Unlinked Tree or No Tree

[BourneGooner]

Hi all

So So So So frustrating when you go to Ancestry DNA find links and they haven't linked their test to a tree, you get Unlinked Trees or No Trees........

Aaarrrghh!!!!!!! why did you bother doing the test in the first place uploading it to Ancestry if you're not going to link it to any information Aaarrrghh!!!!!!!

Sorry for the rant but it's just so frustrating.

BourneGooner

[Gadget]

Maybe they haven't worked out that they should link a tree.

However, you can look at those who have unlinked trees by clicking on  unlinked tree.  Many are just 3 or a few more and all 'private' but I've found quite a few links with others.

Also, you could message them.

Gadget

[hurworth]

I like to think that they haven't linked a tree yet.

[hallmark]

Seeing that this is a rant rather than about a specific family it is something I have wondered about.


We all know about the crazy "trees" on Ancestry, "siblings" being put together even though they weren't siiblings etc.

So some of yours end up on one of these "trees" and they have taken a DNA test.. Would one end up with matches to these trees simply because there is a DNA yet one is led to a crazy "tree" ?

[Nic.]

Unfortunately many of the matches will never have family trees attached as the person in question has only done the test because they want to know their ethnic origins.

It’s extremely frustrating.

Nic

[Craclyn]

It is also quite common for a match to have two unlinked trees: one paternal and one maternal. Some folks struggle with combining the two into a single tree after they take a DNA test, so they never get round to linking.

[Rosinish]

We all know about the crazy "trees" on Ancestry, "siblings" being put together even though they weren't siiblings etc.

So some of yours end up on one of these "trees" and they have taken a DNA test.. Would one end up with matches to these trees simply because there is a DNA yet one is led to a crazy "tree" ?

Good question as this is one of the reasons I still haven't decided on a test!

If my thinking is correct then...

The match would be with the person who took the test but (hypothetical) that person was adopted & putting their adoptive parents on their tree rather than their biological parents then this is going to lead in the wrong direction if we're looking for matches i.e. in the same token if someone has followed the wrong line even with a paper trail which is actually wrong (2 people with same names/dates/areas) ditto above 

The reason I ask is a tree I found with my directs attached, had no attachment with mine remotely (I sorted hers out) & as above same names/dates but...2 different remote islands (Scotland) which to a foreigner wouldn't seem too far apart I suppose 

Annie

[Craclyn]

Rosinish, Your match list is based on shared DNA and is not affected by a tree or lack of tree. The hints that you get through ThruLines and Common Ancestors do draw on information from trees and may therefore contain errors, which is why you need to check each hint and source it before adding to your own tree.

[davidft]

Good question as this is one of the reasons I still haven't decided on a test!

If my thinking is correct then...

The match would be with the person who took the test but (hypothetical) that person was adopted & putting their adoptive parents on their tree rather than their biological parents then this is going to lead in the wrong direction if we're looking for matches i.e. in the same token if someone has followed the wrong line even with a paper trail which is actually wrong (2 people with same names/dates/areas)

Annie

Om Ancestry it is possible to give  a person two sets of parents, a biological set and an adoptive set. Provided the tree owner labels them correctly then a match will follow the biological path in the tree not the adoptive one.


I have a great grandmother who was adopted. On the tree I have both sets of parents but the biological set take precedence as they are the ones I am connected to. However I also have the adoptive set on there for a few generations as they are the ones who brought up my great grandmother and indeed the name of my grandmother was taken from the adoptive mother's sister rather than from the biological tree.