Attaching DNA results to Ancestry.com family trees


The excitement over the much-anticipated functionality of attaching DNA results to member’s online family trees has been overwhelming, literally.  So many of you have already eagerly associated your DNA with an individual in your tree, but due to the popular response, the propagation of the DNA throughout the trees is taking longer than anticipated.  Some of you may see the results only attached to the first person and no where else throughout the tree.  We are aware, and rest assured, we’re working to speed up the propagation.  No further action is required on your part.  If you’ve successfully attached your DNA to the first person in the tree, it will eventually be propagated through the appropriate lineage on your tree.

Once you’ve attached actual DNA results to the first person, DNA will be designated on the person profile page as is illustrated in this screen shot:

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DNA propagation refers to the cascading effect of your DNA throughout your lineage.  In other words, attaching your results to your Ancestry.com family tree will infer the DNA results up your specific maternal or paternal lineage for 20 generations.  If you have any descendants, inferred DNA will be represented down a single generation.  

So, as you can see the multiplicity of users, trees, and generations is a big load to process.  Again, we are working to speed up the propagation.  If it is not viewable now, come back again soon.

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January 29th, 2009
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Comment Number:
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Written by:
Peter
Posted on:
January 29, 2009 at 8:24 pm

I have adoptees in my tree, and they have had their DNA tested. Is it possible to add them and show that their DNA should not propagate in the rest of the family?

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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
January 30, 2009 at 10:27 pm

Peter, once you have successfully attached the DNA to a first person in your tree, the DNA will propogate up 20 generations. If, for example, the individual was actually adopted into your family, then on the next generation up, under the profile page where the DNA is designated, text will read “Not biologically related? Detach the DNA results by changing the relationship in the profile.”

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Written by:
Gary Blakely
Posted on:
January 31, 2009 at 9:57 am

Which trees are involved in this? I have WorldConnect pages; are they in this are is this just new trees loaded from our DNA pages?

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Written by:
danielluther
Posted on:
January 31, 2009 at 10:28 am

On 1/24/2009 I recieved results from DNA.ancestry.com saying that my Haplogroup was (N. Now it seems to be (I1). Please check your results again. Which one is it????????Answer soonest.

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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
February 2, 2009 at 11:52 am

Daniel, Please rest assured your current haplogroup prediction is correct. We had a glitch in the system with the predictor reading only a subset of the data and publishing haplogroups N and P prior to a complete evaluation and prediction. These premature haplgroups (N and P) are being adjusted on the website to accurately reflect the true prediction, such as is the case with yours. Should anyone have questions about results, please feel free to contact our client services group at dna@ancestry.com. thanks

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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
February 2, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Gary, any of your online Ancestry.com family trees (under the tab FAMILY TREE) are availalble for attaching DNA results.

Comment Number:
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Written by:
David Smith
Posted on:
February 3, 2009 at 9:40 pm

I’ve successfully linked my yDNA and mtDNA to my family tree.

I’ve also had a third cousin’s mtDNA tested who’s the only living descendant of our mutual great great grandmother who has her mitochondrial DNA. I’d like to be able to post it and link it to his entry in my tree.

Comment Number:
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Written by:
Peter
Posted on:
February 4, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Thank you Wendy.

Comment Number:
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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
February 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm

David, to attach your cousin’s DNA to your tree, you first need to invite him to your Tree. After logging into your Ancestry.com account, find “View all my trees” in the “My Trees” menu. Then simply “invite family” to the desired tree. Be sure to assign a role of either “Contributor” or “Editor” to your cousin which will allow him to both view and edit your tree (and attach his DNA.) If your cousin needs help, you can log in on his behalf and attach his DNA.

Comment Number:
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Written by:
David Smith
Posted on:
February 6, 2009 at 5:31 pm

Hi Wendy

My cousin is in his 80’s and doesn’t have a computer.

Can I create a free account for him and then enter the data?

Comment Number:
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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
February 7, 2009 at 2:43 pm

David, you can assist your cousin by creating a new user and guest Ancestry.com account. Take note of the login information and then do so. If he has results from another lab, click on the link on the homepage on the bottom right to transfer the results–this will allow you to manually enter his results. If, however, you need to purchase testing for him, you can do this through your own user account, be sure to select “for someone else.”

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Written by:
Frankie Wilson
Posted on:
February 21, 2009 at 4:15 pm

I received my DNA report fine, right around two (2) months. I sent my brother’s in and it was received in the lab 10/2008? Nothing has been returned. What’s the delay? Do I need him to re-test?

Any help greatly appreciated.

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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
February 21, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Frankie, if you purchased the test for your brother, a new account was created for him. An email with the login credentials should have come to the email of the purchaser. Sometimes these are directed to spam or junk folders. In any event, contact dna@ancestry.com for the login information if you do not have it.

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Written by:
Ginger Smith
Posted on:
February 23, 2009 at 7:39 am

Hi Wendy. My family has taken two different DNA tests – Godwin & Smith with ftDNA testing company. I uploaded my Godwin results and have attached them to my tree. I want to also upload my Smith family DNA. But Ancestry.com tells me that I have already uploaded my DNA results. So my question is how do you upload more than one set of testing data?

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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
February 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Hi Ginger, once you receive the message indicating that results are attached, you should still be presented with the option to accept the agreement. Click on this box and you should proceed to a page that says “Attach DNA result to someone in your tree.” You can attach to the tree indicated or choose a different tree (see the subtle “My Trees” drop down to select a different tree.)

Comment Number:
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Written by:
kelly
Posted on:
March 17, 2009 at 1:59 pm

how do you find your ancensters?????? i really want to know thanxs<3

Comment Number:
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Written by:
Wendy Jessen, Ancestry.com
Posted on:
March 17, 2009 at 8:31 pm

Kelly, Ancestry.com DNA will notify you of any matches as the database grows. After reviewing the potential match, you may contact that person and collaborate on family hisotry and in identifying where a common ancestor may be. Additional resources are available on Ancestry.com for ancestor discovery.