channel, click on that join button down below and you can
what this huge match list actually means. Now, if you
researching together as opposed to just trying to figure out
information order to make it more useful for your research
some of the perks and extra videos and training that you
this basic chart with these basic groups and add some
have questions about the Leeds Method Chart, put it in the
very rarely come up with a Leeds chart that has just four
third cousins to form an ice group so that they can separate
people like our first cousins that have maybe even three
originally but as I go down, I can see that everybody has at
made so that you're going to come up with four colors which
will depend on the groups. Now, the Leeds method is ideally
colors. Depending on how many total colors you have really
though is you might see that hey, there's a couple of people
my Leed people and you can see I actually have moved some
things around because of the way that I had created this
matches for each of the next groups using the next person
going to now color the shared matches, you're right. You are
going to color the shared matches. In fact, what you're
here is what the finished look like. I have my Deborah, I have
to go through all of that and show you each one of those but
comments below. If you haven't thought about joining our
into groups so that you know which matches you should be
teal and I am going to put an asterisk in that field so I
who doesn't have a color already. I don't want to have
next color is this teal. So, I'm going to color Joe that
going to do is you're going to continue to color shared
like Joe is the next one that doesn't have a color and my
person that is ungrouped and we want to match with a new color.
but this is a quick way that you can divide up your matches
do next now the next step is that we want to find the next
of the group Mike is the overall one for all of the
Larry there's Thomas and Larry now all of these people they
cousins of you and you need to have enough other second and
that have two colors like Thomas here or there's other
know that Joe is my next Leed character. Now, I have Deborah
cousins or first cousins once removed. So, I'm going to start
represent one of each of your four grand Parents. In order to
out. The other thing is is each of your four grandparents needs
colors. In the next video, I am going to show you you can take
to not be related to the other grandparent. Now, I'll admit I
do that, each one of your Leed people need to be second
first three, Becky, Linda, and Cole, those are all first
least one color in this. So, that is what the ultimate goal
now is we want to take the first match and assign a color.
ready to start forming our group and that is with step
groups so we've got our first section done we found all of
So, let me go back to my table and see. So, we have here looks
needs to be maroon and then we need to find J and E O and as
we scroll down there's J and there's E O and then Thomas and
maroon and also we're going to find Sarah's the next one that
Jay and EO and Estelle and on down this list. So back on my
can see that Mike and Deborah they share Becky and Sarah and
person for this group. In other words, she is the person that
information belongs to. So here is the shared match list and we
is, is that between 400 centimeters and down to ninety
everybody has one color. One of the things that you might see
Joe here, I have Mable here, I have Paula, and I have Randy as
But I want to include them on there just to make sure that
removed. And so I'm going to not use them for the next step.
they are known first cousins either a first cousin or a
the next step is going to be? If you're thinking that you're
These are the starts of my groups. So, can you guess what
as a Leed character and I have Joe now as a Leed character.
the first cousins and all of the first cousin once removed
the shared matches for Deborah so let's go on and see what we
share DNA with Mike and Deborah and now Deborah is the Leed one
complicate our analysis and you'll see that as we're going
named Mike and all of these people and what we can see is
all the names and so this is a match list between somebody
is you need this list of matches. Now, I've anonymized
shared matches with that Leed match. So let me pull up a
or first cousin twice removed because they are going to
shared match list between Deborah and Mike who all this
Deborah this first maroon color and I'm going to put an
four. What we're going to do is we're going to color all of the
asterisk in that one so that we know that Deborah is the Leed
with Deborah and I'm going to go and I'm going to highlight
Leeds chart I'm going to highlight each one of these
aren't known first cousins or first cousins once removed. So
first cousin once removed or even a first cousin two times
I'm in the right area. So the third step that we want to do
I've highlighted these first few red and that is because
couple of steps anyway but this is the basic setup that you're
if I go over to my spreadsheet right now I know that these
Now when I say the first match I mean those matches that
through. There are different ways that you can get this
Next, it can be done by hand on a piece of paper or you can do
using the amount of shared DNA. So, typically, you're going to
I'm going to be comparing everybody else to and now we're
chart. The first thing you want to do is you want to create a
to use a third-party software that goes and grabs those
also in that maroon color so we have Becky Becky needs to be
from any of the companies. All you need is a shared match
You have to manually type it in in some cases or you might have
matches off of the website. However you do it, all you need
list. So let's get started and learn how to make a Leeds
probably saying, well, how do I know whether they're my second
and above 90 centimorgans. Now, you can do a little bit less
list of matches and you might be wondering what do I do with
order to find a more distant common ancestor. That cuts down
match list. You might have to download your list of matches.
we're going to be talking about the Leeds method chart and how
will get being a member of Family History Fanatics Extra.
than 90 centimorgans but you usually don't want to go above
be looking for people that share below four centimorgans
If not, we're going to be putting it on in the next
400 centimorgans because we actually want to exclude all of
So, the next step that we have is we now want to list all of
our second and third cousins and most people right now are
why this method is so great is because one, it is quick. It
a table I've created in Google Docs and I have a column where
it on a computer program whether in a spreadsheet or on
table with at least five columns and sometimes more. So
have in this case six columns that I've actually put a color
I'm going to put the names of the matches here and then I
on one of them. If you want to put that color on now, you can.
let me go over my spreadsheet and show you. Here we are with
the number of ancestral lines you have to look at. The reason
some other application and find it can be get done with data
new match or if you're actually looking at a specific match,
can be done in about 15 minutes. Two, it's visual. You
can actually see really quickly how these people group out.
going to need in order to create your Leeds method chart.
or third cousins? You guess but the way that you guess is by you can know which grandparent you should be researching in
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each one of your grandparents. This way, whenever you have a
to divide your matches into groups which correspond with
first thing to understand is that the Leeds method is a way
tree, and write your ancestors story along the way. Today,
to create one and what it will do to help your research. The
that? Today, I'm going to show you how you can divide up those
matches into smaller groups so that you know where to