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    Thread: Timber is deeply, deeply flawed
Post: RE: Timber is deeply, deeply flawed

Even with smaller matches, Timber causes problems.  Here's an example. When looking at some ThruLines matches descended from a pair of my 2nd great grandparents, I found a father and daughter.  I c...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 21 2,000 02-06-2025, 06:33 PM
    Thread: My Heritage Updated Results 2025
Post: RE: My Heritage Updated Results 2025

geebee-1015 Wrote: (02-04-2025, 05:11 PM) -- Something I just noticed -- which I appreciate -- is that there's a dropdown labeled "Your Ethnicity Results".  It allows switching between v2.5 and v0.95...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
MyHeritage 77 4,272 02-04-2025, 10:38 PM
    Thread: My Heritage Updated Results 2025
Post: RE: My Heritage Updated Results 2025

Something I just noticed -- which I appreciate -- is that there's a dropdown labeled "Your Ethnicity Results".  It allows switching between v2.5 and v0.95 results. So I can see that for my actual M...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
MyHeritage 77 4,272 02-04-2025, 05:11 PM
    Thread: My Heritage Updated Results 2025
Post: RE: My Heritage Updated Results 2025

Currently I'm getting the same offer to update to "A new version of the Ethnicity Estimate" for my three uploads that I'd gotten on my MyHeritage test.  However, I have no intention on doing that, con...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
MyHeritage 77 4,272 02-01-2025, 07:05 AM
    Thread: My Heritage Updated Results 2025
Post: RE: My Heritage Updated Results 2025

I don't have the update yet, but I was given a chance to request it so I did.  They tell me it should be ready by tomorrow, so I'll post the results here when I have them.  My expectations actually ar...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
MyHeritage 77 4,272 01-30-2025, 11:16 PM
    Thread: Ancestry wishlist
Post: RE: Ancestry wishlist

Kale Wrote: (01-13-2025, 04:13 AM) -- For 'non-members'(?) (I only paid for the test, not any subscription) I used to be able to, if a match had a public tree, click on it and see a certain number of...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 24 1,848 01-13-2025, 10:16 AM
    Thread: Ancestry wishlist
Post: RE: Ancestry wishlist

Kale Wrote: (01-12-2025, 05:57 PM) -- I can't see matches public trees anymore!? Wishlist: Get that back. -- I just looked at the public linked trees of a few of of my cousins, as well as a couple...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 24 1,848 01-12-2025, 10:04 PM
    Thread: Post your updated results with ranges
Post: RE: Post your updated results with ranges

If nothing else, the 2024 Ancestry update should serve to remind people that these estimates must be taken with a grain of salt -- or sometimes with an entire shaker. Until the current update, my G...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 18 1,284 01-07-2025, 09:16 PM
    Thread: Deeper discoveries with new DNA Match tools | Ancestry®
Post: RE: Deeper discoveries with new DNA Match tools | ...

Moved from a different Ancestry thread (on the 2024 Ethnicity Update) ... I continue to use the ability to sort matches by their relationship to each other in ProTools sharing and it continues to b...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 47 3,850 12-12-2024, 01:13 AM
    Thread: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update
Post: RE: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update

Ancestry can get pretty weird sometimes.  I now have two sets of results -- one is as myself, in my actual name; the other is one managed by me, under the name "Ignore Duplicate".  I kept that one sim...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 216 22,906 12-12-2024, 01:07 AM
    Thread: Deeper discoveries with new DNA Match tools | Ancestry®
Post: RE: Deeper discoveries with new DNA Match tools | ...

Now that ProTools sharing allows ordering matches by how much they share with the person you're comparing, rather than by how much they share with you, it is even clearer that a major flaw of Timber i...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 47 3,850 11-25-2024, 07:11 AM
    Thread: Genarchivist is back online!
Post: RE: Genarchivist is back online!

I'm so happy I tried just looking for "GenArchivist" (without the .com); otherwise, I had no clue as to why the site disappeared for weeks.  I'm glad you're back.  :-)
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
General Discussion 38 4,515 11-24-2024, 09:12 PM
    Thread: Ancestry wishlist
Post: RE: Ancestry wishlist

Another example of Timber's excessively zealous chopping: I have a 3rd cousin, RW.  At 184 cM in 20 segments, our sharing is actually on the high side for 3rd cousins.  It does, however, fall withi...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 24 1,848 11-03-2024, 09:47 PM
    Thread: Ancestry wishlist
Post: RE: Ancestry wishlist

Mabrams Wrote: (11-01-2024, 12:10 AM) -- For those people who have ProTools, sorting  by your match’s cM has been enabled. -- Thanks for the tip.  I've been using it for a little while and it's bee...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 24 1,848 11-03-2024, 12:23 AM
    Thread: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update
Post: RE: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update

albion0209 Wrote: (10-29-2024, 11:40 AM) -- I am trying to understand how on 23andMe (which at this point feels more accurate just due to the complexity and sheer number of their Genetic Groups) I ha...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 216 22,906 10-30-2024, 10:18 PM
    Thread: 23andMe’s Historical Matches
Post: RE: 23andMe’s Historical Matches

mjaguk Wrote: (10-26-2024, 05:11 PM) -- Apart from Roman R31, I have: VK528 Norway 0.20% 3 segments 14.62 cM VK316 Denmark 0.12% 2 segments 8.44 cM RKC049 Hungary 0.07% 1 segment 5.04 cM VK187 ...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
23andMe 49 5,083 10-27-2024, 09:54 PM
    Thread: 23andMe’s Historical Matches
Post: RE: 23andMe’s Historical Matches

Mabrams Wrote: (10-25-2024, 04:22 PM) -- I wonder if the Historical matches are part of the new HybridIBD algorithms It has been mentioned earlier by myself and Tolan and perhaps others about the ...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
23andMe 49 5,083 10-26-2024, 03:38 PM
    Thread: 23andMe’s Historical Matches
Post: RE: 23andMe’s Historical Matches

mjaguk Wrote: (10-25-2024, 01:40 PM) -- I have one new one: Late Antique Period Roman R31 Male 332 CE to 419 CE Burial Location: The Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, Italy Very distantly related...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
23andMe 49 5,083 10-26-2024, 03:26 PM
    Thread: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update
Post: RE: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update

I can't put too much stock in the sub-regions even after mine were reduced to just one:  "Scottish Highlands".  That one's plausible enough, but there's an inconsistency with my daughter.  Her only re...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 216 22,906 10-22-2024, 10:41 PM
    Thread: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update
Post: RE: Ancestry 2024 ethnicity update

What I find truly annoying is how they handle the color assignments for different ancestries.  In addition to my own results, I also have results for my daughter and her mother.  I like to be able to ...
geebee-1015
geebee-1015
AncestryDNA 216 22,906 10-14-2024, 05:57 PM