Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Randy's Autosomal DNA Test and Analysis Summary - 29 September 2020

 My last list of my Autosomal DNA test and analysis results was posted in Randy's Autosomal DNA Test and Analysis Summary - 23 June 2020.


Here is the update, with comparison to over three months ago (23 June 2020).  I'm curious to see how my numbers have increased:

1)  Ancestry DNA:

*  Total Matches (8 cM or more):  34,106 matches (was 67,743 matches on 6/23/20 with 6 cM or more)
*  Matches with 68 cM (1.0%) or more: 26 matches (was 25 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more:  145 matches (was 140 on 6/23/20)
*  4th Cousins or closer (> 20 cM): 1,521 matches (was 1,487 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with Common Ancestors:  405 (was 396 on 6/23/20)
*  Highest match has 779 cM (11.5%), and is one of my known first cousins.


2)  MyHeritageDNA:

*  Total Matches (8 cM or more):   8,826 matches (was 8,522 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 68 cM (1.0%) or more:  5 matches (was 5 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 34 cM (0.5 %) or more:  148 matches (was 93 on 6/23/20)
*  Number of Theories of Family Relativity:  8  (was 9 on 6/23/20)
*  Highest Match has 512 cM (7.1%), and is one of my known first cousins once removed.

3)  23andMe:

*  Total DNA Relatives Matches (7 cM or more):  1,433 Matches (was 1,412 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 68 cM (1.0%) or more:  9 Matches (was 9 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more:  112 Matches (was 109 on 6/23/20)
*  Highest Match has 163 cM (2.33%), and is a known 1st cousin twice removed.

4)  FamilyTreeDNA:


*  Total Family Finder Matches (18 cM or more, but counts segments with 3 cM or more):  3,817 Matches (was 3,714 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 68 cM (1.0%) or more:  19 (was 18 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more:  2,565 matches (was 2,490 on 6/23/20)
*  Highest Match has 96 cM (1.42%) and is an unknown cousin.

5)  LivingDNA:

*  Total Matches:  284 (was 247 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 68 cM (1.0%) or more:  0 (was 0 on 6/23/20)
*  Matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more: 8 (was 3 on 6/23/20)
*  Highest Match has 45.2 cM and is an unknown relative.

6)  GEDMatch:

*  Matches with 68 cM (1.0%) or more:  1 (was 1 on 4/9/20)
*  Matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more: 41 (was 41 on 4/9/20)
*  Highest Match has 86.8  cM and is a known 3rd cousin

7)  Observations:

*  In 3+ months, I added only 2 matches with 68 cM or more, one on AncestryDNA and one on FamilyTreeDNA.  

*  My AncestryDNA 4th cousins or better has increased only 2.3% in 3+ months, and total matches have decreased 50.0%.  "Common Ancestors" ThruLines are 1.19% of the total matches.

*  MyHeritageDNA total matches have increased 3.6% in 3+ months, and 34 cM or higher matches increased 59%.  I lost 1 Theory of Family Relativity matches.

*  23andMe total matches have increased 1.5% in 3+ months, and 34 cM or higher matches have increased 2.8%.

*  FamilyTreeDNA total matches increased 2.8% in 3+ months.  

*  LivingDNA total matches increased 14.9% in 3+ months.

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1 comment:

Kim said...

Randy,

How do you get your counts on Ancestry for this evaluation.

Thanks
Kim Myers