new beta on ancestry dna results

[lisalisa]

Would I be wrong in thinking that this beta might only be on mobile devices i.e. iPads, Amazon Kindles etc?

yes
I'm on a pc, not mobile.

[Gadget]

I'm confused about this because there was a big change last ?summer/autumn. Margaret started a thread,  It was announced discussed here:

http://paulbrooker.posthaven.com/ancestry-dot-com-updates-updated-previews-dna-beta-test-results

Are you sure that it is another version, since there have been no announcements or discussions as there was to the last one.


Gadget

[Rezillo]

It's a brand new interface, plus what were Hints pointing to your tree and a.n.other's are now Common Ancestors pointing to a lineage composed of two or more trees joined up to fill in generation gaps.

[lisalisa]

I'm confused about this because there was a big change last ?summer/autumn. Margaret started a thread,  It was announced discussed here:

http://paulbrooker.posthaven.com/ancestry-dot-com-updates-updated-previews-dna-beta-test-results

Are you sure that it is another version, since there have been no announcements or discussions as there was to the last one.


Gadget

just had  a look at the blog post you linked to, I don't think they have 'changed' the ethnicity report in this beta - well apart from the fact that the first time I looked that whole page was missing (it's there now) - this beta seems to be all about the lists.

And if it is supposed to be something to make dna 'more fun', then it's not working for me   

[davidft]

It's a brand new interface, plus what were Hints pointing to your tree and a.n.other's are now Common Ancestors pointing to a lineage composed of two or more trees joined up to fill in generation gaps.

Thank you for your posts in this thread. I have been following this thread with interest as on the face of it, it does sound like an exciting development.

OK I am a little concerned with "the pointing to a lineage composed of two or more trees joined up to fill in generation gaps"

given how some of the potential parent hints they give are clearly wrong and yet people still add them to their trees. That said I think there are potentially more positives than negatives.

[Rezillo]

OK I am a little concerned with "the pointing to a lineage composed of two or more trees joined up to fill in generation gaps"

given how some of the potential parent hints they give are clearly wrong and yet people still add them to their trees. That said I think there are potentially more positives than negatives.

You're quite right - you can't take them at face value without conducting your own checks but they have thrown up a huge amount of new leads.

[stevemiller]

This morning I noticed a blue "1" next to the "Extras" tab at the top of my Ancestry DNA page.

Being a curious fellow I had a look.

At the bottom of the drop-down "Ancestry Lab" takes you to the option to enable or disable the beta.

Of course, this may not be available to all.

I'm off to check out some of the "common ancestors" matches .....

[Gadget]

Thanks, Steve. I've just checked and I have it too.

I note that there are instructions for those who have previously used the Chrome browser.


Gadget

[bearkat]

This morning I noticed a blue "1" next to the "Extras" tab at the top of my Ancestry DNA page.

Being a curious fellow I had a look.

At the bottom of the drop-down "Ancestry Lab" takes you to the option to enable or disable the beta.

Of course, this may not be available to all.

I'm off to check out some of the "common ancestors" matches .....

This has appeared since I checked Ancestry first thing this morning.

However when I click on Ancestry Lab the page I'm taken to is "no longer available"