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peter replied to the thread Generating Common Ancestors.

This suggests that either they are the sibling of someone who has a tree, or they appear in someone else's tree. Or both. There is another...

peter replied to the thread Finding Notices for Recent Deaths (2010s-2020s).

It's much less common to publish obituaries or death notices in the UK. If I really need to know whether someone has died I look them up in...

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Ancestry updates ethnicity estimates

Today AncestryDNA launched its largest update to date which will match its DNA customers to more than 3,000 places and populations around...

Forum: DNA Questions and Answers

John Dancy replied to the thread Generating Common Ancestors.

But this Common Ancestor is with someone who doesn't have a tree, public or private.

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Generating Common Ancestors

Possibly an anomaly ? but I currently have a "Common Ancestors" link with a person with No Trees. Or has Ancestry started using the...

Forum: DNA Questions and Answers

John Dancy replied to the thread Tree tags.

Peter, The main one I use is "DNA Match" when I have entered a DNA cousin into my tree, and I remember (currently 386 of them in my tree,...

peter replied to the thread To soon to look for the proverbial milkman?.

Couldn't agree more - DNA is the only evidence that doesn't lie (though like any evidence it can be misinterpreted by the unwary).

Helen7 replied to the thread To soon to look for the proverbial milkman?.

Well said, Sandra. I totally agree. It is always good to confirm the paper trail, with the occasional bonus of breaking down brick walls...

NikkiM replied to the thread Adoption Records - birth parents known.

I'm trying to persuade her to take another test with Ancestry and have explained why. I've also suggested she should consider joining the...

peter replied to the thread Baptism Register entry.

Thanks, Tim that saves a lot of time (others please note). Now I can see that the full entry reads: Daniel a Child taken up in Hand and...

pennywise replied to the thread Baptism Register entry.

The Baptism Register I was looking at is on ancestry.co.uk The Register in question is shown as Westminster, London, England, Church of...

peter replied to the thread Baptism Register entry.

Could you please provide a link (or else, precise details of the entry so that we can find it ourselves)? It's important to view primary...

peter replied to the thread Uploading Ancestry images to other tree websites?.

You could submit a Freedom of Information request asking them the precise basis on which publication is banned. In fact it would be very...

peter replied to the thread Adoption Records - birth parents known.

Shame she didn't test at Ancestry: although some people transfer their results from Ancestry to MyHeritage it's only a fraction of the...

NikkiM replied to the thread Adoption Records - birth parents known.

My cousin has tested her DNA with MyHeritage and that's how we found each other. She knows both her birth parents and the names of her half...