taking place be sure to put some of those questions below
because it's not a genetic tree. And there's really no way
of the day for you is have you encountered some of these
save. And make her preferred. Now when I go back to my tree
going to do an alternative mother. Agnes Anderson. Hit
biological to adopted and add alternative parents. I need to
My brother one of my aunts appear on the adoptee Thru
add Delbert Hankinson.
representative of the biological facts that are
matched to their family through a mom rather than a dad and
there aren't any ThruLines. It'll take about two to three
going to go ahead and select him and hit save. And I need to
both lines in their family tree. Now, neither of their
not all of those three lines are going to be accurate
also has the biological relationships in order for
need to go and add the biological parents to Ancestry.
based on genetics rather than just genealogy. But be advised
what's going on. Well in my Ancestry ThruLines tree I only
had my adopted great grandparents Harry and Laura. I
or non-biological relationship, you want to make sure your tree
parents or guardians, anything that's a non-biological event
days when you make dramatic changes like I just did for the
go back to the pedigree chart with my grandmother, notice
enjoyed this video from Family History Fanatics. Again, I'm
Now to be fair let's take a moment and try to figure out
for Ancestry to tell you the ThruLines based on the DNA or
Devon Noel Lee and we hope that you'll check out some of these
problems where your Ancestry ThruLine really isn't
full add new person if they're not in your tree but I'm
has a match and they don't realize that they are only
a genealogical tree. And people don't always know that there is
of her birth mother. So this will likely be a ThruLine
we're not related genetically. Now in this ThruLine that's
trees. Those oopsies. There could be times where someone
could have taken DNA tests. And John had some kids who had some
little confusing so how do we fix this well everyone needs to
those ThruLines to be accurate. To be a little more
go edit their tree I need to add the biological parents to
my ancestor tree I also need to time to flag what the
relationship is. Let me show you how to do that. So on my
but she matches my brother and other aunts and that's why
around in my tree. So, you might actually have to do a
climbing this family tree is that I don't pick up any extra
ThruLines to trigger. So, if you do know that you have
parents. And what the things that you will see as I keep
cases where stepparents are in your family tree or adopted
have him biological and sadly because I'm trying to create a
it looks like that. I have Delbert and Agnes and
tree I need to go to Laura and I need to go to her profile
additional parental relationships. So now, when I
paper trails. Or in this case that this is an adopted set of
I know this is because this is my grandma and this is the name
and either Angie or myself will answer them. We hope you
biological parents in her tree that's why I don't match to her
you're working with your Ancestry ThruLines down
vice versa and not a dad or vice versa. So be advised that
of my aunts. And they have this by biological line. The reason
relationships and how they get a little funky. So my question
not everybody knows that there are hidden errors in their
Line as well as the biological ThruLines because they have
not showing up here? We'll come back to that in a minute. When
DNA tree. I'm going to make him preferred. And then I'm
History ThruLines as evidence by these little icons is trying
trees are set to tell you which one is the biological set of
Now, for you, Delbert Hankinson was just kind of floating
parents. They just show as extra possible parents and
guarantee that there's no adoption taking place over
that's other aunt doesn't match the first aunt and my brother
to tell me that they have genetic ThruLines for my
there. You just never know. And the other problem is why am I
you're going to have situations like this one. In my tree, I
I need to go up to add edit relationships. I need to then
page. And then instead of adding additional parents here
change the biological relationship to adopted. This
here that's DNA. Up here those are paper trail suggestions.
though they share DNA with my aunt. This aunt. I can't
on the adopted ThruLines does that make sense yeah it's a
that's why there's two ThruLines but one aunt only has the
based on genetics. But I can't guarantee that these folks even
no genetic evidence of these relationships. They're just
genetically related to my brother and I am genetically
said in earliest videos we have left DNA and now we're climbing
Line. That's because Ancestry ThruLines cannot differentiate
I this is what I come up with. Now truth be told that I am
my brother. That's one of my aunts. And that's another one
But they're never going to show up on my ThruLine because
relatives. Now William had some kids that had some kids that
kids who had some kids who likely have taken DNA tests.
climb your family tree, and write the stories along the way
videos and leave comments so that we can all learn together.
related to this ants. But once I leave these folks as I've
adopted family. It doesn't really work that well. When I
Harry and Laura Mod Smith but what's the problem? Well, ants
click on Harry Howard Long, I can view his ThruLines. And
matching your DNA matches to the genealogical tree. As such,
between biological lines and genetic lines when they start
but always remember, if family history isn't fun, you're doing
with the wrong parents. You may have ThruLines for step
have my grandmother. Now, my grandmother was adopted by
families but that's not your biological genetic Thru
discovering a big problem? That problem that Ancestry ThruLines
this is a place where we help you learn to understand DNA,
you may come across a situation where your ThruLines are
it wrong. Now, as you begin to work with Ancestry ThruLines, is confused by non biological events?
Are you using Ancestry ThruLines and now are
Howdy, I'm Devon Noel Lee with Family History Fanatics and