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Title: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: Mart 'n' Al on Thursday 03 January 19 21:10 GMT (UK)
I've just noticed that there are other tools on the site.

https://dnapainter.com/tools/

WATO, What are the odds, and a cluster formatting tool.

Martin

Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: sugarfizzle on Friday 04 January 19 12:29 GMT (UK)
Interesting, hadn't noticed them before.  What Are The Odds looks a bit complicated, might give it a go.

Regards Margaret
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: Mart 'n' Al on Friday 04 January 19 13:10 GMT (UK)
Margaret, I'm relying on you to try it so that you can explain it to the rest of us.

Martin
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: sugarfizzle on Friday 04 January 19 13:21 GMT (UK)
Margaret, I'm relying on you to try it so that you can explain it to the rest of us.

Martin

 :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: Gadget on Friday 04 January 19 13:30 GMT (UK)
Would be interested in your findings, Margaret. I'd like to play with it when you've worked it all out.

Gadget  :)
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: sugarfizzle on Friday 04 January 19 17:23 GMT (UK)
I'm sorry to say that I can't work it out at all!   Hope someone else will try it to clarify.

Regards Margaret
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: stevemiller on Friday 04 January 19 17:48 GMT (UK)
"The goal of WATO is to help you figure out where an unknown person fits into a known tree. "

This article explains all !
 https://thednageek.com/science-the-heck-out-of-your-dna-part-7/

I've been using it to see if one of my 2xgreat grandfathers "played away" and it looks plausible.

The key thing is that you do need to get the shared centimorgans from the "target" person.
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: Gadget on Friday 04 January 19 17:54 GMT (UK)
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The key thing is that you do need to get the shared centimorgans from the "target" person.

Think you've confirmed what I was thinking after reading the instructions, Steve.

Does this mean that you need info from each of the group about their shared cMs with the target (and possibly with each other)?
Title: Re: DNA painter - additional tools
Post by: stevemiller on Friday 04 January 19 18:07 GMT (UK)
I've worked out where 6 (including me) of the matches I share with the "target" fit into my tree.

I asked the "target" what centimorgans she shared with each of us - so no need to get those figures from all the other matches.

It was then a case of adding hypotheses and finding the most likely.

If I wasn't in touch with the "target" I suppose I would have to ask each individual match for their figures - luckily I didn't have to in this case.