Obituaries and DNA Matches

Obituaries and DNA Matches

How do obituaries and DNA matches go together? Obituaries can help you figure out how you’re related to your DNA matches. Here are three ways to find obituaries to help fill out your family tree. The best possible family tree for your DNA matching experience includes...
Connect Your Family Tree to 23andMe

Connect Your Family Tree to 23andMe

23andMe users: Connect your family tree to your DNA test results to get the most out of your 23andMe experience. This works for your online trees at Ancestry, Findmypast, MyHeritage, and more! If you want to figure out more easily how you’re related to your DNA...
Help! AncestryDNA Match with Unlinked Tree

Help! AncestryDNA Match with Unlinked Tree

Last updated: January 13, 2025   The unlinked tree of your AncestryDNA match may have the family history answers you need. Here’s how to get to an unlinked tree. A DNA match without a family tree linked to his or her test results can be frustrating because it’s...
DNA Testing to Identify a Birth Parent, Part 2

DNA Testing to Identify a Birth Parent, Part 2

This case study shows you how to sort and communicate with your DNA matches on AncestryDNA to identify an unknown birth parent. In the first part of this 2-part series on identifying a birth parent via DNA testing, I introduced the case study of Lora. She was raised...