Ancestry removing matches less than 8cM

[brigidmac]

Im wondering if the small matches will still show up on thru lines

 if the trees line up

 I had a new 8cm 3c 3R last week

[durhamgirl73]

I have just noticed that the decimal points have been removed from 8cM and 9cM.

Also:

Coming soon! We'll be updating AncestryDNA ethnicity results to be even more precise in the coming weeks.

adding new regions ... and Oceania

[Gadget]

I have just noticed that the decimal points have been removed from 8cM and 9cM.

and in the 6s and 7s that we still have!

[Flemming]

Did they tell anyone the decimals were going? Is that a rhetorical question?

Also just seen the ethnicity results are in a *new* improved (really?) format. Or perhaps they've just gone back to an old format.

[CelticMom]

I've just been looking at all the dna tests for family members I manage and each test has at least 10 confirm common ancestors below 8cm. It still makes absolutely not sense why Ancestry are removing them. Their reasons are not justified at all.

I've tagged all the ones below 8cm into groups for the tests that are important to me, but it's rather annoying that any new ones once they make the change will never appear.

Well done Ancestry - well done (Not!!)

[Flemming]

I agree. I'm really missing the lower matches. Whilst Ancestry crows about its *super* new ethnicity splits that appeal to the masses for a minute, the rest of us are left to plod on in total frustration with half a service. 

[lisalisa]

Just noticed that 'the longest segment' is now missing, not sure when it disappeared.

[LizzieL]

Just noticed that 'the longest segment' is now missing, not sure when it disappeared.

I'm sure it was there a couple of days ago. Well that didn't last long.

[melba_schmelba]

Just noticed that 'the longest segment' is now missing, not sure when it disappeared.

I'm sure it was there a couple of days ago. Well that didn't last long.

Presumably because it exposed how far Ancestry's Timber algorithm was diminishing matches, although I'm sure they'll say it was because it caused confusion .