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Offline cockney rebel

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Re: Ancestry DNA...no longer a match?
« Reply #9 on: Monday 15 September 25 15:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Alison55 on Monday 15 September 25 14:31 BST (UK)
ANCESTRY discontinued showing matches under 8 cM some years ago unless you had put a note in like, “ possible Smith match” or whatever. The ANCESTRY PRO shows matches down to 6 cM.
This is in my case not true.
I do not have Ancestry Pro
I use Ancestry on my laptop.
I have 1200 pages of results (matches) in total .
I can look at all matches or select a cM range to view.

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Re: Ancestry DNA...no longer a match?
« Reply #10 on: Monday 15 September 25 15:41 BST (UK) »
Have you tested it recently, cockney rebel? I just did on an account I have access to, by choosing custom range 6-8cM. It returned about 170 pages of results (20 to a page). Viewing the last of those pages, nothing below 8cM was displayed.
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Re: Ancestry DNA...no longer a match?
« Reply #11 on: Monday 15 September 25 16:21 BST (UK) »
Quote from: scotmum on Monday 15 September 25 15:41 BST (UK)
Have you tested it recently, cockney rebel? I just did on an account I have access to, by choosing custom range 6-8cM. It returned about 170 pages of results (20 to a page). Viewing the last of those pages, nothing below 8cM was displayed.
This is a good suggestion on how to check, Scotmom. I do have ancestry pro and just tried your suggestion of searching between six and eight cM only. I had a lot of hits and a number I had previously identified as helpful.
This is not an advertisement for Ancestry pro! They just found another way to monetize previously included information in any subscription. Everyone has to decide whether or not it is worth it to them for the extra money.

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Re: Ancestry DNA...no longer a match?
« Reply #12 on: Monday 15 September 25 16:26 BST (UK) »
Hi Scotsmum,
Ah you may have a point there..
If I actively choose the parameter of 6 to 8 cM, there are no results.
But with 8 cM as a minimum, page after page!
Is it possible that when Ancestry is busy to overload that it shows "No  records found" instead of "too busy to perform this search" (or whatever) ?
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