tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post6024510771239316933..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Tim Sullivan Announces AncestryDNA Genetic Communities at #RootsTech 2017The Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-57762413819285576412017-03-22T17:03:41.586-06:002017-03-22T17:03:41.586-06:00The images in this article aren't working.The images in this article aren't working. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595552985496161969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-82259009028061932262017-03-20T17:05:30.549-06:002017-03-20T17:05:30.549-06:00Still March?Still March?Rodney Jewetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266942372435572293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-49124302957568077462017-03-18T09:27:11.055-06:002017-03-18T09:27:11.055-06:00Ten or 15 years ago people were doing genealogy. N...Ten or 15 years ago people were doing genealogy. Now people are just copying the work of others. It seems the flawed trees gather more attention than one scrupulously researched. Watch for things like people born after mother's death or born before father's birth. When I see these things on my DNA matches I throw the entire tree away. If software is developed to toss out trees with such blatant errors this could be a good tool.L Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859515902873311778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-6080564744320210332017-03-18T08:42:40.070-06:002017-03-18T08:42:40.070-06:00When is this available? I just called Ancestry su...When is this available? I just called Ancestry support and they knew nothing about this. Mary Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154094413655284945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-39079945910138334802017-03-04T10:05:16.953-07:002017-03-04T10:05:16.953-07:00This month (March 2017).This month (March 2017).The Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-88623786930843887512017-02-28T22:23:26.686-07:002017-02-28T22:23:26.686-07:00When can we expect it?When can we expect it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994676529599953533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-22885007711389183172017-02-28T22:22:37.284-07:002017-02-28T22:22:37.284-07:00When will it be available?
When will it be available?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994676529599953533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-50313118268812191432017-02-22T16:36:38.814-07:002017-02-22T16:36:38.814-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839033053066312449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-13508729871974011672017-02-20T23:55:36.089-07:002017-02-20T23:55:36.089-07:00There are few Native American reference datasets t...There are few Native American reference datasets to use for comparison, and more ethnic categories will not necessarily be better. At some point, there will be a problem with overfitting the data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-88282797879655215082017-02-19T16:38:18.386-07:002017-02-19T16:38:18.386-07:00I'm hopeful, too, though skeptical
http://www....I'm hopeful, too, though skeptical<br />http://www.medicaldaily.com/dna-ancestry-tests-are-meaningless-your-historical-genealogy-search-244586<br />This link from Business Insider gives a clean presentation. Worth watching:<br />http://www.businessinsider.com/ancestrydna-genetic-test-review-2016-3/#and-ball-showed-me-when-i-clicked-on-those-distant-family-members-i-could-see-a-web-of-connections-i-had-with-them-this-potential-ancestor-likely-had-a-lot-of-children-16<br />The BI reported that it takes quite a lot of effort to make so little spit.<br />Think of Jolly Ranchers; it helps a little ;-)Just call me Bob,https://www.blogger.com/profile/08218159727183723715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-19190648330728822932017-02-16T21:21:49.661-07:002017-02-16T21:21:49.661-07:00As someone looking for a "more specific"...As someone looking for a "more specific" ethnicity, I am pretty excited about this development. The fact that there is only *one* ethnicity for North *and* South America is a little frustrating. MyHeritage is already offering ten more ethnicity groups than Ancestry, and a MH rep at RootsTech told me they are planning to have close to 100, soon. Seeing Ancestry move in this direction makes me very happy, even if the trees are less than perfect.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203403819270475083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-80346296878250651652017-02-15T15:44:03.981-07:002017-02-15T15:44:03.981-07:00Looking forward to see what this will offer us.Looking forward to see what this will offer us.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633914613085395993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-80786044075870793212017-02-13T06:22:08.302-07:002017-02-13T06:22:08.302-07:00I am excited about this new tool. As with anythin...I am excited about this new tool. As with anything you need to verify with a paper trail and understand that humans make mistakes. I wouldn't expect this to be perfect, but I think it will help solve a lot of the complaints from the people looking for "more specific" ethnicity. It might even get some of them interested in building trees and participating in genealogical research. I'm not only interested in my family's history, but history in general so I think this will be a lot of fun.<br />Judi Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788654826147854388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-29601551334816956142017-02-12T13:39:53.957-07:002017-02-12T13:39:53.957-07:00I'm certain that, just as with the other '...I'm certain that, just as with the other 'tools' they offer, such as the family circles or whatever they call them, it will tell me nothing that I don't already know - my family is southern and I have cousins in my southern families. This is just another tool to bring in new customers, not to help those they already have.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035628081878389424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-46092859593103944482017-02-12T13:33:26.874-07:002017-02-12T13:33:26.874-07:00I agree, these days seems like more bad trees than...I agree, these days seems like more bad trees than good ones.wrdsrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979538866342575847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-26002563678564365012017-02-12T13:26:04.915-07:002017-02-12T13:26:04.915-07:00They said March at the RootsTech session mentioned...They said March at the RootsTech session mentioned above. It looks very cool. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584464447089705780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-6058770486446905812017-02-12T12:18:56.872-07:002017-02-12T12:18:56.872-07:00Any idea of the timeline for its implementation? Any idea of the timeline for its implementation? Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12385013689185565371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-82478937563793452582017-02-11T20:53:03.498-07:002017-02-11T20:53:03.498-07:00Yes, I agree
Yes, I agree<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593410105074250384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-6731545320706456322017-02-11T20:19:30.099-07:002017-02-11T20:19:30.099-07:00Here's the peer-reviewed scientific paper abou...Here's the peer-reviewed scientific paper about the methodology: http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14238Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-53342276730304444332017-02-11T20:11:34.124-07:002017-02-11T20:11:34.124-07:00This was described in some detail at a session tod...This was described in some detail at a session today at 3 pm. It makes sense to do, and I believe it will get better as time goes on. The tech person at the talk fudged the "bad trees" question by saying they treat these results as an average and the bad trees wash out as noise. Unfortunately, as we know, the bad trees are correlated, since they copy from each other. But I actually think they'll make a useful tool out of this! Um, it's 2017, and I'm still waiting for my Ancestry chromosome browser. <br />magscannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-73430972547538791802017-02-11T18:12:40.167-07:002017-02-11T18:12:40.167-07:00This is definitely possible and a real advance if ...This is definitely possible and a real advance if it works - but I woudl liek to know how it is done. There is too little scrutiny of methodology which gives us no confidence in results.Joe Floodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684083205595693107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-52228540046726598152017-02-11T18:05:04.498-07:002017-02-11T18:05:04.498-07:00I can definitely see time lapse videos made from t...I can definitely see time lapse videos made from this, with images of historical events popping up in the right time sequence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358751300107437591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-85176788860604571512017-02-11T17:08:17.507-07:002017-02-11T17:08:17.507-07:00Anything based on flawed trees may not be very acc...Anything based on flawed trees may not be very accurate. Annette Kapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838906750219853975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-34607730878896596662017-02-11T11:34:41.726-07:002017-02-11T11:34:41.726-07:00This sounds like an interesting tool. I'll be ...This sounds like an interesting tool. I'll be looking forward to seeing it in practice. Thank you for sharing.Family Sleutherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584864778317578299noreply@blogger.com