MyHeritage AutoClusters: What to do with them?

[@snuggs3150]

This was so informative, would love to see you work through some more of these to find missing ancestors

[@momplusfive]

I think this was great! I have a Yost 8th cousin that is a huge family and found her using this clusters.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Glad you liked it.

[@junebutka6571]

This answered my Triangulation question I posted on Facebook . They triangulated each other as I removed one at a time and added like you did. Thak you.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Awesome. I'm so glad I could help

[@junebutka6571]

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics I always learn something from your videos.

[@TibberProductions]

My first comment on your channel. This was very informative. I like your approach and really liked the spreadsheet and hope to give that a try. I retired so I have even more time to delve into the tree and try to find some linkage. I'm most surprised that I cannot find any additional USA links to a few of my lines; mostly German and a little Lorraine. You would think there would be more of our line that would show up in the USA as I find it hard to believe only one or two families emigrated. Anyway, thank you so much for all you do to help us and good luck on your lines as well.

[@godisloveireland]

Hi guys! Looking great Devon! Mom and i took friend out to lunch today. Just got home(3.45pm UTC)

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Awesome!

[@traceycarlson3034]

In this video you showed a thrulines type of image with the judith match. Is that still available on My Heritage? I haven't seen it. I just see actual family trees of the match. Most of the matches are more distant and it would be helpful in giving clues

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

I enjoy watching you too together. You look like a great match!

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Thanks so much.

[@myrnacoubrough4713]

Thanks! I think I have finally figured out how clusters work!!

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Happy to help!

[@ClaireLouiseHolt]

Hi Devon did you do the follow up Leeds chart on My Heritage to do the Part 2 video like you mentioned as I cannot find it. Also Andy with the clustered matches mainly being low like 30’s and the Leeds chart normally goes down to 90 would you recommend doing Leeds chart to a lower level? I am in the same predicament so would love to know what the next steps would be. Also have joined the Xtra as love your videos.

[@quiltingtangent459]

Please do videos on how to use Google sheets. How you do all the shifting of things, etc.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Since we're not a Google tools channel, it's best to have channels who make those tutorials cover those topics. Here's a video that might be helpful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHrOi2SphdJ-hNk If not, you'll be headed in the right direction with channels like this.

[@staceycoates1418]

Okay, I am starting this with my matches and then I will go to do this with my one grandmother. Anyway. My first problem. I couldn't figure out how you did that nifty trick to get all the match columns to be the same width so I had to do that manually! Of course, I also had problems moving rows and columns when trying to manually make cluster charts with GEDMatch a few years ago (though google sheets that at least seems to be a lot easier to do than the program I was using then). If I come up with something else in my work on this kit I will make a new comment!

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

If you click on the edge of a column, it will "fit" the data in it. If you highlight a bunch of columns and click on the edge, all of them will "fit" the data.

[@jimbellenger1927]

I have a case of extreme endogamy. While researching some DNA matches I found that their ancestor couple were first cousins on the husband's side AND first cousins once removed on the wife's side. The husband's father was the brother of the wife's mother. Also, the husband's maternal grandmother was a sister of the wife's father.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

That in and of itself is not endogamy, just tree collapse. Have that happen over multiple generations and then you have endogamy.

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

I am doing the MyHeritage Cluster now and it's very helpful. I do get confused with which chromosome line is my mom's or my dad's. Is there a way of telling? I have lots of cousins it seems. I did discover that my family history is part of the breaking of Mexico and the U.S. on my dad's side.

[@alexandracruz5243]

Can you test your parents? That's the best way to find out. Myheritage has their kits on sale right now.

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

Thanks for getting back to me. Well, my dad is deceased now. But I am going to work at trying to put thinks into perspective that I already know. Thanks for your insights!

[@eliseschaefer3162]

Hey I'm late to the party just found you guys. 🎉 I have a triangulation with myheritage with 2 men that are about 20 years younger than myself. We all share same segment of chromosome 3. I share 76 .9 cm's on 2 segments longest length 67.9 with Vincent & 81cm's over 4 segments longest segment cm's 62 .2 with Koen. Now the 2 longest segment of each is where we triangulation is on chromosome 3. Is there a way of guessing either the paternal maternal line? Thankyou 🥰

[@debbieroot4618]

Morning!

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Howdy!

[@mattpotter8725]

Thanks for this guys, as usual it is very informative. I just wish there were more of these tools available on AncestryDNA instead of that gimmicky ethnicity stuff. I know you can export from Ancestry and import into MyHeritage, which I will do, but you think Ancestry would have more tools then they do considering they have the biggest database (and keeping people on their site would mean more subscriptions and more money). They also seem to go out of their way to prevent you from getting match data out to do your own analysis. Are they shooting themselves in the foot? Haven't done much on MyHeritage, but Ancestry might well lose me as a customer.

[@mattpotter8725]

Oh, and Happy New Year guys!!!

[@dmfaria83]

I have tested DNA from my mother and also from her mother (that's my grandmother). Is there a way to find everyone that matches my mother but doesn't match my grandmother? How? I want to find my grandfather's relatives, but I didn't test his DNA when he was alive.

[@ValorieZimmerman]

If you transfer their DNA to FamilyTreeDNA that's easy! You can choose both "in common with" and "NOT in common with" -- sometimes super useful.

[@VincenzoCapodivento-kl1ek]

Ciao ho un gruppo sconosciuto che ho una triangolazione con loro ma non so da che parte sono.ho testato mia madre e non corrispondono ha lei.questo gruppo sconosciuto si sovrappone e hanno stessi numei qualcuno rsdi iniziali e finali con alcuni del gruppo che so che e mio nonno paterno.ma questo gruppo e adiacente alla corrispondenza che e di mia nonna paterna che significa?

[@nillyk5671]

On Genetic affairs there is a tool that helps you recluster your My Heritage Autoclustering report. Is the reclustering useful at all? Or is it better to do it manually?

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

I have it on my list of videos to make. It's a useful tool.

[@nillyk5671]

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Thank you! Does the autoclustering tool ever make mistakes? I have two female matches showing an overlapping segment of over 8cM (me included) in T1 but the autocluster report is not showing this, that spot is empty... or is it because they are segments that overlap on opposite sides of a chromosome? Thank you again! (I am a beginner btw hehe)

[@mkaythrush2277]

What do you do if you have a source you do not know where got it?

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

You have to do your best to retrace your steps to find the source. What does it look like? Where might it have originated? Basically, do a genealogy do over which can actually help you look at things with new eyes. It's likely not what you like to hear. But I'm trying to track down a newspaper article about my great-grandmother's father who sued her. I know it's in the paper but for some reason I can't find the article.

[@truthhurts5158]

Ok My shared matches look nothing like yours I have colors all over the place

[@simonsheppard491]

Really wish the woman wouldn't but into the presentation. My heart sinks when she's on because she always deviates from the actual topic.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Thanks for the feedback. Devon's job is to ask for clarification. After doing livestreams for 5 years, she's got a feel for the questions our inexperienced researchers want to ask to ensure I don't talk over them. We strive for a balanced approach so that everyone can walk away with something. This format is not a webinar format where I just lecture endlessly. However, I do have other videos were I do all the talking. Feel free to watch those.

[@TibberProductions]

@@FamilyHistoryFanaticsWhat I like is that Devon has a mission regarding one of her lines so she tries to make it relevant to what we are learning. So I like it when she interjects and when other people have questions as many times, I have the same queries. Thank you.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Thanks Tibber for sharing your thoughts. I just saw this and I appreciate your support.