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Offline Robin Heath

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Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« on: Friday 06 January 23 13:08 GMT (UK) »
If I transfer Ancestry DNA to Find my Past for free do I have to subscribe to Find My Past to access the information. Thanks

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Re: Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« Reply #1 on: Friday 06 January 23 13:38 GMT (UK) »
FindMyPast partner with LivingDNA, so you actually upload your Ancestry test to LivingDNA. You have to create an account with LivingDNA but there is no charge to create the account. Unlike Ancestry, your test isn't linked to your FindMyPast family tree, nor do you get match notifications through FindMyPast. You are able to view a list of matches via LivingDNA, but to find out any more about those matches, you have to contact them (and hope they reply). Because you are matching against other LivingDNA test kits, there is no indication whether your matches have trees on FindMyPast or not. Many of the kits will have been purchased through LivingDNA directly or uploaded from other test providers, so will have no connection with FindMyPast at all.

I'm not saying that it's not worth doing, but don't expect it to be as "easy" as finding and dealing with Ancestry DNA matches. The LivingDNA matches that I recognise in my own match list, I primarily know about because I have already matched them on Ancestry or via GEDmatch.
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Re: Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« Reply #2 on: Friday 06 January 23 13:46 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much. Will probably stick with ancestry for now, as I have some pretty close matches with them.

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Re: Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« Reply #3 on: Friday 06 January 23 15:07 GMT (UK) »
You do not have to transfer Ancestry DNA, simply download the Raw DNA Data file and upload said file to My Living DNA, My Heritage and Gedmatch, you will have to create accounts on each sites prior yo uploading.

Matches will be seen on each of the listed sites once the searching has tacken place on each which can be a few days.

To download the DNA data file DNA > Your DNA Summary Results, click on the Gear icon to access Settings, scroll down and you find …. Download DNA Data


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Re: Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« Reply #4 on: Friday 06 January 23 15:32 GMT (UK) »
You do not have to transfer Ancestry DNA, simply download the Raw DNA Data file and upload said file to My Living DNA, My Heritage and Gedmatch, you will have to create accounts on each sites prior yo uploading.

Err, yes, but that's what transferring your DNA data, test or kit usually means. How else could you transfer your "test" between providers?

Might as well add Family Tree DNA to the list, also.

Unless you are lucky enough to find a relatively high match on LivingDNA, who isn't also on one or more of the other sites (rare in my experience) I would say that the only thing LivingDNA really has going for it is that their ethnicity estimations are generally considered to be the best available for UK populations. Unfortunately, you won't get the detail that they can provide with a test transferred in from another provider. The results in those cases are pretty generic. You have to take an autosomal test with them, either directly or through Find My past, to get the detail.
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Re: Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 15 January 23 06:05 GMT (UK) »
FindMyPast partner with LivingDNA, so you actually upload your Ancestry test to LivingDNA. You have to create an account with LivingDNA but there is no charge to create the account. Unlike Ancestry, your test isn't linked to your FindMyPast family tree, nor do you get match notifications through FindMyPast. You are able to view a list of matches via LivingDNA, but to find out any more about those matches, you have to contact them (and hope they reply). Because you are matching against other LivingDNA test kits, there is no indication whether your matches have trees on FindMyPast or not. Many of the kits will have been purchased through LivingDNA directly or uploaded from other test providers, so will have no connection with FindMyPast at all.

I'm not saying that it's not worth doing, but don't expect it to be as "easy" as finding and dealing with Ancestry DNA matches. The LivingDNA matches that I recognise in my own match list, I primarily know about because I have already matched them on Ancestry or via GEDmatch.

you don't have to do it that way at all so let me explain

you download your Ancestry DNA Results and Data as a File under the DNA section of your ancestry account, you simply upload that file to FINDMYPast under family tree, it takes about 3 days for them to download and sort out the data their end and once it done and your family tree is uploaded to their website, it will find your relatives

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Re: Transfering Ancestry DNA to Find My Past.
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 15 January 23 09:49 GMT (UK) »
you don't have to do it that way at all so let me explain

you download your Ancestry DNA Results and Data as a File under the DNA section of your ancestry account, you simply upload that file to FINDMYPast under family tree, it takes about 3 days for them to download and sort out the data their end and once it done and your family tree is uploaded to their website, it will find your relatives

Can you explain exactly what links you follow on FindMyPast to do that please?

Following the link to "Upload your DNA test" at

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/ancestry-dna-testing

transfers you to LivingDNA where you are first required to sign up with them if you don't already have an account, and then use their transfer process to upload your Ancestry data file.

The help on FindMyPast says, "Already taken an ancestry DNA test?
If you upload with Living DNA we could connect you to living relatives, for free. Upload your DNA results to access Family Networks – we accept DNA tests from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage and Family Tree DNA. If you have a different DNA test, contact us on help@livingdna.com."

A genuine question, as if there is a direct method that links to your FindMyPast tree and shows you matches directly on the FindMyPast website I would like to know? I can see nothing in my FindMyPast tree or its settings options that either lets me upload an external test file directly, links me to an uploaded DNA test, or shows me matches?
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