Blue dot against some DNA matches on Ancestry - Genealogists' Forum

ElizabethHerts · #1 28-02-19, 09:42

When I look at my DNA matches on Ancestry today, some of the names have a blue dot against them. Does anyone know what this signifies?

kiterunner · #2 28-02-19, 09:57

It means they are new (i.e. you haven't looked at them before.)

ElizabethHerts · #3 28-02-19, 10:13

That's odd, as I have them all on my spreadsheet I made when I started!

kiterunner · #4 28-02-19, 11:05

Have you used a third-party tool to analyse your matches, Elizabeth? If so, it could be that the third-party tool set them back to "new".

ElizabethHerts · #5 28-02-19, 11:11

I signed up for the new Ancestry features yesterday.

I have been using GEDmatch too.

kiterunner · #6 28-02-19, 12:18

Those shouldn't affect it.

kiterunner · #7 02-03-19, 10:37

I'm seeing the blue dot against some matches which I have definitely viewed before, so I guess it is an ancestry glitch.

ElizabethHerts · #8 02-03-19, 10:49

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

I'm seeing the blue dot against some matches which I have definitely viewed before, so I guess it is an ancestry glitch.

There seem to be a few of those at the moment!

Kit · #9 03-03-19, 01:53

I have totally lost the ancestry lab off the extras tab. I get a 1 next to the main screen but if I click on the lab I get an error message.

Correction: it is fixed now.

Kit · #10 03-03-19, 01:56

All is not well with ancestry. I just received a message in my message centre telling me to update my trees etc and I can start with a 14 day free trial blah blah. All well and good but I already have a paid sub on that account.