Ancestry DNA test - disappointing result

[Keitht]

No, that one had passed me by. I will need to look into how to do so. Thanks for the thought.

Keith

[dublin1850]

With the 23% attributed to Ireland of which we have no history i am wondering about the test being processed there .

The Ireland address is purely administrative. No tests are processed here. They are sent to the US.

[sbunter]

Keith here is the help on ancestry

https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/ka215000000MU35AAG/Attaching-AncestryDNA-Test-Results-to-an-Ancestry-Member-Tree-1460090082987

No, that one had passed me by. I will need to look into how to do so. Thanks for the thought.

Keith

[sbunter]

For all those who are struggling understanding their DNA test results there are loads of blogs with help online, plus several Facebook groups with plenty of help and advice.
I am always happy to help, DNA is a magnificent tool for family history research, certainly overwhelming at the beginning, and after that loads of hard work researching trees to try and find your matches - most are not the instant "green leaf" that we all live in hope of.
The ISOGG site is the "bible" of genetic DNA
https://isogg.org/wiki/Portal:Autosomal_DNA

cheers,
Sharon

[Keitht]

Keith here is the help on ancestry

https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/ka215000000MU35AAG/Attaching-AncestryDNA-Test-Results-to-an-Ancestry-Member-Tree-1460090082987

No, that one had passed me by. I will need to look into how to do so. Thanks for the thought.

Keith

[Keitht]

Ok, that didn't quite go to plan.

Thanks sbunter for the help. When I checked, my dna was in fact linked to our tree. It offers three "probable" matches, two of which I know to be accurate, together with 66 fourth to eighth cousins, most of which appear, as others have said, to be little more than the usual Ancestry hints. What it does not show is my connection to the second cousin, who reports that his tree does not show a connection to me.. We are both somewhat puzzled.

Keith

[sbunter]

I am understanding that you both have a match to each other but your green leaf is not showing??
Green leaves are a bit come and go, my Aunt should have 15 but is only showing 4. I use the notes field to write LEAF and the shared ancestor so that I can easily see the connection.
As they have 4 million tests to process I think the leaves can take a while to populate,
hope this helps,
Sharon

Ok, that didn't quite go to plan.

Thanks sbunter for the help. When I checked, my dna was in fact linked to our tree. It offers three "probable" matches, two of which I know to be accurate, together with 66 fourth to eighth cousins, most of which appear, as others have said, to be little more than the usual Ancestry hints. What it does not show is my connection to the second cousin, who reports that his tree does not show a connection to me.. We are both somewhat puzzled.

Keith

[Keitht]

Yes, we have matches to each other, of which we have been aware for several years and which are confirmed by Gedmatch, yet Ancestry doesn't even flag us up to each other, despite the fact that we are each listed on the other's tree.

Keith

[sbunter]

Call Ancestry and ask them.
They know how their system works and will give you an explanation I should think.

Yes, we have matches to each other, of which we have been aware for several years and which are confirmed by Gedmatch, yet Ancestry doesn't even flag us up to each other, despite the fact that we are each listed on the other's tree.

Keith