Upcoming changes to tools at AncestryDNA

[AnotherDay]

Lots of changes coming to the AncestryDNA tools - some need a sub/membership, some need ProTools...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7QAJjYtXLU&t=312s

[rsel]

Thanks for posting that, to be honest it doesn't actually look like many new features (other than the enhanced shared matches view), the rest are just really minor tweaks to how you get to or see existing features. 
The new shared matches view, looks to be a great additional benefit, the MyHeritage version, has been very useful in helping to identify the connections).

Richard

[Biggles50]

Very welcome changes.

I did note that an extra subscription will be required, but that is not unexpected.

Still the single best improvement that Ancestry could make is for the DNA Match name to be their Full Birth Name and not one like “sandij145” which coupled with no tree has very little value other than bulking up shared match list

[melba_schmelba]

Very welcome changes.

I did note that an extra subscription will be required, but that is not unexpected.

Still the single best improvement that Ancestry could make is for the DNA Match name to be their Full Birth Name and not one like “sandij145” which coupled with no tree has very little value other than bulking up shared match list

It is up to people who do the test if they want to share that, that is why the option to only use a username is available.

[Biggles50]

Very welcome changes.

I did note that an extra subscription will be required, but that is not unexpected.

Still the single best improvement that Ancestry could make is for the DNA Match name to be their Full Birth Name and not one like “sandij145” which coupled with no tree has very little value other than bulking up shared match list

It is up to people who do the test if they want to share that, that is why the option to only use a username is available.

It is a wrong option

If all they want is their Ethnicity, that is fine.

What Ancestry should have is a check box to share their DNA, defaults to Not Share.

If they choose to share then their true Birth Name should be displayed.

Why do I want to see thousands of DNA matches that are unrecognisable?

They are just clogging up my Match list.

[melba_schmelba]

Very welcome changes.

I did note that an extra subscription will be required, but that is not unexpected.

Still the single best improvement that Ancestry could make is for the DNA Match name to be their Full Birth Name and not one like “sandij145” which coupled with no tree has very little value other than bulking up shared match list

It is up to people who do the test if they want to share that, that is why the option to only use a username is available.

It is a wrong option

If all they want is their Ethnicity, that is fine.

What Ancestry should have is a check box to share their DNA, defaults to Not Share.

If they choose to share then their true Birth Name should be displayed.

Why do I want to see thousands of DNA matches that are unrecognisable?

They are just clogging up my Match list.

A person can choose an anonymous username but still have a private tree which is linked and will link common ancestors, or just a tree with their own name and any living forebears blanked as usual.

[Biggles50]

Very welcome changes.

I did note that an extra subscription will be required, but that is not unexpected.

Still the single best improvement that Ancestry could make is for the DNA Match name to be their Full Birth Name and not one like “sandij145” which coupled with no tree has very little value other than bulking up shared match list

It is up to people who do the test if they want to share that, that is why the option to only use a username is available.

It is a wrong option

If all they want is their Ethnicity, that is fine.

What Ancestry should have is a check box to share their DNA, defaults to Not Share.

If they choose to share then their true Birth Name should be displayed.

Why do I want to see thousands of DNA matches that are unrecognisable?

They are just clogging up my Match list.

A person can choose an anonymous username but still have a private tree which is linked and will link common ancestors, or just a tree with their own name and any living forebears blanked as usual.

Yet we still get thousands of useless DNA matches

It is a rubbish system

[decor]

The sooner, the better. Knowing how many centimorgans shared matches share with each other will be of enormous benefit!
I hope we don't have to wait until the summer for this.

[ikas]

Lots of changes coming to the AncestryDNA tools - some need a sub/membership, some need ProTools...

Thanks for the heads-up on this. What is a ProTools membership? I could not find anything on Ancestry Help.