Mastering DNA Matches in RootsMagic 10

Dive into the latest advancements in RootsMagic 10 with Bruce Buzbee, the president of RootsMagic. Discover how the new DNA matching functionality can enhance your genealogical research. Learn to record actual DNA matches and utilize the Leeds Method for clustering cousin matches, making family tree validation easier than ever before. Explore the practical use of DNA tests from major providers, manage your matches, and generate insightful reports with just a few clicks. Perfect for genealogists keen on integrating DNA data with their family history research.

[@anscavating]

It is wonderful that someone is finally adding the DNA into the family tree software! however don't stop improving this feature. Many people have multiple family members they have tested, and to put in everyone by hand is very time consuming and I am hoping a future update will give an option to upload from the DNA companies (something like how GDAT does it)

[@tomkelley1322]

I think it would be nice to include DNA Haplogroup two additional fields... Maternal Haplogroup and Paternal haplogroup, with appropriate (sex-based since females will not have a paternal haplogroup) sentences.

[@vancraven7688]

This is awesome. It’d be stupendous if we could upload raw data. Individual input is very tedious. Great job.

[@LutherStrasburg]

It would be nice to see fields added to indicate the common ancestors

[@LutherStrasburg]

It would be nice to add fields for the common ancestors between the matches, Ancestry Tru-lines helps with that

[@bonnie_stuff]

Most useful would be the ability to IMPORT information on DNA

[@vancraven7688]

Amen.

[@vancraven7688]

I wonder if you were able to get your data on a spreadsheet if you could cut and paste the info? Still too much work

[@annthompson1375]

It would also be useful to export

[@jnew2k]

Would really like to include a Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA). Even better, when you don't know the MRCA then have some way of documenting probabilities for MRCA such as probability that person 2's great great grandparents is person 1's great grandparents. Then have the ability to put in names of potential MRCA's for person 1, then be able to pull up all of the potential MRCA's that occur more than once for person 1. That could really help you find matches that point toward the same specific MRCA. Hope that makes sense.

[@ReadBilly1]

I think everyone is right about the comments on ability to auto add DNA data. I manage nearly 90 kits, and although I have RM10 it could benefit from many of the things others suggest below in respect to DNA and match handling.

[@genitx1913]

Excited! I keep track of a lot of this by hand-until Ancestry got better upgrades of course.

[@stacycoats6737]

Can the Anceatry DNA info be uploaded into RM10 using TreeShare feature?

[@joequimby5542]

Thanks for this new feature.

[@RegW663]

Looking Good Bruce

[@LutherStrasburg]

Will any of the DNA information be able to be printed with "say" and individual summary?

[@dege7853]

for the ancestry data do we put unweighted or weighted DNA in the tree.

[@fourwallsphoto]

Do you have to enter the matches by hand, ie. type them in?

[@ancestortracer]

Can we add a feature for X Chromosome?

[@anscavating]

I currently use a ♥ for YDNA and a ❎ for the x-chromosome after the name of the person.