Both my children have completed DNA tests with Ancestry as have I. It has proved fascinating to see the difference in shared matches; my son is far more likely to share a match with a Welsh (maternal) relation than my daughter. However, there is one frustration with Ancestry's shared matching methodology...
Ancestry only reveals shared matches with fourth cousins or closer. I have found that as often as not, the shared matches tab fails to inform me that one or both of my offspring are also a match with this person.
If you manage another test as well as your own, then click on a shared match of someone. Lets's assume they don't show any shared matches. Now click on that someone's name at the top of the page. This is that person's Profile Page. It invites you to choose another test.
Lo and behold, it sometimes tell me that my son and/or daughter is a match even though they don't appear as one when I merely click the "Shared Matches" tab.
