Ancestry DNA contacts

Originally Posted by kiterunner

I have just found out I'm in a "DNA Circle":



DNA evidence shows you’re likely a descendant of Margaret Foster because you are part of her DNA Circle, which includes 5 of her probable descendants.

Who is in a DNA Circle?

Circle members share DNA with other members of the circle.
Circle members all have family tree evidence that they are direct descendants of Margaret Foster.
Your DNA matches some or all members of this DNA Circle.


Not sure why I'm not in DNA Circles for any of my other ancestors yet (I mean the ones where it has come up with DNA matches to other of their descendants), but maybe ancestry takes a long time to figure them out.

Does that mean that the DNA is confined to a couple of generations and then stops, the DNA strand has been eventually wiped out by the influx of others?

I have no idea what I am talking about

[kiterunner]

I don't think that's it, Maggie, but apparently "DNA Circles" is still in beta (really, I feel that the whole of ancestry's website should be classed as beta testing at the moment, though.)

I think there may be a flaw in the logic of this DNA Circles idea though, since surely you could just end up with a group of people who are all related and have all copied their tree from someone who was wrong?

[kiterunner]

Wow, I've just found someone in my list of matches where the shared ancestors are my 9xg-grandparents and his 7xg's. Making us 8th cousins twice removed! I'm impressed by that. Though of course there could be another connection somewhere else that I haven't spotted yet.