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  1. IanL replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    I'm in my late 60s so it's unlikely to be the latter. But I do have a lot of ancestors from the villages on the Dorset/Somerset/Wiltshire...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
  2. peter replied to the thread Save on Ancestry DNA.

    Unusually, the UK links works for me even if I am logged-in. I haven't been able to test the Australian link since seeing your post as the...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
  3. peter replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    Although Ancestry don't sell their test in every European country - for example, DNA tests are illegal in France - you're not necessarily...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 7:15 PM
  4. peter replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    There has to be some reason why you have more matches than average. Perhaps a lot of your ancestors lived in the same area, leading to a...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 5:59 PM
  5. IanL replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    On my direct lines I can only find 1 cousin marriage. On the collateral lines the number is higher than yours but probably in the low 10s...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
  6. Bazza43 posted a new thread.

    Save on Ancestry DNA

    Peter says: (if it doesn’t seem to work at first, log-out from Ancestry then click the link again) I've tried this, (signed out, both...

    Forum: Comments on the latest newsletter

    Mar 18, 2024 at 1:01 PM
  7. peter replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    Those are just examples - it's not intended to be a complete list (nor could it ever be). Geographical isolation doesn't only mean islands...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 12:45 PM
  8. IanL replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    Looking at ISOGG's definition of endogamy, I don't think that's the explanation as none of the groups mentioned by ISOGG appear in my tree.

    Mar 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM
  9. peter replied to the thread A New Relationship Predictor for Genetic Genealogy.

    There was a paper about this around a decade ago. In practice there are usually other factors, such as age difference, that enable us to...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
  10. peter rated Pauline's post Agree in the thread A New Relationship Predictor for Genetic Genealogy.

    I've just had a quick play around with this and I'm not sure how much more helpful it is than other relationship predictors though I can...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
  11. peter replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    See the Autosomal DNA test comparison chart at the ISOGG site. My reading of the 8 million figure is that it includes transfers. Perhaps...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 10:56 AM
  12. peter replied to the thread Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?.

    I transferred my Ancestry results, but also tested with MyHeritage - the number of matches is 8088 and 8091 respectively, whereas I have...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 8:08 AM
  13. IanL posted a new thread.

    Which DNA Testing Company will give you the most matches?

    Peter's DNA Masterclass recommends testing with Ancestry because it has the best tools (I agree with that) and because it has tested more...

    Forum: Comments on the latest newsletter

    Mar 18, 2024 at 1:59 AM
  14. Kane133 posted a new thread.

    A New Relationship Predictor for Genetic Genealogy

    Has anyone found the relationship predictor at https://dna-sci.com/2021/04/06/a-new-probability-calculator-for-genetic-genealogy/ useful?...

    Forum: DNA Questions and Answers

    Mar 18, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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