{"id":3780,"date":"2016-04-21T20:04:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2016-04-21T20:12:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:12:36","slug":"ancestry-dna-alert-changes-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/?p=3780","title":{"rendered":"Ancestry DNA Alert \u2013 Changes coming soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-restrict-output\"><p>Ancestry.com has announced they are making some major changes to how\u00a0they process the matches in their AncestryDNA system. Although most of\u00a0our Morrison-Q members have DNA tested at Family Tree DNA, there are\u00a0several who have also tested at AncestryDNA. So I would like to pass along\u00a0the recommendations of several well respected bloggers in the genetic\u00a0genealogical community. There changes at AncestryDNA will be sooner\u00a0rather than later, so action is recommended as soon as possible. I am\u00a0going to list the recommendations of Roberta Estes, writer of DNA Explained:\u00a0Genetic Genealogy with links to a few other bloggers.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.<\/p>\n<p>Rene Williams Bryson<\/p>\n<p>Below is Ms. Estes\u2019 article:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Upcoming Ancestry DNA Update \u2013 Urgent!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This article is very quick and dirty because it\u2019s all that I can do at the moment and\u00a0you need to have this information NOW! Please read the entire article because\u00a0you\u2019ll find instructions at the end. Yes, I know this is very short warning, but\u00a0please do not shoot the messenger. I started typing the minute tonight&#8217;s\u00a0conference call was over, literally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ancestry was kind enough to hold a second conference call about their upcoming\u00a0changes this evening with the bloggers group. The first call during Rootstech let us\u00a0know changes were coming. Tonight we received more details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is not the end of the world and not a repeat of Autosomalgeddon that\u00a0occurred when people lost 80-90% of their matches when Timber was introduced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Let&#8217;s get the bad news over with so we can move on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Bad News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You will lose some matches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ancestry indicated that no one lost anyone 2nd cousin or closer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The change is imminent \u2013 meaning if you\u2019re not doing something tonight and tomorrow, get busy on the \u201cTo Do\u201d list at the end of this article.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You may lose Circles or NADs (NEW ANCESTRY DISCOVERIES) due to disappearing matches. The average loss was 1 circle and NADs were similar, although they did not provide a number.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today you can see matches to matches up through the 4th cousin level. At the thcousin level, you cannot see matches to matches. The category most dramatically affected was the 4th cousins shifting to the 5th category, WHICH MEANS YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR COMMON MATCHES WITH THOSE PEOPLE.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Good News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You will have new matches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Most people will have a net gain in matches and the example we saw was significant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Ancestry will allow you to download previous match information on matches that have disappeared but ONLY IF YOU STAR THEM OR MAKE A NOTE ON THE MATCH. This was not originally in the plans and we want to thank Ancestry for adding this after the Rootstech call.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">There will be two new papers, one white paper on Ancestry\u2019s new methodology and technology, and one on matching.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ancestry will review feedback after the rollout so if you have something to say, it won&#8217;t be effective on Facebook or to your friends. The only place it stands any chance of being effective is if you submit your feedback to Ancestry directly. And I&#8217;m betting civil feedback carries more weight than nasty feedback &#8211; no matter how you feel. That old sugar catches more flies than vinegar thing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Interesting News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Most of the changes people will see are in the relationship estimates of more distant cousins, meaning 4th cousins or more distant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Most of the lost matches will be in the most distant, 5th<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Most of the gained matches will also be in the 5th<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Your Immediate To Do List<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Star or note every DNA\/Tree match, meaning those with leaf hints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Screen shot every Circle and NAD if you care about NADs, and record who is in the Circle or NAD.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Record all of your matches with matches information for 4th cousins or closer. I would begin with 4th cousins because those are the most likely to disappear. Those with tree hints are the most valuable to you, so I would start with<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DO THIS NOW!!<\/span><\/strong> We can\u2019t provide you with any release dates because Ancestry will launch when they are ready, and they don\u2019t exactly know what day that will be. So, if you do this today, the worst thing that will happen is that you\u2019ll have all your data. If you wait, the worst thing that will happen is that you\u2019ll lose valuable information.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Oh, and did I mention time is of the essence????<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Get busy everyone. If you wait, you\u2019ll be sorry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information, see Blaine Bettinger\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/thegeneticgenealogist.com\/2016\/04\/19\/ancestrydna-plans-update-to-matching-algorithm\/\" target=\"_blank\">AncestryDNA Plans Update to\u00a0Matching Algorithm<\/a>, Judy Russell\u2019s post at The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalgenealogist.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/19\/ancestrydna-alert\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Genealogist<\/a>, or Tim Janzen\u2019s\u00a0comments at <a href=\"http:\/\/archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/th\/read\/AUTOSOMAL-DNA\/2016-04\/1461052446\" target=\"_blank\">Rootsweb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-restrict-output\"><p>Ancestry.com has announced they are making some major changes to how\u00a0they process the matches in their AncestryDNA system. Although most of\u00a0our Morrison-Q members have DNA tested at Family Tree DNA, there are\u00a0several who have also tested at AncestryDNA. So I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/?p=3780\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":88901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3782,"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions\/3782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morrison-q.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}