Ancestry - Pro Tools/Enhanced Shared Matches

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

If you are just working on your own tree then a month with pro tools every so often is probably sufficient though if more realised sharing results and answering messages is a free alternative we might not have been forced to pay for the information.

And people who reply to messages don;t always give you the shared cM information you had asked for

I chopped out a lot of my original comment which was a bit of a dig at Ancestry relying on the inactive/uncooperative as a lever for charging for the information. After all it's not info they didn't already have as it's used to create match lists in the first place and until recently match lists and parent assignment could be viewed with a free account but they stopped that a couple of months ago.

A sub is now required to se the match list and Pro Tools is an additional monthly fee but it gets better, for those in the UK and Australia who haven't already signed up for pro tools the price has just gone up (UK is now£7.99). I paid £4.99 and that's the price at renewal on my account page but I'm thinking it will change just before it's due to be paid again.

[4b2]

I can't see this mentioned here.

But Ancestry will be increasing the number of groups you can put DNA matches into - to 64 - rather than the current 24.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LgNpaoNUBqU

[Biggles50]

Signed up for Pro Tools.

On my Wife’s tree her highest match is 187cM and is a known 1C2R on her Maternal side.

The next Shared DNA match shares 38cM with her and her 4xGGP’s is their MRCA.

Now this 38cM match also shares 29cM with her 1C2R but this 38cM match is on her Paternal side.

Now her Paternal side is Lancastrian for centuries and the Maternal side via her Grandparents is Dorset for centuries so there is no chance of Pedigree collapse occurring.

Already Pro Tools has thrown up interesting results in that the 1C2R is related to my Wife via his Mum and his Dad is also related to my Wife but we have never found where, the Pro Tools cM sharing tool gives us a better chance of finding the link.

[4b2]

Already Pro Tools has thrown up interesting results in that the 1C2R is related to my Wife via his Mum and his Dad is also related to my Wife but we have never found where, the Pro Tools cM sharing tool gives us a better chance of finding the link.

Are there any other features currently live?

[rsel]

Are there any other features currently live?

Pro-tools is only the one DNA function, the rest is stuff around your trees, like enhanced filter options (not really any use), some new reports (nothing of any interest after a 30 secd play), and a tree checker (reports any records with no sources, any potential duplicates, that sort of thing)

[rsel]

I can't see this mentioned here.

But Ancestry will be increasing the number of groups you can put DNA matches into - to 64 - rather than the current 24.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LgNpaoNUBqU

The changes to to groups were in a separate discussion around beta changes to the match list https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=883109.0

[4b2]

Does anyone know if they will be adding a chromosome browser, or will allow us to see shared matches below 20cM? It's kind of unbelievable they haven't provided that yet.

[rsel]

Does anyone know if they will be adding a chromosome browser, or will allow us to see shared matches below 20cM? It's kind of unbelievable they haven't provided that yet.

I don't believe they officially will be doing either. However, what i have noticed on the new shared matches is that it is showing matches below 8cM as a shared match.  My first thought was they only appear if they have more than 20cM with the match you are looking at, but doesn't seem to hold true, so not sure what causes them to appear.

Richard

[4b2]

Does anyone know if they will be adding a chromosome browser, or will allow us to see shared matches below 20cM? It's kind of unbelievable they haven't provided that yet.

I don't believe they officially will be doing either. However, what i have noticed on the new shared matches is that it is showing matches below 8cM as a shared match.  My first thought was they only appear if they have more than 20cM with the match you are looking at, but doesn't seem to hold true, so not sure what causes them to appear.

Richard

Do you mean you are getting shared matches (in the shared matches tab) below 8cM, but not above?