Ancestry SideView Technology to be Extended

[ikas]

Lost Cousins website reports Ancestry are to extend their SideView Technology to matches. Details at
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/26/23367499/ancestry-genetic-matches-parent-side

[LizzieL]

That sounds an improvement. I wonder how they will cope when a match is related through both maternal and paternal sides. I expect lots of people have those

[Gadget]

Biggles' comments on this from another thread:


https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=865705.msg7366393#msg7366393

[ikas]

It will be interesting to see how many matches they allocate and how accurate their algorithms are. Like many I have a lot of matches allocated to maternal/paternal side already so I will be able to check.

[CorleyMiller]

I have a several groups of unknown matches whose only shared matches are other people in their own group. If this feature does work it should at least (in most cases) indicate on which side to search for the link.
 
It would certainly be beneficial if they gave us a proper chromosome browser!

[Gow67]

The Ancestry App was updated on 3rd Oct to version 14.19

Details of update states:

- New Sideview technology allows Ancestry to determine which side of your DNA your DNA matches come from.

Can anyone see this feature anywhere?

G67

[GailB]

I can see the new feature. It is a big improvement for me as my parents are second cousins. It now shows a lot of cousins on their correct side. Previously I had to mark a cousin on the wrong side to get the correct relationship. I now have an even quantity of maternal and paternal cousins whereas before it was about 95% maternal cousins.

[Gow67]

How are you accessing it GailB?

I can't see it anywhere.

Any help appreciated.

G67

[GailB]

Go to your list of DNA matches and the top you can now select by parent, all matches or by location