Make connections with your DNA matches and learn how to collaborate effectively.
Here are some of the things we talked about: MyHeritage’s new ethnicity estimate, sharing trees on Ancestry and MyHeritage, sharing DNA results from multiple sites, blog posts about contacting DNA matches and Facebook groups, world-wide trees, and more!
MyHeritage’s new ethnicity estimates:
https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/02/introducing-ethnicity-estimate-v2-5-improved-dna-ethnicity-model
Sharing Trees:
Ancestry – https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Sharing-a-Family-Tree
MyHeritage – https://www.myheritage.com/help-center?a=How-do-I-invite-members-to-my-family-site—id–a95Cxgw-SPiDHfNg4JeL7w
Sharing DNA Results:
Ancestry – https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Sharing-AncestryDNA-Results
MyHeritage – https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/03/new-sharing-dna-results-with-a-collaborator/
FamilyTreeDNA – https://blog.familytreedna.com/managing-multiple-kits/
Some blog posts about contacting DNA matches:
https://www.legacytree.com/blog/13-secrets-to-getting-replies-from-dna-cousin-matches
https://blog.familytreedna.com/contacting-dna-matches-strategies/
https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/contacting-your-dna-matches
https://whoareyoumadeof.com/blog/what-to-say-to-dna-matches/
Ancestry’s “Family Groups” tool for collaborating on tasks, trees, photos, and communication: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Ancestry-Circles
A blog post about using Facebook groups to share information with family: https://medium.com/@carlmkadie/five-rules-for-a-family-genealogy-facebook-group-f58dd1271d72
Worldwide crowd-sourced trees:
FamilySearch – https://www.familysearch.org/en/family-tree/
WikiTree – https://www.wikitree.com/
Geni – https://www.geni.com/
Also, Ancestry has a “Family Plan” membership where you can save costs with 5 people. See https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Ancestry-Family-Plan-Memberships for more information.
Happy collaborating!
Also, during the Q&A, we had a question about mitochondrial DNA. Here is some information about FTDNA’s Million Mito Project that may be helpful:
https://www.familytreedna.com/mtdna-million-mito-project
https://dna-explained.com/category/million-mito-project/