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I believe I’ve read that trees on Ancestry cannot be merged.  Until I purchase genealogy software, I will continue to use Ancestry for my trees.

I started a few trees a few years ago (for four of my branches, and for OH’s branches).  A couple of years ago, for various reasons, I started new trees for these branches.  I would now like to combine the two Stuart trees with each other, the two Mumford trees with each other, etc. without losing any details and more importantly, without creating duplicate folks.  If we cannot merge trees, might there be a way to gather facts without taking hours to compare, for example, the two Stuart trees with each other?  Thank you for any guidance.  Lisa

When searching Ancestry for “Seaborn Smith”, born 1835, America, I came across a tree that includes this man and his wife.  Unfortunately, the tree has 14,000+ individuals and Seaborn is not a direct ancestor.  Is there an easy way to see where this man fits into the tree, please?

Added:  when viewing the tree, I extended the individuals born c1835 to view their siblings, in hope of finding a sibling with a connection to the Smiths.  I probably should have viewed the generation “above” (c1805) to find Smiths and will do so now.

Apologies for asking what is most likely a simple question, but I would like to make sure I understand something. 

Using Ancestry website, in DNA matches is the capability to search
By Parent
PLUS - Both Sides

Looking at my brother’s results for the above search, there are over 60 matches (most are 5th - 8th cousin).  After a quick look, I don’t recognize any matches that I’ve previously run across and almost all of the results have never been viewed before.  The silly question part: Do the results mean that the 60+ matches are from both of our parents, either by actual ancestor or by marriage?  If so, might this be a typical amount of matches or is it a bit high (or low).  To my knowledge, my parents’ ancestors did not live “near” each other with the exception of my Stuart/Fowley ancestors who lived two Irish counties away from my mother’s ancestors.  Note: my mother’s ancestors arrived in Ontario, Canada between c1810 and c1855 (one couple did arrive c1870) and my father’s ancestors arrived (same place) in c1840, 1857, and c1870.

Thank you in advance for any guidance.  Lisa

Added: of course, once my ancestors arrived in Canada, they lived in the same province, generally within 20 miles (or closer) of each other.  Prior to their arrivals, most of my mother’s ancestors were in Ireland, and most of my father’s ancestors were in England.  I’ve not yet found any marriages or any connection between my parents’ ancestors in Canada.

A distant relative supposedly drew an image (a little girl holding an umbrella) c1912.  He drew roughly the same image in the early 1930s.  Might there be any way to determine if he was the original artist of the 1912 drawing by comparing brushstrokes, small details, etc., or if he simply copied the 1912 image?  Thank you, Lisa