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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: Heb66 on Wednesday 21 May 25 15:18 BST (UK)
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Hi Everyone,
I fully subscribed to Ancestry which I get use from every day especially for my shared Ancestry DNA matches but would like to access some of my shared Smith matches on My Heritage.
I don't subscribe to My Heritage but have downloaded my DNA to MyHeritage via Ancestry.
My question is .... Have any of you lovely Rootschatters used the £35 one time payment of the Unlock facility they offer to be able to view your shared matches with a shared DNA match ?
Just wanted to check before I sign up you do actually see the shared matches with a particular shared match-just so I understand it correctly.
I didn't want to sign up and then a yearly subscription is debited.
Sorry to be a bother and many thanks in advance for any replies.
Helen.
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Hi Helen,
Don't pay £35 for it, wait until they do one of the special offers, i think i got mine a couple of years ago for half that as a one off charge to unlock the tools.
Back to your original question, yes i can view matches that i share with a match, and it does show how much DNA that shared match shares with each of us (i.e I have a match called Fred, and we both share a match with Susan, i can see that i share 28cM with Susan and Fred shares 150cM. The important bit is you also get access to the Chromosome browser and see exactly where you match, which can be a great help if you can start positively identifying segment's as belonging to a specific family line.
Richard
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From memory you should get shared matches without paying anything and the offer is for DNA tool which is autocluster, chromo browser and cM explainer.
I rushed in and wasted the money as my matches are too low and distant to me and each other to use the tools in any meaningful way. I fell for the promises of mystery solving answers at the click of a mouse, felt pressured by the 'limited time' technique that MH use far too often and in hindsight would have been better putting the money to another Ancestry kit for a target tester.
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My sub to heritage is due to be renewed at a vast amount of money, I don't feel inclined to renew, my gift from someone else was a DNA from heritage, so I had no choice
LM
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My sub to heritage is due to be renewed at a vast amount of money, I don't feel inclined to renew, my gift from someone else was a DNA from heritage, so I had no choice
LM
A (records), subscription and DNA unlock are different things. I regularly get limited time discounted offers on a records sub via email but it feels like they are making it up as they go; Edit to original comment after delving into my emails.
E-mail dated May 18th 'Our special offer has been extended until May 26, 2025. Get 70% off the annual Complete plan: that's only £69 £229, equivalent to just £5.73 per month, for our best plan.
E-mail dated May 3rd '30 Day free trial. After the 30-day free trial, you’ll enjoy a 50% discount and be charged £114 £229 for the first year. The Complete plan renews annually and you can cancel at any time.
E-mail dated April 23rd 'Get this amazing 70% discount on the Complete plan for just £89 £179