Ancestry Thrulines

[Gadget]

Quite - I've got many false links on mine.  They seem to pluck some very odd links from whatever tree turns up similar names, regardless of place or dates 

[margnip2]

Yes I have some false ones on mine.  But a couple I thought were false, after some research turned out to be true.  Most on mine are good though.

[Petros]

Nearly all of mine seem to be good but it fails to pick up some where I can see a paper trail

[margnip2]

Pleased to say my husbands Thrulines are in and working  .  Thanks for your help, and I shall have to learn to be more patient 

[LizzieL]

Thrulines are based on yours and other peoples trees, but they only link you to people you share DNA with. I have one which turned up an incorrect father for my 3 x great grandmother. But with a bit of research I discovered the man was her older brother not her father. I was still related to the person Thrulines linked me to but in a slightly different way.

Another thing Thrulines picked up was two different relationships to the same person. I already had him on my tree as a half 3C twice removed - common ancestor was my 2 x great grandfather, but Thrulines found he was also my half 6th cousin from my 2 x great grandmother's side.
Though I don't think that's very surprising when there must have been a lot of distant cousins (who didn't realise they were) marrying in small rural villages. Impressed Thrulines found the 2nd relationship, I'm sure I wouldn't have made the link.

[Gadget]

They seem to have mixed up my Welsh lines and not allowed for illegitimacy 

[davisd]

...and when they do appear, a timely reminder for caution, which I wish many would read and heed:

.Accuracy. Since ThruLines™ are based on the family trees of you and other members of Ancestry, they're as accurate as the trees they're based on. Mistakes in family trees can cause inaccurate ThruLines™. Because they're based on trees, ThruLines™ don't prove your specific connection to a DNA match.       

https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-ThruLines

Thank you so much for this reminder. I keep seeing no thrulinies to an ancestor where others have them - in my case one where I am heartily convinced they have the parentage wrong and my research has been far more realistic. Ancestry giveth and Ancestry taketh away!

[brigidmac]

 I trust the dna results but not the trees thru lines have been quiite accurate and of course researchers made big trees following paper trails before dna revealed that great grandfather wasnt actually birth father or a child had been registered to a grandmother . sometimes  my links from cambuslang and shettleston in scotland come back with two possible relationships
my grandma told me she and grandada met at a family wedding but ive yet to find the exact relation from both sides  Thru lines is suggesting possible routes but with names like ROBERTSON STEVENSO + Mckay it takes some sorting

[bikermickau]

I've been looking at Thruline matches with interest, it does appear to be supporting (with DNA matches) a lot of what I have researched. As I don't currently have a paid Ancestry subscription I'm limited with exploring possible matches on Ancestry.

Has there a change in the past couple days with Thruline matches?
It's showing me individuals marked "Potential Ancestors" and it was a couple of days ago, showing individuals marked DNA Matches or something similar. Now I have to scroll over each individual to see how many DNA matches if any.

Mick