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For some of us this is the only way to knock down a brick wall that cannot be solved using paper trail. I am one of those who is very happy with what I have got out of my DNA results, but then I have put a lot time and effort into analysing the results. I have also tested other family members because their results help me to gain a better understanding of my own by narrowing down which lines they are most likely to belong to.
Start by working with the matches that do have trees. More of the others will slot into place after you have figured those out and developed your tree accordingly. If you are on AncestryDNA and are struggling with making any sense of your results, make sure they are correctly connected to your profile in your tree. You should then be able to see common ancestors and start to develop collateral lines leading to the match. Make use of the shared matches function to group matches together and look for the commonality in each group. There can be a great sense of satisfaction as the pieces of the puzzle start to fall into place, but you do have to put some work into it.
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