Ancestry's New DNA SideView®: Separating Parents in Your DNA Ethnicity Estimates

[@dianapocalypse]

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[@margm4]

Can you please resend original video. I can’t seem to locate it. My parents first cousins but was able to work out who was who. However, they have a first cousin, also deceased, but his daughter has Ancestry, and I thought I could compare mum and dad from her dads. Thanks.

[@pauldmckee]

I'm descendent from Shem

[@deborahleroy5323]

This is in its infancy and I am looking forward to see where this goes. No one can say by taking a Ancestry DNA test your not getting your money worth only because it is a work in progress you didn't just spit and that spit discarded it is constantly being updated.

[@dorasmith7875]

If you're saying Ancestry is infantile you'd have a point, and they don't care enough to begin to grow up. The science is not in its infancy. Only the people applying it.

[@debhawk8094]

This is fascinating for me. My parents have both passed away and I never got their DNA which I know they both would’ve been fascinated by. My mom was an amateur genealogist and got me started in this when I was a child in the 1970’s. It’s amazing knowing my mother’s side is almost 100% German immigrants in late 19th century. But it shows as England and Northwestern Europe more than Germanic. I love these videos and seeing all the ways the DNA information is updated.

[@jaredlash5002]

I'm really looking forward to what might be coming. I've been saying ever since I started with genetic genealogy that Ancestry's tools are frustratingly lacking given all the data that they have. We shouldn't have to manually group matches -- Ancestry already has the data necessary to do it programmatically.

[@carokat1111]

Unfortunately it isn’t that simple because individuals can match on more than one line and from both parents. To be accurate it needs to be verified with research as well.

[@jaredlash5002]

@@carokat1111 This is true. And, methods like the Leeds Method for grouping DNA cousins do tend to break down when dealing with endogamy, but with the same caveats in mind regarding how they're doing SideView some rudimentary grouping automation would be a huge benefit to users.

[@dorasmith7875]

If you're satisfied with that, fine, perhaps you don't want very detailed knowledge about your father; but you'll get a much clearer idea who your father was ethnically by identifying him and researching his tree.

[@thamertanner5448]

Wow, this is incredible! I took the Ancestry test in part to try to find my biological father. Now I have half of his ethnic makeup in a pie chart, this is amazing! He was Greek! That's where the Portuguese comes from as well and some French. Thank you so much for making this video I never would have known this was a thing!

[@andre1987eph]

No. She said precisely it’s not your parents estimate. It’s an estimate of what you randomly received from each parent proportionally.

[@ilovecakecanihaveapiece]

@@andre1987eph I'm pretty sure they said that it was half of his ethnic makeup.

[@tinaconn3989]

This immediately solved a mystery for me. My highest ethnicity percentage was Germanic Europe which since has gone right down to 5%. I could not place it but thought it was obviously from my dad as his family come from several different places in the world whereas my mum’s side is from the United Kingdom. My dad convinced me it was not from his side. which was great for me as I thought it might help with a brick wall on my mum’s side. This update has confirmed that it is from my dad’s side. It is helpful because now I know it will not help with the brick wall.

[@barbarabird3827]

Thank you, Connie! APB: As Connie has pointed out, parent 1 is NOT necessarily mother: I visited my son last week and we found this feature while playing with Ancestry. For both of us, parent 1 was father's side. It was fun seeing how much of each of my groups he got from me, and where he got none! My only surprise: I got some Welsh from both sides- & he inherited the entire Welsh package . It's a treat to get something like this, which is Not based on matches ' trees! (Some of my ThruLines make me groan.) I'm actually excited to see the follow-up! Thanks again!

[@GenealogyTV]

Yep. My pleasure.

[@dbulc5171]

Parent 1 is my Dad as well 😊

[@debbiecarroll5672]

My parent 1 also was my Dad

[@kathryng6363]

I also found it by accident a few days ago. Parent 2 is my dad and always wondered on which side I had inherited Norweigan DNA from. Now I know. So exciting.

[@DNAConsultingDetectives]

If you have siblings tested, Parent 1 may be mother for one sibling or Parent 2 could be mother. It’s not going to be consistent between siblings.

[@poppletop8331]

This is a great feature, I knew my Dads parents had English, Irish, Welsh & Scottish Ancestry, via the census, (Showed on the original DNA test taken). My Mums, I had just English on the Census. The bit of German which showed up on my DNA, I wasn't sure whether it was my Mums or Dads side...well, it was on my Mums side. Just English with the little smidge of German. Thanks for sharing this info.😊

[@Buzzygirl63]

This is interesting. I checked my results and they've been updated to the point that they better match my paper trail - even down to the region of some small European countries. Parent 1 was dad and it was spot-on. Still can't quite match up some of my mom's ethnicity estimates with the paper trail though. Can't wait to see where this goes!

[@josephrosenberg4301]

Wow this is an amazing new tool. Thank you so much for going over it Connie! Just saw a new ethnicity Sweden/Denmark 4% for me from my dad's side. Checked his results and sure enough 8% for him from his mother. The updated DNA communities also might have broken down a brick wall for me. Dad's father's side were Romanian Jews that spoke German, never knew from where though originally (pre 1800s). Now it has DNA shared with Bohemian Jewish communities as well as the Moldovan Jewish Communities. Lots of new leads to research now. I can't wait to see just how much further Ancestry can take this in the future.

[@kathleenkelley1299]

Can’t wait to see what is coming next from Ancestry. Love this new feature

[@GenealogyTV]

Me too Kathleen. Thanks for your continued support of the channel.

[@fyreflye100]

Hi Connie - thank you for another very informative video. My Ancestry ethnicity estimate has improved dramatically with this update, but there are still a few bugs in the system. For example, my mother. Parent 2 is clearly my father, which means Parent 1 has to be my mother. My mother's mother was the daughter of Irish immigrants, and her father was the son of an Englishman and a French woman. My mother is deceased, but I have verified her parentage through the DNA matches of myself and my siblings. So my mother was half Irish, 25% English and 25% French. But Ancestry is telling me that the DNA I inherited from my mom is 100% Irish and Scottish. Even with random DNA inheritance, I'm pretty sure that's impossible. I must have gotten some of her English and French DNA, or else I wouldn't be a DNA match to so many people on her father's side of the family. And Ancestry is still giving me and my siblings way too much Scottish ethnicity overall. So I'm happy for the improvement, but the high accuracy rate they are touting doesn't apply to me.

[@heatherlee863]

Thank you for explaining the difference between your parents ethnicity, and the ethnicity you inherit from your parents. That 50% difference is important

[@carlaporath7076]

Oh, the possibilities.....I had no idea!! I was tested many years ago, but neither of my parents! I don't spend enough time studying all of my DNA matches. Until your earlier video on how to understand those who have no tree or unlinked trees, I really didn't do much at all with the results! Thanks for all of your information!!!

[@GenealogyTV]

You are so welcome!

[@Qwondi]

This has helped so much, looking for biological mother. BAM!!!!, Now it helps looking for cousins only with her ethnicity, WOW!!! This is the best clue yet.

[@GenealogyTV]

Fantastic

[@addicted2spn789]

Love this feature. I know we only inherit 50% from each parent so I understand my parents' ethnicity inheritance showing countries that are not listed on mine (Greece & Albania, Eastern Europe & Russia). But I was surprised to see some countries on mine that didn't appear on either parent's results (Northern Italy, Norway, Baltics). Yet they are attributed to the parent I expected to inherit them from. I know it's said to be 95% accurate so I guess that's where they fall but I was still surprised not to see them listed on their breakdown.

[@gmagigi1]

I manage numerous accounts and Parent #1 seems to be maternal in my accounts. Is this what you are finding as well? So exciting!!

[@jennifers5289]

That's how mine is set up.

[@GenealogyTV]

I don't know that is true, but perhaps. I'll keep an eye out.

[@addicted2spn789]

It is for mine as well.

[@createanddiscover6722]

Hello Connie. Looking through the comments that you received, I'd say that many people don't have a clear understanding of how DNA is inherited (especially the seemingly random distributions) and the way that percentages work. I wish I had a better grip on it myself, it seems that a video explaining this would be helpful. Thank you for your work. I enjoy your videos!

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks for your comment. I have a playlist of 38 videos on DNA and growing. It is here for anyone to see. kzbin.info/aero/PLiMXWjHlj5RQ_iInPLinVtIxjyzn3yE4o

[@trinacogitating4532]

Have been doing family history for years. I'm new to this; just got my DNA results a day ago! Found it fairly easy to follow on the app. Didn't realize this was such a new feature - really like it! Have a similar situation in being able to tell what was from which parent. Parent 2 was my dad, also. Glad to have found this.

[@rosemaryhanson9206]

I checked out my ethnicity estimates and knowing what I know about each side, they were spot on.

[@theshecreature]

I’ve been noticing recently that some (not a lot) of my new DNA matches are pre-labeled as “Father’s side” before I’ve even viewed them. I haven’t seen any pre-labeled as “Mother’s side” yet, but my distant cousins on my dad’s side definitely make up the majority of my matches because his mother’s side goes back to the Mayflower. It also seems people with the oldest American histories (as opposed to those with more recent immigrant families) are the most motivated to learn their DNA ethnicity. My other 3 family lines are fairly recent immigrants and I find more cousin matches on MyHeritage, which has a higher European user base.

[@leannwilson2668]

I WISHED My heritage has this - My mother Tested with Ancestry & I was going to But my son bought me a Kit from them - It fun to use this tool on her DNA & love all the Tips - keep up the great work

[@GenealogyTV]

That is awesome! Thanks.

[@absunshine6906]

Can't wait for the next installments Ancestry is releasing. This will help especially for people with ancestry from Western New York in the 1780, 1800 era where there are fewer records. I've been searching for James Riley Arnolds family for 44 years with a thick brick wall. Maybe after all this time I will finally get some answers.

[@sherylpehr2702]

This is great news! I have no idea who my biological father is and this will help me get started. Thanks

[@Scdudley725]

Connie, Thanks for explaining this new Ancestry feature.

[@TEXASdaughter]

Ancestry originally gave me 3% Wales, then years later took it completely away, now, they gave me 10% Wales.

[@philastokes]

Thank you Connie, Good to see how this works and as I have, seemingly, 100% Irish ancestry (all the other little ethnicities are gone) and I have two perfect yellow halves making up one entirely yellow whole. I cannot wait for the stuff that is coming down the road as it has to be more use to me than this. I do think that it will be great for those that have questions about their parentage though and especially useful for those who have immigrants in their ancestry.

[@GenealogyTV]

Isn't it fun! Yes, more coming our way.

[@BonnieDragonKat]

This tool is awesome. It actually verified my current research. My DNA has Africian in it. My maternal 5th GGF is a pre civil war freed slave. This knowledge allowed me to say Parent 1 was my dad and parent 2 was mom cause of where the African appeared.

[@debbiecarroll5672]

Thank you Connie..just loved this! I did exactly what you showed and I also was able to separate my parents even though 2 different nationalities..Father-Irish..Mother iItalian..this was awesome!

[@GenealogyTV]

Fantastic

[@peggysmith5332]

I was very excited to find out about this cool feature. My mom was born in Honduras and my Dad in Panama 🇵🇦 so it’s kind of tricky to me to know who is which.

[@GenealogyTV]

Understood

[@barbaraallen3054]

Wow...this feature is terrific. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lauriehamilton9959]

Luckily I had my dad's DNA done and know he is Parent 2. Thank you Connie for all you teach us!

[@DonnieReno]

My 82 year old sister-in-law’s parents were so similar in their ethnicities that we haven’t figured out which is parent 1 and parent 2. Mine on the other hand though… my mother was half Alaska native so I can see immediately which is which.

[@springbrown9769]

I to was able to easily split the parents line. My dad is the only one with the Greek and my mom only one with the African but they are small amounts. Other then them differences, I wouldn't be able to identify who was who. Lol.

[@IowaKim]

Thanks Connie for this video. I had to go in and check out the 20+ DNA tests I manage. It sure is fun trying to tease out which parent is which, some easy some not so easy. Easiest is my SO whose grandmother is Samoan, others not so much. Looking forward to new tools to be released!

[@peterwinstonaldredge6927]

Very cool stuff, Connie! I wasn't aware of the new estimates or features, so I'm glad I watched this video. I also subscribed to your Channel! Keep the great content coming.

[@hemichallenger3643]

I was lucky, and got both of my parents (both in their 80's) to get the test this year. Which has made cousin matching "easier". Not clear cut, but definitely easier. I'll have to watch this again later. Pressed for time today.

[@mariacapaldi5062]

Thank you Connie this was very helpful!! 🧬Can't wait for the more to come from Ancestry 🧬Have a great weekend!

[@GenealogyTV]

You Too! Thanks

[@jaecole21]

Thank you! I can’t wait till they do more. I can’t really tell which parent is which for me. So I’m exacted to see who’s who.

[@GenealogyTV]

You are so welcome!

[@suelane3628]

Forgive me if I have said this before. My mother was 20% Irish on Ancestry Autosomal testing. This led to me testing myself on 23 & ME as my father carried a gene variant for an iron overload (haemochromatosis) which is really common in Ireland. 1 in 2 people in Dublin carry this variant, also known as the Celtic Curse when homozygotic (2 copies.) This caused me to test myself on 23 and Me thus delaying testing Dad's Y lineage on Family Tree DNA. Now I find that Mum is only 1% Irish!! Whilst I understand ethnicity is ongoing research: I felt the 19% difference was a bit much!

[@scGenMOT]

I so appreciate you mentioning the challenge faced by endogamous populations, which applies to my situation. I, too, hope that will change in the future.

[@GenealogyTV]

I think it will be a while before we can tease out the family lines with genetics in endogamous trees.

[@myleftshoe9]

@@GenealogyTV Last week I found out that my grandfather's 1st cousin once removed on one side of his family became his uncle on the other side of his family by marrying 2 of his fathers sisters. That plays funny things with the cM numbers on the cousin matches. Makes them calculate as closer estimates than they really are.

[@billdillon8139]

Now how cool is that? Thank you so much. I would have never thought to go back and check that from time to time. Now I gotta figure out if mom or dad is parent #1 and #2. Thanks again.

[@GenealogyTV]

Have fun!

[@NyokaB]

Cool! I stopped this video and ran to ancestry lol. My parents and maternal grandmother have all been tested and i run their accounts. It’s pretty cool to see the separation. My dad and I have 1% indigenous DNA and it’s going to be cool to look at his DNA inheritance to see which parent he got it from since they are both deceased! On my maternal side, my grandmother and i have 1% DNA from Spain and i know 1% isn’t a lot. We are African American and to my knowledge, Spain and Greece aren’t common DNA segments we normally have? Thanks for the info! Very cool

[@debralarrabee4530]

You always do such a great job explaining these things. Thank you!

[@GenealogyTV]

Happy to help!

[@ginagaladriel]

I have been looking forward you and Jarrett's opinion on the new tool! (can't wait to see what's to come) I was also able to know which side was my maternal and paternal (due to specific countries), now I for sure (as much as currently possible), know that my Puerto Rican ancestry comes from my mom, I at the beginning had my doubts but this seems to be confirming it, now to find out how lol Thank you so much for the video, I always appreciate your input and knowledge ♥

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks

[@valleygirl2530]

The parental DNA profile separation was a bit hard to find (an Ancestry agent helped me) and it’s a great tool for better understanding where our ancestors came from on each side. For me - I have surprise ancestors on my dad’s side that I always assumed was from my mother’s side. Now I have a new mystery to solve.

[@caribqueen63]

Where do I find it? Is it because I’m using cell phone and not full site ?

[@GenealogyTV]

It's now on mobile. Wasn't at first.

[@sylviabargas3340]

Actually, this is something that 23andme and FamilyTree made available a while back, but without much fanfare. They provide a breakout of each chromosome by parental side (23andme calls it DNA Painting and FamilyTree calls it Chromosome Painter). It’s pretty much the same thing as what Ancestry has done, but they’re packaging it differently.

[@bobbykevinabramsonhennesey1625]

Right on. And I'll add that I find both those companies with their latest updates more accurate than AncestryDNA. 👍

[@moorek1967]

I had mine done in 2013 by 23 and Me and for that feature to work, you still need at least one parent to test. She is saying here you don't need either parent. And no testing company is going to be accurate at all when it comes to British/Irish and French/German because it remains illegal in Germany to do testing and as a proxy, all the companies have used Utah White (Mormons) and that is assumed because there were so many German people then, the Mormons were mostly also, like the Amish. They would have done better testing the Amish because at least they can point out their ancestry on a map. When Germany allows it, then we would see better results.

[@philipbutler6608]

23&me doesn’t have the Family Tree resources of AncestryDNA. I have 43k cousin matches on AncestryDNA.

[@beckyewing9770]

When my DNA results came in a few months ago and the ethnicity mentioned Jewish, I thought, who the heck did I inherit THAT from? Well, given that all my the Jewish % is from the same parent as the Irish and I know for a fact the Irish comes from my mothers side, I now know that I inherited the Jewish bit from her too. Thank you Connie (and Ancestry of course).

[@GenealogyTV]

My pleasure.

[@NickBuckingham]

Thank you Connie, very informative and helpful as ever. Keep up the great work

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ritashustitzky2934]

I just tried this out. So interesting. I had no idea there was a tiny amount of Scottish on my dad's side assuming he was parent #2.

[@addisonannlunsford681]

My parents, my sister and I have all taken the AncestryDNA. Based on the results, Parent 1 is father and parent 2 is mother

[@GenealogyTV]

It's 50/50 per experiments. For some Parent 1 is the maternal side.

[@Peachy08]

I discovered this yezterday and was definitely trying to figure out the parent 1 parent 2. Thanks for the info!

[@Procedentesinvictoria]

I don’t know which parent is which. My aunt and cousins breakdown changed completely and where my aunt and I matched in %s, now her countries have changed and my cousins too. So I don’t come close to other side now. My son’s father has a lot of Scottish but all the Scottish is mine. So because he has some different ethnicity on his father’s side, he can tell his parents apart. For me it’s no help.

[@Emy53]

My brother married a 5-8th cousin on our maternal side, and didn't know it, and so did a sister who married a 4-6th cousin on our paternal side.

[@dmcarp2807]

Thanks for the splainer- so cool is an understatement!

[@GenealogyTV]

It really is!

[@Collieb7]

Can't view it on my android phone or iPad. I can only view ethnicity estimate. I'd like to add that I was using the app. Once I got out of the app and went to the actual website I could view it.

[@GenealogyTV]

Yeah... I think they are working to add it to the app. Don't know when though.

[@kimmason8373]

My mom and dad's sides are about equal all the way except for one had Irish and the other has Norway, but it's a small amount so I can't figure out who is who.

[@Heinz57ish]

Trouble is, it says Parent 1 and Parent 2. My Dad had tested so I can compare against his. However he has no Jewish so assume parent 2 is my Mum. However My "Mum" has no Scottish and I know we have Scottish ancestry not that far back.

[@marshabrown6502]

Thank you Connie

[@christianraularroyo2497]

I love your videos and your demeanour first off! However, when it comes to this new Ancestry feature I have my doubts and it sounds to me like another shiny object on their site. I say that because for a while now when we get our dna matches, Ancestry asks us if they are on our Paternal side or on our Maternal side and it sounds to me as if they compiled that information that WE provided to divide what ethnicity belong to which side once they gather the information. So technically, this new 'feature' is simply information we have been providing Ancestry.

[@jerridavis2782]

Thank you Connie You Totally Rock!!!

[@alittlepeaceandkarma]

This sounds good. I'm into historical DNA and have uploaded to a site that links DNA archaeological sites. Hopefully they will both link up. I've got DNA that links to Erik the Reds farmstead Bratthalid in Greenland and St Brice's Day Massacre sites in Oxford and Weybridge.

[@marilynjw1971]

I have both parents AND mine...I'm going to have the daughter tested as my husband has had his as well...this is getting fun. Thanks for the explanations.

[@GenealogyTV]

If you have your husband tested and you have tested, there is no need to have your daughter tested. Her DNA comes half from you and half from your husband... unless you just want to see how much she inherited from each of you.

[@PR-fk5yb]

@@GenealogyTV While what you are saying is absolutely true the test of a son or daugther does provides some additional matches that do not show up for any parent. I think it has to do with how they are matching the different strains. So this testing is not completely useless to do as well.

[@JohnSmith-kd6ip]

I am here in 2024, so SideView has been around for a while. For years I have been adding DNA matches from various DNA services (Ancestry, 23andme, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, GedMatch and some smaller ones) into a SQL Database on my computer. Just today I included the SideView feature to my software. I am in the process of going through my Ancestry matches one by one and I noticed that "older" matches from years ago pretty much all show as "Unassigned" (as checked today), but more recent additions are mostly either "parent 1" or "parent 2". Does that feature only show a parent side for matches found AFTER the day the SideView feature was released? Wouldn't it make sense to be able to click on an older match and the SideView algorithm would find a parental side "on the spot"?

[@GenealogyTV]

Good point.

[@amosroger323]

Very Helpful & Interesting. Thanks

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JdeeReadings]

So I had to log in to Ancestry to have a peek and I was not expecting that update. Lucky me I know one side of the fam is Maori and the other Chinese so was able to know instantly what parent was on which side. What I wasn't expecting was that they actually branched out on the Asian regions to find out my dad was not only Chinese but also had Dai in him, of course, I have no idea about any of his Asian heritage as the family westernized their name to stop the racial discrimination they got after coming here. So to see the expansion looking forward to where they go. I'm gunna show my dad the update when I'm over at his next.

[@annmarieaspromonte1086]

Great explanation! Is it true that commercial testing only goes back approximately 200 years? Also, do you know if future modifications will reveal haplogroups?

[@GenealogyTV]

Ann Marie.... Thanks. It depends on the family... I would say 200-400 years depending on how tightly packed the generations are. Haplogroups... don't hold your breath.

[@MrKenRury]

I manage my and my mom's DNA, but I ran into an issue. They claim 95% accuracy, but I have 2 problems. I inherited 4% Swedish from my mom, but her DNA shows no Swedish. I can't inherit something she doesn't have. She should show Swedish? The other problem I have is some of her ancestors were German (Sultemeier's), so she must not have inherited German from that random portion or my genealogy is wrong,. It's possible my German's show up under NW Europe.

[@sharontabor7718]

My mother has documented German ancestry but didn't show German ethnicity until this last update. My twin sister and I don't show any Germanic ethnicity, however, my older brother and sister do. All my ancestors arrived in the US before 1753 to VA and MD, migrating through NC & SC to TN & KY by the early 1800s, and married into families with the same background and patterns. This Germanic info can now determine her parent's matches, Her parents were cousins, and this Germanic line is the only difference between their ethnic lineage. My mother is related to herself 9 times. My father is related to himself 4 times, and there is no way to split ethnicity between his parents. Without sibling DNA tests, separating Parent 1 from Parent 2 would be impossible.

[@KimtheElder]

This is so exciting.

[@Venicepolice]

Hi there, i absolutely love this video and will watch more of your videos. I am trying to find my maternal grandfather. We only have very basic information on him and don't even know if this is accurate so i am trying to find him and his family through dna. It is fantrastic that we can now seperate each parent however do you know how i can then look at a particular area being south italy for my maternal side. Also i then want to send a message to all of these relatives to ask if anyone is related to my grandfather. This way i may be able to find him for my mother before she leaves us. Thank you for any help or suggestions you may have here.

[@jimmyjam26]

I noticed this feature a few days ago but it doesn't specifically tell you which parent you get your DNA you have too figure it out pretty cool though.

[@yosoylaquesoy809]

Thanks, and with My Heritage is possible? Thanks again

[@GenealogyTV]

My pleasure.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

I went on ancestry last night after not being on there for a few weeks and they changed things a bit. Now you have to be a paid member to see what you got from your parents it looks like.

[@mspeedie52]

This is cool. My mother's sister had her DNA done and has an account on Ancestry and I have access to her results. Both of my parents passed away before DNA testing was the thing. Could looking at these new ethnicity results for my aunt, help me in determining who my parent #1 or parent #2 are? I have also done my DNA and have an Ancestry account so I have these new results for myself.

[@rm6684]

I manage my Mom's account and I took a DNA test and my side view from my Mom's side doesn't match with her DNA. I have ethnicity that the side views say I got from my Mom but she doesn't even have that DNA

[@sandybr325]

I finally submitted a DNA test through Ancestry and got my results. How do I get the DNA link to show on my family tree. I remember seeing one of your videos explain it, but cannot seem to figure it out now that I have my results. Which video was that information featured in? By the way, I did mark my father and mother's sides, thank you.

[@GenealogyTV]

I think I understand your question. If you have linked your DNA test to yourself in your tree and then you have done descendancy research to others in your tree to the point that you have completed the line all the way down to the DNA test taker, then it should show a helix in the vertical view of the tree. Once in a while you can see a helix in the horizontal tree but only where there is a common ancestor for you and a perfect line to another direct line DNA cousin. I don't think this is perfect at Ancestry as I have other lines that don't show the helix in the tree. You can see what I'm talking about in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/laK4YouYpNOFe9E at about 21:11 there is William McFarland Smith with a helix icon.

[@piotrkaczmarkiewicz1644]

Unfortunately I have doubts whether this 'feature' works, at least in the case of the sample I manage. Both parents show Baltics at more or less the same percentage (19% vs 22%) the problem is that only the father came from Baltics region. All his parents, grandparents, great grandparents and 2xgreat grandparents were also born in the same region (vicinity of Vilnus), so this region should be spot on. According to Ancestry second parent has similar Baltics ancestry - this is highly unlikely, as I am fortunate enough to have her complete ancestry up to 4xgreat grandparents - not even a hint of Baltics (all of them lived at least 600km west from Baltics region). I guess that Ancestry barely distinguishes Baltics from Eastern Europe. I will have stronger proof when I do a DNA check on the mother.

[@nancypaul9935]

Oh this should be fun I have cousins on my mom side who married my cousins on my dad side thier future DNA should be interesting..

[@ProgRockKeys]

I don’t think the group feature is enabled yet. It would say Parent 1 and Parent 2, since they can’t tell which is mother and father. The only mother and fathers side information I see in matches is the tag I assigned.

[@kevynnedallaire1815]

Cool feature for sure. In my family, my father was born out of wedlock (father unknown). While no one would ever want this to be their story, what would we expect to be the results if the father of my dad was, because of incest, actually his own grandfather? Would we be able to tell?

[@GenealogyTV]

That would be difficult to figure out without a very deep dive into the traditional genealogy and the DNA results.

[@Firearcher4]

Find a cousin who is in the same male lineage as your paternal grandfather. Then compare his y chromosome to your father's. If there is a match - incest. if not you may rule that out. If what you suspect is true, your maternal great grandfather is also your paternal grandfather

[@kevynnedallaire1815]

@@Firearcher4 thanks. If I understand correctly the Y chromosome is passed along to successive generations of male offspring, but *not* female offspring correct? So I need to find a male cousin, correct? My Dad's grandfather only had 2 sons (plus six daughters). One of the sons died at the age of 10. So I would need to locate male descendents from the surviving son. Is that correct?

[@Firearcher4]

@@kevynnedallaire1815 Yes you are correct. Males only. Yes you would need to find descendants in the direct male line from the surviving son OR go back a generation and find one from the brothers of the great great grandfather. If no luck there go back another generation to the ggg grandfather until you locate somebody who fits the profile then tell them why you have contacted them and that you require a blood sample for typing which is done in the blood banks of hospitals. No easy task but possible. I have been a genealogist since the 1970's so I trust my own research and instincts with over 40 + years in this field. I know the names of all 128 of my great great great great grandparents and the generation prior to that know about 240 of the 256. Most branches I can get to about 1600 using documentary evidence. The original records are riddled with mistakes most of which deal with spellings. But we also see wrong dates on tombstones, in family bibles, or wrong birth dates cited on death records etc. . Census records are full of errors however the more recent years have a far better accuracy rate. The 1800's census are roughly 70% accurate. A key element of being a genealogist is to trust nothing completely. Mistakes are everywhere. I have little faith in organizations which peddle research for $$$$ including Ancestry. Ancestry is great but I spot errors in their information too as they mass grab it from online sources which are often unsourced or not properly vetted. Their objective is to garner as much information as possible to sell. Quantity over Quality research. One record claimed a certain man who I will not name immigrated to Canada in 1757 and I know that factoid was lifted from a census reporting. and had nothing to do with immigration at all. In other words a total lie or misunderstanding of what the record actually said. No person by that name immigrated in 1757 to the place the record said he did. To hire genealogists on a global scale would be a massive cost for anyone. Ancestry can be very helpful but to blindly follow accept everything you find is a rookie mistake. Obtaining a blood sample and having some organization provide you a break down of your ethnicity is a vast oversimplification of the issue. You can have a person with a certain genetic marker but there is no way to know for sure where that person actually lived. Saying a remote ancestor some 3,000 years ago lived in Portugal vs France or Spain is ridiculous. Besides, that far back we all descend from the same stock of people anyway. Calculate how many ancestors you have in the 33nd generation. Taking 30 years per generation times 33 generations puts us back 990 years, lets lets say roughly the year 1032. In the 33rd generation each of us has 4.2 billion ancestors in that generation, greater than the entire world population of the time. So we all descend from the same stock of people more or less. Saying that YOU are Spanish and I Russian or something is a gross over simplification of the issue. Companies who do this are peddling nonsense.

[@kevynnedallaire1815]

@@Firearcher4 thanks. I *absolutely* agree. I learned early on that if I rely on other people's inputs that I can go down an incorrect path in my research. So now I treat that type of information as *a lead* only, the same way a crime investigator would. I am using only primary source documents to establish anything definitively. Fortunately for me, I have French Canadian ancestry on my father's side and one of my key research sites is called Genealogy Quebec. As you have stated, there are errors, however one of its strengths is that all of the original church registries (Catholic Church) have been photographed and categorized in a file tree. So I have been able to find the actual records of my ancestors. In other cases, my brother has communicated directly with organizations such as the maternity home where my father was born. And I have myself have received certified copies of records from parishes not included in the Genealogy Quebec website. Bottom line is that I understand your cautions about genealogy websites in general and I am careful. As I said, I want primary documents not second hand stuff from others claims. One question I do have for you, if you don't mind. You mentioned that doing comparative DNA analysis, in this case Y chromosome analysis, requires blood testing. I know some of the genealogy websites do DNA testing, and some (I cannot remember which one), are able to separate paternal sides from maternal sides. I assume that would be via Y chromosome. Do you know if those DNA tests (cheek swab) would be as accurate as the blood draw that you mentioned? I have tentatively located 2 male relatives who would be my proper second cousins. If I am able to contact them and get them to agree to send off a sample for DNA testing via the selected genealogy website, would the results be accurate enough to answer my question (whether my father was a child from incest)? I not confident that I can get a total stranger (my second cousin) to even offer up a swab let alone a blood sample for DNA testing. I would like to know ahead of time if a swab will be sufficient. Wendel, thank you so much for your replies. They have been very informative in giving me a possible investigative route.

[@caribqueen63]

I can’t find it! Is it because I’m using mobile and not computer?

[@GenealogyTV]

I don't see this on mobile yet. They are getting ready to merge the Ancestry app and AncestryDNA app into one app. I think you might see it when that happens.

[@ProgRockKeys]

Great video, I had no idea this was in there. As suspected, my father’s contribution is all Irish, my mothers is almost all Irish, but my touch of scotch and welsh is all from her.

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@fcgn1908]

Thank you Connie. Toward the end you mentioned looking at matches with a specific ancestry. How would you do that? I'm not seeing anything obvious on the DNA matches filters. Clearly, I can open each match, click on the ethnicity tab, and go from there - but is there an easier way?

[@GenealogyTV]

Not yet

[@edwardbrown7571]

How do we know which parent is #1 and #2...?

[@homerwiggins3965]

Especially if both parents have the same ethnicity but varying degrees.

[@GenealogyTV]

We may not know. You may have to do traditional genealogy to determine your own estimates of ethnicity and see how it lines up with the SideView. This may take some time.

[@BonnieMiller]

Hello, I hope you can help me, I have a couple questions, 1. how do I find pictures of my ancestors, and 2. how do I find out what they did for a living?

[@GenealogyTV]

Here are two videos to answer your questions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/haObfYdmqtqEb5o and kzbin.info/www/bejne/poGoaJmDabRkaJY

[@donnamatthews4250]

Ancestry figured out which side was my father's side and which side was my mother's side.

[@lemonaide8155]

Can't wait for the upgrade because there is no way I could figure out who is parent one and two. It will be hard to figure out Afrucan Americans because most of the time, they both have the same dna results and we do not know specifically where they come from. I tried to figure it out, but alas, it only gave me a headache. 😫

[@GenealogyTV]

Ouch (the headache)... I can understand that.

[@PR-fk5yb]

I have jumped right away into it. It validates and complete much of my research so far. If this can be done for parents then it is feasible for gparents as well isn't it?

[@GenealogyTV]

For me it is pretty clear on my father side. Because 25% of that half is Danish. My grandmother was 100% danish. Give it time. It’s coming.

[@sianaandrews4081]

This is great and thank you for the info but I have a question. I manage my daughter's DNA and she is showing a small amount of Irish. Her paternal grandparents (I also manage their tests) have no Irish. I have no Irish, neither does my father. The only Irish is in my mother but how can she inherit Irish from her grandmother but obviously not from me? Slightly confused but otherwise good feature and hopefully it will get clearer.

[@margaretford1011]

Check the error range for your daughter’s Irish estimate(a little superscript i, I think). It might say something like “0 - 6%”. That example means that the REAL value COULD be as little as 0%. This is just a computer program making a guess. Quite often, those little bits reported are proved to be errors- seeing the possibility of something which could not be. If she did not get Irish from either parent, and has not had other DNA put in her via organ transplant or other means, she does not have Irish DNA. Just consider it “mis-attributed”.

[@GenealogyTV]

I agree with what Margaret said below (sorry for the delayed response)... but also keep in mind that they are estimates and will change. There is so much to this, I can't answer it all here.

[@johnetie]

I am able to label which parent is Paternal and which is Maternal now.

[@gwynwellliver4489]

Seeing as how my parents share a common ancestor in 1700's Massachusetts and how three quarters of my family tree is from Metro Boston/RI since their settlement, I am bot sure how helpful this will be to people like me. My mother's grandparents share common ancestors from the founding of RI. Thank goodness for the European upheaval 200 years later in 1848 to send by Welsh and Bavarian ancestors over. And they are in the other quarter of my tree. AND my DH and I just found out we share common Mayflower ancestors. Can't get anymore white and nerdy than that!

[@conormcguire2376]

What does it mean if it says I inherit 3% Norway from parent 2 and

[@GenealogyTV]

Keep in mind that families migrated too. I would not focus on smaller segments.

[@conormcguire2376]

@@GenealogyTV does that mean its false or it’s likely its real but just hasnt happened to show up in other results? Majority is pretty accurate, 51% Ireland, 46% Scotland and 3% Norway

[@barbarahenry3943]

Hi Connie, I took the Ancestry DNA mitochondrial testing years ago. Do I need to take another test for autosomal or does Ancestry use my previous test?

[@GenealogyTV]

I'd take another test. You would know in your DNA results if they are using your test for autosomal as that is the only thing they show these days (I think).

[@barbarahenry5682]

Ok. Thanks!!

[@barbarahenry5682]

FYI: Ancestry is using my old specimen to do the ethnicity Inheritance report. I don’t need to take another AncestryDNA kit.

[@suzannemcclendon]

I am very excited to see what else Ancestry has in store for us! I hope one of the surprises is a chromosome browser, or at least access to segment data. :) Thanks for another great video. Have a blessed day.

[@GenealogyTV]

Yeah.. a chromosome browser might be fun, but don't hold your breath. I don't think they have plans right now.

[@suzannemcclendon]

@@GenealogyTV I don't think so, either, but one can hope. I never hold my breath for anything from any of these companies. They're going to do what they're going to do, regardless of what their customers ask for.

[@PurpleRainXLI]

So exciting

[@MerryLucious]

As members/cousins update their trees, I can't help but wonder how often this 'side by side' feature will be updated also? Will it be annually like they currently do with ethnicity results? Probably half my matches have no trees or trees that are privatized due to "living" members. I wonder if this new feature will motivate them to explore their trees further? I really think if someone is creating an account to register their DNA test kit, they would have better luck with their "30-day free" program if ancestry activated the 30 free day program upon the day the DNA test results are first available. Most adoptees I have talked with were upset about the free days program expiring before they could even start researching their unknown family trees. There are so many people out there that are clueless about their family ancestry.

[@GenealogyTV]

Interesting point Mary.

[@winkmoore2507]

My DNA says that I'm 14% Scottish. Parent 1 (my deceased mother) didn't give me any DNA from Scotland. My father, Parent 2, is alive and has taken the test. He's 8% Scottish. So if I received none from my mom, and my dad is only 8%, where did the other 6% come from? And I have close relatives linked to me from both sides, so my parents are my parents.

[@jasonleebackupaccount6077]

The ethnicity reports are clearly not precise. It's a shame that Ancestry invests so much time on them.

[@livinglife8333]

How is it that ancestry is saying paternal parent is showing Quebec French Canadian and maternal side as West Virginiasettkers when we know by fact that the French settlers side is the maternal line not the paternal ?

[@thirstyboots6711]

Will this be available on the mobile app or only on the Ancestry site?

[@GenealogyTV]

This is a mobile app feature. You can access the photos you upload from your iPhone or Android on your desktop, but the scanning feature is mobile only.

[@joannathesinger770]

I'm lucky. I've had a first cousin on both sides who have done their DNA on Ancestry, along with me. However...this new test result has me baffed as to which parent is which. My phasing/composition doesn't match 1st or 2nd cousins exactly, so I can't tell which parent is which.