Shared Matches below 20cM

[ikas]

Just back from a break so I have not looked at my match list for about a week. Am I correct in thinking Anc have recently changed shared match lists to include shared matches below 20cM? Is this a new development that is being rolled out or is everyone now seeing shared matches below the previous 20cM cut-off?

[Zaphod99]

I've got matches as low as eight.  It's increased my total number to over 22,000.

I rarely look beyond the first 100.

Zaph

[4b2]

I'm also getting the 8-19cM shared matches without having ProTools. This previously required a ProTools subscription. It seems odd that Ancestry are not making us pay for this. Christmas spirit?

[ikas]

I've got matches as low as eight.  It's increased my total number to over 22,000.
I rarely look beyond the first 100.
Zaph

I think matches have gone down to 8cM for a long time but shared matches had a 20cM cut-off. I now have shared matches well below the previous cut-off and I am wondering if this is a new development that is being rolled out or can everyone see shared matches below 20cM.

[ikas]

I'm also getting the 8-19cM shared matches without having ProTools. This previously required a ProTools subscription. It seems odd that Ancestry are not making us pay for this. Christmas spirit?

I don't have ProTools either. Weird that Anc have not said anything about this. If this is permanent then it might be significant in identifying some of my unknowns.

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

I wouldn't be too surprised if it was a foul up at their end and see it vanish before long.

[Biggles50]

Make the most of it, it is Ancestry after all.

“Ya gets nowt fer nowt”

[Zaphod99]

I'm also getting the 8-19cM shared matches without having ProTools. This previously required a ProTools subscription. It seems odd that Ancestry are not making us pay for this. Christmas spirit?

I don't have ProTools either. Weird that Anc have not said anything about this. If this is permanent then it might be significant in identifying some of my unknowns.

I missed the 'shared' bit!  Yes, I can see sub-20cM shared matches.

Zaph

[ikas]

Make the most of it, it is Ancestry after all.
“Ya gets nowt fer nowt”

It didn't last long! Gone this morning.