You can find the link in the gray box on the right side of the "Manage Your Test Results" page.
I say, that's hogwash! Anyway it isn't easy to download your raw results - first you have to find the link and then go through a bunch of steaps to download them as a zip file. says they don't believe their members want their raw results or more information beyond the type of general breakdown you see above.
I found this out online while reading an ancestry related blog. In March 2013 announces results were available. I read online that had promised to give us our raw test results in early 2013. I complained to and asked for a refund, but had no response. This breakdown didn't tell me very much and was very general. I had expected more information and was very disappointed. This is what I saw:Īs you can see above told me I was 57% Scandinavian, 32% British Isles, 8% Eastern European and 3% Uncertain. I got an email from saying my results were online to view.
There were some interesting TV shows that showed how people had used to them to discover hidden secrets about their family origins. I had been very excited to see my results - I had heard so much about DNA tests and family ancestry research. The test kit came fast and had my results faster than they had promised, in around two weeks. Last year I took the DNA test when they were running a special offer under $100.00. Have you heard - GEDmatch database was accessed to find the Golden Gate Killer? HACKERS! MyHeritage's 92,283,889 people database has just been breached - Here's a link. My Eurogenes K36 and other tests showed amazing information won't give you Even if you don’t want to post your entire family tree online, consider linking results to a “skeleton” tree with just names, birth dates and birthplaces for ancestors only (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.).Ī version of this article appeared in the September 2017 issue of Family Tree Magazine.I was amazed when I took my raw DNA test data from and ran it through GEDMatch.
You can export a GEDCOM from your genealogy software or your online tree.) (GEDCOM is the type of file that contains your family tree data.
Now let’s review how to add your own genealogy to your DNA test results, so you’re not the one people are shaking a virtual fists at: Instead of, “Dear Match, please share your pedigree,” you could write, “Can you tell me how you’re related to Henry Colt, born in 1872 in Virginia? My grandmother is Eliza Colt, daughter of Henry’s son Charles.” Add a Tree to Your DNA Results Having gone through the above steps to formulate a guess as to the relationship can help you write a better initial contact email. If the person has a private tree linked to his test results, politely ask if he can send you an invitation to view it. (You probably won’t want to send inquiries to all 1,022 of your fifth-to-eighth cousins, though). If the no-tree match is a close relative or could be key to your research, it may be worth writing to ask if the person can share some of his family names or has an online tree anywhere you can look at.
You might find an online tree or old message board postings about the person’s family tree. Many people have the same or similar username on different websites, so Google the username (or part of it) and the word genealogy. So if one of those accounts has pedigree information, it might be useful in your investigation. One administrator might test both parents and a brother, in addition to herself. Accounts with the same administrator usually have some kind of shared relationship. See if there’s an administrator.Ī test administrator is someone who manages the DNA account for another person who took the test. At, you also can search for the username in the site’s member directory. In addition to the user ID, you might see an administrator’s name. Some are more subtle, such as 14HorseBoy, which actually corresponds to the Colt family. Your match with the user ID of dbmartin23, for example, might be related to the Martin branch of your family tree. Family Tree Templates and Relationship Charts.Best UK, Irish and Commonwealth Genealogy Websites.Best African American Genealogy Websites.Surnames: Family Search Tips and Surname Origins.Preserving Old Photos of Your Family History.
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