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Ancestry DNA ThruLines
« on: Friday 17 July 20 10:34 BST (UK) »
Hi

Am I right in thinking Ancestry DNA ThruLines is just about finding common ancestors on family trees with people who are within your DNA match-list?

It's just that I've had Thru Lines common ancestors with people who are clearly not on my Ancestry DNA match-list.

Am I misunderstanding the concept of the tool?

Thanks in advance.


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Re: Ancestry DNA ThruLines
« Reply #1 on: Friday 17 July 20 11:38 BST (UK) »
I've just checked my thru lines and yes they are proposing ancestors with 0 matches to DNA trees ....what does it mean ? Are they comparing trees from the site ?
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Re: Ancestry DNA ThruLines
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 July 20 11:44 BST (UK) »
Hi Brigidmac

Thanks for your reply. 

I thought what made Thru Lines different from ordinary Ancestry green-leaf hints was that it is DNA-match-specific, but then I've just been thinking could it be that these zero-DNA matches in Thru Lines are below the 6cm threshold for appearing in our match lists .... therefore they are still DNA matches ..... ???

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Re: Ancestry DNA ThruLines
« Reply #3 on: Friday 17 July 20 12:28 BST (UK) »

I might be misunderstanding it, but I thought that Thrulines was separate from DNA matches, and just suggested info from Trees where the names or other info matched?

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Re: Ancestry DNA ThruLines
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 July 20 13:19 BST (UK) »
Supposedly they are DNA linked.

See Ancestry’s definition

https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-ThruLines

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Re: Ancestry DNA ThruLines
« Reply #5 on: Friday 17 July 20 14:05 BST (UK) »
I've had another look
On my mum's tree there is a potential ancestor with 3 dna matches but 0 DNA trees so I suppose the matches are with people who have taken DNA but have closed trees so Ancestry can still propose the link
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« Reply #6 on: Friday 17 July 20 14:35 BST (UK) »

OK, I just read through that, and this paragraph stood out to me:

‘Because they're based on trees, ThruLines™ don't prove your specific connection to a DNA match. For example, if you have someone listed in your tree as a second cousin, and that person appears as a DNA match and in a ThruLine as your second cousin, they could still actually be a first cousin once removed, a half-first cousin, or a number of other relationships to you’.

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