Thru lines but no DNA match?
 

My own tree has no common ancestors whatsoever. This is largely because I have been selective in the lines I have added.

However, several ancestors have blue thru line icons against them.

First it says I have DNA matches, but when I click through, the message is:

ThruLines™ for X Y BETA

ThruLines uses Ancestry® trees to suggest that you may be related to X Y.

IE they have found, not a DNA match, but a tree match.

Anyone else getting this? I don't have the blue icons on my aunt's tree.

NB It looks like the big update is in progress, as all my matches have disappeared.

Yes, I have the icon on all my direct ancestors but ThruLines for a lot of them only suggests I am related to them because I have them in my tree!

On the three trees I manage, linked to DNA samples:

Me - blue icons, no common ancestors.
Aunt - lots of common ancestors, no blue icons
Best mate - not accepting her for Thru lines at all.

Lots was clearly happening on Ancestry yesterday, so I am hoping for some consistency soon.

I was led to believe that big things were happening today to Ancestry DNA but apart from it not being "beta" I can't see any change? :(

As far as I know, the big change today was just that the "beta" was becoming the default. So for those of us who were already using the beta, it shouldn't be very different.

How disappointing - I seem to have got stuck in a rut with my "matches" I was hoping for some minor breakthrough!

No change here: it still says "beta off" at the top of the page.

It does seem to have dislodged a few glitches.
I now have ONE ancestor in common with a DNA match
Best Mate now has 70 zillion common ancestors
(Aunt's list remains identical!)

I've found something new! This youtube clip explains best - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSfs...pf3fWuhcIssHm4

Basically it tells you all the trees that include the information leading to the ThruLines match even if they're not a DNA match.


I think it could be helpful...