AncestryDNA is making several during August 2020 to improve accuracy and validity of matches. From late August (no specific date) they will remove matches which only share 6-7.9 centimorgans because there are many matches in this range that are not valid 5-8th cousins. They could be as distant as 20th cousins. These false matches tempt […]
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Knight Hungerford ancestry – what the DNA showed
Following the story that John Knight appeared to be the son of Emanuel Hungerford, John’s great-grandson Alan Knight did an AncestryDNA® test and a Y-DNA test to confirm this link to the Hungerfords. Our former HAFS president John BS Hungerford did the same so we had a comparison. The results were exciting and a bit […]
John Knight DNA breakthrough
John Knight The family of John Knight (1812-1912) grew up with the story that he was the illegitimate son of Emanuel Hungerford [E]. Now, two hundred years later, we have proof. Who was John Knight? John Knight was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1812. He came to Australia in 1828 on the Alexander Henry […]
The finer points of ‘FindMyPast’
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DNA2Tree – A Discovery Tool
How do you deal with all that data in your AncestryDNA results when your matches don’t provide family trees or when the names in their trees don’t look familiar? In past posts, we’ve advised you to start with your closest matches and look at their shared matches. We’ve also talked about colour coding them using […]
DNA Opportunities
If you have been pondering doing a DNA test, then now might be the time. We have two special offers for HAFS members only – 10 Ancestry DNA kits at special prices, and FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA and mt-DNA kits for people who can help us solve a puzzle. Why not join HAFS now if you want […]
New AncestryDNA features – ThruLines™ and Grouping
It’s just over two years ago that I wrote an overview of the types of DNA tests and why you might use them as part of your genealogy methods. Since then, over 26 million people have done a DNA test (AncestryDNA and 23andMe being most popular). Every time I log in to AncestryDNA, I can […]
DNA – Following the Mothers
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Which DNA Test?
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