Ancestry, a year in review.

[Biggles50]

I do not remember Ancestry doing this before but on our home page there is a Year in Review clickbox.

This is one of the pages.

Interesting stats.

I really must get a life.

[martin hooper]

Yes it's on mine as well. Apparently I'm a hint hero!

Martin

[Pennines]

I didn't think I had received this, but then spotted it in the top right hand corner of my home page.

I'm a 'Hint Hero' also, Martin. Not sure what that means actually, as I don't do anything with my tree these days - and it's a Private tree, so people can't just 'nick' info from it.

[Millmoor]

I am also a hint hero! I was interested to see that I have received 1,701 new matches this year - unfortunately I suspect that the vast majority of these are under 20cM!

William

[bearkat]

I don't appear to have it.  I've can't have been good enough - must try harder next year

[rosie17]

I don't appear to have it.  I've can't have been good enough - must try harder next year

I wouldn't worry to much about it just another crazy idea they have came up with 

Rosie

[Pennines]

bearkat - I didn't think I had it. Then found it - it's a black rectangle, not very big, on the top right of my home page --- says '2025 Year in review is ready. See your stats'.

You then need to click on 'See your stats' - to view the amazingly high numbers of things  - all to do with your research/family tree.

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

It's probably what caused the errors yesterday when it was being added, 390 people have taken hints from my tree apparently, I just wish they would say who and what.

[coombs]

I have not had mine yet, but I did manage to look at my tree rating recently before I disabled the "rating" feature.

Not sure what a hint hero is. Some hints can be useful, others not, such as, if I have an illegitimate ancestor, or an ancestor having an illegitimate child (a sibling or half sibling of the child I descend from) before marrying, or an ancestor's sibling having a child or so out of wedlock then marrying later on, often several years later on, the hint has that stepfather as the "biological father".

My 3xgreat aunty was born 1833 and had a child out of wedlock in Braintree, Essex, in February 1851. She married in 1857 at the opposite end of the county to Thomas Bush, a man 4 years younger than her, and some Ancestry trees have this "hint" as Thomas Bush being the blood father, which is highly unlikely. As said, these hints are often taken from others trees.