This month, we explored how to build trees to identify DNA matches, and how to use DNA matches to help build our own genealogical trees.
First, we discussed a couple of updates:
MyHeritage’s Cousin Finder tool: https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/08/cousin-finder-now-available-for-all-individuals-in-the-family-tree/
DNA Painter’s Matrix tool: https://dnapainter.com/blog/new-in-the-matrix-tool-enhanced-charts-sorting-and-more/
Next, we talked about some benefits of linking your DNA to your tree at Ancestry and MyHeritage:
Ancestry:
ThruLines
Family Tree Privacy
MyHeritage:
Theories of Family Relativity
And linking your DNA matches to your tree:
Ancestry:
Tree Tags
FTDNA:
Family Matching Overview
https://blog.familytreedna.com/myheritage-brings-family-tree-tools-to-familytreedna/
https://blog.familytreedna.com/connect-wikitree-dna-matches/
And some other articles of interest:
Tom Jones: The Perils of Source Snobbery
Blaine Bettinger: The Growing Phenomenon of the Unlinked Family Cluster
Blaine Bettinger: Building Quick & Dirty Trees
Crista Cowan and Angie Bush: Ancestry Mirror Trees
Happy tree building!