new beta on ancestry dna results

[Craclyn]

You say you cannot justify the cost. You may find that an AncestryDNA test gives a much better return on investment than your MyHeritage test. I have significantly more identifiable matches on Ancestry than I have on all of the other sites put together.

[sugarfizzle]

Martin, Considering that you spend a considerable amount of time on this forum, spend a lot of time reading about the subject and watching YouTube videos about DNA, it is obviously an important part of your life.

You can certainly justify the cost for what is one of your main hobbies, whether or not you have the immediate cash to pay for it!

You may be in dire financial straits, in which case even the following may not apply (or is already being put into action!!). The offer price, when it's on, of £59 is just over £1 a week, spread over a year. Go to Lidl and Aldi, give up the takeaways or meals out for a month or so. Give up beer for a year. Put £1 in a money jar each week. etc etc.

And no, I don't get any payments from Ancestry for recommending them. As Craclyn says, more confirmed matches there than everywhere else put together.

Regards Margaret

[Mart 'n' Al]

I do understand the message you're both sending me, and I probably have enough money in the loose change jar inside the front door. There's so much there that it's too heavy to take to the bank anymore, but I still keep saving it. I still can't justify it to myself. As for giving up beer, if I don't go to the pub who am I going to bore with my family history stories?

Wow, I finally got around to watching Blaine Bettinger's YouTube guide to the DNA painter chart. Until today I didn't realise that you can actually edit it, and  replace something like great grandparent with the name of the great grandparent himself. I think that's amazing and I would never have known it without watching the tutorial.

Martin

[Craclyn]

Martin, Might the chance to find some more of your Tudhoe connections be justification enough?

[Mart 'n' Al]

I'm just being moderate. There are many things that I want, that I could probably afford, such as a saxophone, an early but not necessary first edition of Dr Johnson's dictionary and a holiday in Hawaii.

Martin

[Flemming]

Changing tack a little...

Does anyone who uses Safari have the same issue mentioned in post 172? I've been told this has arisen because Ancestry made an update last week and Safari can't cope with it. Also been advised I have to change to Chrome, Firefox or reinstall Safari. Is this really necessary? Why doesn't Ancestry develop its software to be compatible with multiple browsers? Safari is hardly a bit-player. Why don't Ancestry and Apple talk, if it's such an issue? Why does the customer have to be inconvenienced in order to get a service?

Sorry, but it drives me mad. Don't have this issue with other sites, and just wonder if it's just me who has an issue with this one.

[Gadget]

I tend not to use my Mac for FH and hardly ever use Safari but will turn it on and try it out.

Back later 

[Gadget]

Just tried it using your problem parameters on my up to date version of Safari and Mohave OS and it seems to work fine.

Gadget

[Flemming]

Thought that might be the case. Thanks for checking. I think they read it off a script.