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Old 30-06-19, 23:14
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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.
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Old 30-06-19, 23:19
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NB It looks like the big update is in progress, as all my matches have disappeared.
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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.
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!
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Old 01-07-19, 11:15
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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.
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Old 01-07-19, 17:16
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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?
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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.
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How disappointing - I seem to have got stuck in a rut with my "matches" I was hoping for some minor breakthrough!
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No change here: it still says "beta off" at the top of the page.
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Old 01-07-19, 18:15
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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!)
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Old 01-07-19, 19:41
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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...
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