How to access more estimated relationship information at AncestryDNA

Ancestry

9 Steps

You'll start with your AncestryDNA® Matches list

Click on the amount of shared DNA for the match of interest

A pop-up will appear with details customized to that match

Click on See more if needed.

The list of relationships possible may be longer than can appear by default. Make sure you see all the options.

Review the options.

The percentage indicates how likely each group of relationships are. You need to decide the most likely relationship based on what you know about the test-taker and the match.

The less DNA shared, the more possible options there will be.

Build trees for your matches and learn to do DNA analysis to determine the actual relationship or even a few most likely relationships for more distant matches.

Example of a more distant match.

Although the percentages vary between 11% and 35% in this example, all of these relationships are possible if you know nothing about this match. These are estimates and DNA inheritance is completely random. Additionally, sharing DNA from more than one ancestor (i.e. from ancestors in different branches) also affects the estimates.

Click on the caret to learn more about how relationships are estimated.

Option 2: Click on the relationship estimate to see the same information.

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