. Now, if you read the message boards
to make sure that you're the manager of it. Now one thing
multiple kits from it but I personally like having all of
have no desire to set up email. They have no desire to set up
certain chromosomes I know overall how much I match but I
particularly when you're looking at smaller and smaller
of what the length of each of those segments are but also
kits on one account would make more sense if you are the one
an ancestry account. And in this case managing multiple
account so that you don't have to go through those extra steps
our stuff our match on ancestry we wouldn't be able to compare
do that, then, you get a lot of the benefit of managing
when this announcement came out, people actually had some
very legitimate reasons of why you would want to manage
in July was is that for everybody else, you could have
other steps that you have to go through in order to make sure
can still manage those. However, the change they made
So, as with every company, Ancestry DNA gives you matches
one kit for each account. Where can this be a problem? Well, if
children who aren't necessarily going to be able to set up
people who maybe didn't have Email. For instance, the older
generation who maybe never set up Email to begin with. They
that Ancestry has done is they've made it so that you can
in their sign up when they're doing that. So, as long as you
would be great to be able to just do this all under one
chromosome by chromosome even though we share you know more
you're trying to manage multiple kits, they have way
limited information you actually get from that
multiple kits if those kits are your children. So, minor
that one they're set up and that you're identified as
encourage Ancestry to get a chromosome browser to get more
that you can be identified as a manager but now you just have
kits on Ancestry and I believe you're still allowed to manage
chunks of those segments make a big difference as far as how
said before, they don't give you detailed information about
this already is a limited amount of matching information.
closely related you are and so by not giving that information
don't know on which chromosomes I do match those so in fact
four different chromosomes or something in between. You also
even for myself and say my brother if we were looking at
relationship they think it is whether it's first to third
than half of our DNA together there's no way to see how that
is it's not just a good guess of a few things. This is
matching. Number three, managing multiple kits. Now,
data to people from the testing. Number two, I hit on
don't know how close together those segments are. All that
DNA in other words and how many CM you share and how many
their own account or have that information for account, you
information about what the length of each Jolo segments
prior to July of 2017, you actually could manage multiple
what chromosome each of those segments are, then, there's
it's spread over four segments well You don't know whether
So the fact that Ancestry DNA doesn't have a chromosome
that match. So, for instance, there's no way for to match
need to look at a chromosome by chromosome level to see where
information can be a good clue as to how far removed you are.
browser I think is a big negative and I'd really
which is good and they also tell you roughly what
are so if you only have one segment and it is 20 CM that
you share well that's easy but if you're sharing 150 CM and
that's four segments on one chromosome, four segments on
segments that's in but it doesn't give you detailed
are the three tools that ancestry has that I like the
indicative of this group of people that settled in Ohio.
ancestry. Number one, there's no chromosome browser. Now,
What I can say from both myself and my wife and other people
as triangulation. In order to do triangulation, you really
that have tested from Ancestry that know our heritage. These
know. So, that's also why I think it's such a valuable tool
you match up with other people. Ancestry will tell you how much
cousins or second to fourth cousins or fifth to distant
segments. The more segments that you have and the larger
with somebody and then take a look at how much I match on
that they were designating as the one to manage it then it
manage multiple people kits. They just have to identify that
looking at a broad spectrum of people but then also comparing
genetic communities lined up perfectly with what we already
multiple kits on one account. Primarily, you're talking about
most. So, now for the three things I don't like about
relatives, any of those is good and that's helpful but like I
genetic communities matches up very well with em. So, those
it to people who know their history, who they put in
helpful for me and I'll admit that but the reason why I like
should look at your genetic communities find out okay where
or so so for instance if you're an adoptee and you're test on
it is for people that don't know their history maybe
ancestry one of the first places you should look is you
Ancestry has done by looking at their large database of all
genetic communities give them a good clue because most of these
south or even groups of migration out west and what
Irish or German or the Dutch or the Italians. You have certain
back five, 6, seven generations. It's not that
these people with different trees that they have these
genetic communities are in the last 100 to 150 maybe 200 years
down into Kentucky or in Appalachia or even down to the
ancestors from these areas is they've been able to identify
typical DNA of those large groups of people. So when you
migrations within Europe whether it's from the Northeast
ancestry has something called DNA circles. It's not the same
is some of my DNA from and you may find that hey your DNA is
Number three, is there genetic communities? This is a really
giving you some good clues. Now, genetic communities are
somewhere together. So, for instance, you have certain
think about it for somebody like me that I have my tree
they're just getting started or they are adopted and they don't
can go and when you make matches with other people, it
know who their parents were or their grandparents then these
to tell us who that DNA belongs to on your tree and now that
can actually look at your trees to see where you line up.
on Ancestry and you test your DNA on Ancestry. You just have
migrations from Europe over to the Americas whether they're
heritage. So, for adoptees, this can be a powerful tool of
powerful tool particularly if you don't know much about your
groups of people throughout history that have gone
what. If you want matches, you need to be in the largest
around a million a year. So, this is just phenomenal as far
one reason why you should test with Ancestry DNA no matter
All of a sudden your DNA becomes a shaky leaf for other
automatically linked just by the fact that you have a tree
people. You have so much information that is
Ancestry is you have that automatic link to your tree.
draw a lot of people in, they quickly surpassed both Family
database. So, number two of my favorite reasons why I like
Tree DNA and 23 and Mesides their database. Right now,
as getting DNA testing out there to everybody and that's
the best thing about Ancestry DNA and honestly, that is the
Family Tree DNA and 23 and Me had already been selling kits
last year or so, they've been growing at I believe a rate of
later, then there are probably many millions more. Um in the
here at the end of 2017. If you're watching this video
for years before Ancestry DNA got in on it but because
Ancestry DNA was a late comer to the genealogy DNA game.
because their commercials, their advertising was able to
their database is about 5 million to 6 million people
Ancestry DNA was able to leverage their memberships
Ancestry DNA and as with my videos about the other
Ancestry DNA and about some things that I like about
Ancestry DNA and some things that I don't like about
dislikes. So, let's get started. Number one, they have
then there's some minor things for both likes and for
the largest database. Now, this is actually impressive because
Howdy, this is Annie Lee with Family History Fanatics and
be some pros and cons of that website just with any other
company's website. I'm going to tell you about those today.
companies, you'll see that there's some major things and
this is a segment of DNA. Now, I want to tell you about actually be using that. Well, recognize that there's going to
So, you've tested at Ancestry DNA and now you want to
going to be a part of.