Andreas Shared Matches = ICW. Some may be on the same ancestor, but most will not. The way I do it is with the Notes - and when the same group of folks wind up in each other's Notes, it's much more probable that they are from the same Ancestor. I'm linking AncestryDNA and GEDmatch kits and putting TG IDs in the Notes. When one TG shows up in several Shared Matches it's very positive. Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org > On Sep 27, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Andreas West <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > having a hard time grasping the following about what this actually means in regards to Ancestry DNA’s shared matches. I’m helping someone find her BF and she has the following situation on her Ancestry DNA results: > > Let’s call her VW. She has one match, let’s name her Judy, who on her profile page shows 3 shared matches (with VW). But at the same time, Judy is on 103 other matches (of VW) profile page shared matches. This is what I don’t get. > > From Ancestry’s help page: > > “ > What are Shared Matches? > > The shared matches list shows DNA matches that you and one of your DNA matches have in common. This might help you determine which family line you share or give you more evidence that you’re related to a specific person or match. For example, if you and your brother share DNA with a cousin, that cousin will show up as a shared match for both of you. Similarly, if you have a DNA match and your 2nd cousin has the same DNA match, this person would be a shared match to you and your 2nd cousin—and may help you determine how you’re related to this 2nd cousin." > > > The difference between ICW and triangulation is clear to me, unfortunately without getting access to the raw DNA data there is no telling which of these shared matches turn into valid triangulated groups. > > But how do I interpret these 102 other shared matches groups? Is Judy a very important match for VW as she has such a large group of shared matches with other matches of VW? I’m trying to make sense out of this how we can use this information for her purpose. > > Unfortunately Ancestry won’t tell us if all of these people in the shared matches group match each other (to form a triangulated group). > > Hope someone can share some light on this. Thanks in advance, > > Andreas > > Andreas West > Meine Vorfahren / my ancestors (8 generations): http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5 <http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5> > Author of https://www.dnagenealogy.tools <http://dnagenealogy.tools/> > >

ICW = ? TG = ? TIA (thanks in advance) Gail ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 8:21 AM, Jim Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > Andreas > > Shared Matches = ICW. Some may be on the same ancestor, but most will not. > The way I do it is with the Notes - and when the same group of folks wind > up in each other's Notes, it's much more probable that they are from the > same Ancestor. I'm linking AncestryDNA and GEDmatch kits and putting TG IDs > in the Notes. When one TG shows up in several Shared Matches it's very > positive. > > Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org > > > On Sep 27, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Andreas West <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > having a hard time grasping the following about what this actually means > in regards to Ancestry DNA’s shared matches. I’m helping someone find her > BF and she has the following situation on her Ancestry DNA results: > > > > Let’s call her VW. She has one match, let’s name her Judy, who on her > profile page shows 3 shared matches (with VW). But at the same time, Judy > is on 103 other matches (of VW) profile page shared matches. This is what I > don’t get. > > > > From Ancestry’s help page: > > > > “ > > What are Shared Matches? > > > > The shared matches list shows DNA matches that you and one of your DNA > matches have in common. This might help you determine which family line you > share or give you more evidence that you’re related to a specific person or > match. For example, if you and your brother share DNA with a cousin, that > cousin will show up as a shared match for both of you. Similarly, if you > have a DNA match and your 2nd cousin has the same DNA match, this person > would be a shared match to you and your 2nd cousin—and may help you > determine how you’re related to this 2nd cousin." > > > > > > The difference between ICW and triangulation is clear to me, > unfortunately without getting access to the raw DNA data there is no > telling which of these shared matches turn into valid triangulated groups. > > > > But how do I interpret these 102 other shared matches groups? Is Judy a > very important match for VW as she has such a large group of shared matches > with other matches of VW? I’m trying to make sense out of this how we can > use this information for her purpose. > > > > Unfortunately Ancestry won’t tell us if all of these people in the > shared matches group match each other (to form a triangulated group). > > > > Hope someone can share some light on this. Thanks in advance, > > > > Andreas > > > > Andreas West > > Meine Vorfahren / my ancestors (8 generations): http://www.wikitree.com/ > treewidget/Basso-23/5 <http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Basso-23/5> > > Author of https://www.dnagenealogy.tools <http://dnagenealogy.tools/> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >