Ancestry.com
These DNA results are very user friendly and show:
- Ethnicity – showing regional origins and a DNA history
- DNA matches – showing DNA matches with potential cousins. Various searches are available to narrow down cousins, for example by searching by surnames.
- Family circles – showing others that in your family tree.
However, they do not provide the detail that serious analytical buffs like.
My DNA ethnicity page looks like:
The Wales, North West England and Devon regions link to my maternal side. The Ireland link is my paternal link.
They also have a useful tool called ThruLines that maps DNA matches. This only goes back 5 gererations but can be a very way to prove family connections. My map looks like:
This shows the DNA matches and in my case showed how descendants of the brother of my 2nd great grandfather were related to me.
This tool only works however where the matching participants have uploaded family trees and the trees meet at a point in time.