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Jean McKenney @McKenneyJean

Reported 2021-09-21 15:14:04

@MarianBWood #AncestryHour Yes, very tied into the area. I also found out that my other relatives on dad’s side were from Verona Island which is only2 towns away. After looking at maps and books I realized that many of the towns I had heard of were made from 2 large towns that were broken up.

Celtic Genes @GenesCeltic

Reported 2021-09-21 15:05:40

I got your book today Helen. Thank you for such a speedy response. I'm clearly going to be absorbed by it this week. #ancestryhour #goodread

#AncestryHour @ancestryhour

Reported 2021-09-21 14:58:36

@GypsyGenome Very glad you've discovered us @GypsyGenome, you're very welcome! We're here for #AncestryHour every Tues at 7-8pm BST/GMT for chat on all things #genealogy. Can be problem solving, 2nd opinions, sharing a good blog link or just casual #FamilyHistory chat.

Marian Burk Wood @MarianBWood

Reported 2021-09-21 14:51:08

#AncestryHour Agree with @packrat74 that childless ancestors can still provide lots of info...I confirmed birthplace of a grandpa by finding same birthplace on records from his two childless siblings.

Paul Chiddicks @chiddickstree

Reported 2021-09-21 14:49:40

DNA for Dummies or should I say “Gummies” 🤣🤣🤣 #AncestryHour

Jan Murphy @packrat74

Reported 2021-09-21 14:48:44

@lefty_juggler @ancestryhour #AncestryHour Never neglect the childless aunts and great-aunts! Especially if they have property to leave to relatives. The information in their wills can help break down brick walls, especially when they leave property to single nieces.

Marian Burk Wood @MarianBWood

Reported 2021-09-21 14:48:15

@Kim__Burkhardt @GenealogyJude Wow, 90% accurate (or better) is incredible. So far, items p***ed down in my family and hubby's family not as accurate, but at least names are listed for further research #AncestryHour

Kim Burkhardt, Genealogist @Kim__Burkhardt

Reported 2021-09-21 14:46:51

I've been carefully going through the #genealogy notebook handed down by my maternal grandmother. I've been happily surprised - as I review each piece of data - with the high rate of accuracy of data in the binder. 90+ percent accurate. @GenealogyJude #AncestryHour

Popper Scott @PoppertheCat

Reported 2021-09-21 14:43:49

@packrat74 @ancestryhour Yes, US Civil War. That's a great find. I hope I find something that helps me knock down this brick wall. Even just a mention of an aunt, uncle or cousin would go so far.

Auntie Jen🍀 @auntiejen82

Reported 2021-09-21 14:38:22

@DanielGenealogy @RandomlyGen @SlavicGen Oh hey no problem! I didn't know you were on reddit. I will have to go follow you. I'm seeing more & more young people looking to connect with each other, so yeah definitely will share your info with them. #AncestryHour

Genealogy Jude @GenealogyJude

Reported 2021-09-21 14:32:33

@rlbwilson Very useful! Hopefully she wrote down the surnames too. #AncestryHour

Genealogy Jude @GenealogyJude

Reported 2021-09-21 14:21:36

Family records, (those p***ed down in the family, rather than as a result of research) can be neglected as a source of information. Let’s get going a list of family records that can provide a birth date or establish an approximate age. #AncestryHour

☘ Daniel Loftus | Daniel's Genealogy ☘ @DanielGenealogy

Reported 2021-09-21 14:17:55

@Cferra1227 True, the only problem would be trying to make it spread on Facebook… (which looks to have the highest incidences in it’s history) #AncestryHour

☘ Daniel Loftus | Daniel's Genealogy ☘ @DanielGenealogy

Reported 2021-09-21 14:15:22

Sharing this for those at #AncestryHour who may have missed it. An important thread of which I’ll turn into a blog post (at the very least!) But thankfully the problem doesn’t exist (or at least I’m not aware of it happening on #genealogy Twitter) here.

Alea Anderson @Alea05623

Reported 2021-09-21 10:40:57

@Ancestry Some percentages for some of my regions either went up or down too. And Norway and the Middle East aren't listed anymore.

Jenny @glasgowjenny

Reported 2021-09-21 09:53:47

@Ancestry No problem. I use the app so that's why I didnt see the website banner.

Annie Dwyer @anniedw84

Reported 2021-09-21 03:28:04

@Ancestry when will #AncestryDNA matches be updated? Waiting nearly a month now for any new matches. The "update" was a few days ago & site went down last night. What exactly am I paying for again?

Catherine @CatherineTrixie

Reported 2021-09-21 01:57:53

@KFILE @Ancestry Yes! I am of Eastern European Jewish decent and my results did not break down where exactly in Eastern Europe my family came from. I know I am half Polish but they didn’t even mention it. Hoped to be enlightened but instead was disappointed

Helen Morgan @HelenSnapper

Reported 2021-09-20 18:32:56

An excellent visualisation of how #DNA works! Still think loss of Welsh ‘ancestry’ in recent @Ancestry DNA tweaks may indicate a ‘non parental event’, but maybe not.

Scottish GENES @GenesBlog

Reported 2021-09-20 17:56:17

Note on @AncestryUK home page: "You may be experiencing some intermittent service with the https://t.co/0aYgb6YHxF website. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve the problem as quickly as possible."

. @thats_a_hard_no

Reported 2021-09-20 16:37:32

@Ancestry It's annoying to pay for this service to find it down all the time if not running incredibly slow. It's literally costing me. How about credits for this since that's the way it works with other things when they fail to provide the service?

Diane Capri @DianeCapri

Reported 2021-09-20 16:30:12

CAN PERSONALITY HELP TRACK DOWN ANCESTORS? https://t.co/nZsHvFiWSC #ancestry #DNA #genealogy https://t.co/rpFinVtzSt

Michele Kuperus @mikup941

Reported 2021-09-20 15:34:07

@KFILE @Ancestry It's not the problem of roots accuracy it's more of a problem reconciling government records with the stories people lived to save the family (change the name, hide, deny, claim, change spelling for spite). The American gene pool is ****a convoluted

David Wooderson @xDavidWooderson

Reported 2021-09-20 15:21:25

@KFILE @Ancestry Considering all redheads are technically aliens, I'd imagine redheads have the same problem.

Ben Af Rothenberg @RisingRedStorm

Reported 2021-09-20 14:46:55

@Honeybladger @sapidlibtricky @TheMossadIL Welp @TheMossadIL; @ancestry was kind enough to inform me that they do indeed test by region & “#Palestine” shows up as a region so @WIRED @WiredUK is going to have to fix that article. @GregWilliams718

Andrew @mradknight

Reported 2021-09-20 13:26:01

@Rugbylad37 @AncestryUK I think I did find one Scottish person somewhere down the line, but I was only casually checking the records, so that could be completely wrong.

Black&blessed♔ @Juan_Esteban_Al

Reported 2021-09-20 11:39:11

@Ancestry @Ancestry The last one is the current version. It happens also when I compare my DNA with my matches, my percentages change as well. Instead of 26 Cameroon it says 28 Cameron... You should fix my results. https://t.co/cxisIJ2M5n

Time Detectives @timedetectives

Reported 2021-09-20 11:34:35

As predicted, the over emphasis on Scots ancestry has gone down, I bet a lot of the Danish/Swedish will come out in later updates to be Norwegian . Check out my @Ancestry DNA results! https://t.co/0Dui8pDeDj #AncestryDNA

Neil Jeffares @neiljeffares

Reported 2021-09-19 15:37:11

.@AncestryUK Are you aware of a problem that some subscribers can't see certain London parish records that are available to other users? It's completely baffling. I've provided details to your support team who so far can't understand my question

Tara (Ra Boom di Ay) @MsFrugalone

Reported 2021-09-19 14:59:27

Always thought it was just @ancestry Irish places logarithm that was broken, Now discovering it also affects English places too. If it says Sus*** in the bio, stop changing it to Norfolk in the searches! Also p***enger record transcription details awful: Mombasa not Calcutta!

Trudi @Cloudspotter12

Reported 2021-09-19 13:19:08

@DrGarethMorgan @Ancestry Very… & that wasn’t a real example tbh, but the numbers don’t seem to stack up, the problem seems to be Scandi & Scotch DNA?

Regina Dunne @GMcgin

Reported 2021-09-19 09:16:11

Working on a project over the past year on the @BritishRedCross VAD records and noticing a LOT of changes to the records and the images of the original record link is broken. Anyone on @ancestryhour working on a similar project and notice the changes? #VADrecords #WW1history

sara h 🇪🇺 @lifeatthenest

Reported 2021-09-18 17:38:46

@MissStanleyYr6 @AncestryUK @longlostfamily @nottslive @NottinghamPost Local press not being helpful! Of course she may well have left Nottingham but there’s sure to be someone there who might know her. The biggest problem is adopted people have their names changed! Records of their adoption is not public. Thanks Emma.

peter Z @kelticpete

Reported 2021-09-18 16:53:21

@Ancestry I have been unable to successfully use chat to contact you and since I am no longer in USA, can't call the 800 number. I would love to talk to billing person to resolve an issue.

Charity J. @sundowniest

Reported 2021-09-18 15:53:46

@DavidDobie2 @Ancestry As suspected, based on missing records and YDNA test seeking a great grandfather, my husband’s Swedish DNA dropped but his UK increased. This is more in line with having a nonSwedish g-grandfather (vs the fictitious Swedish one hand down)

Celtic Genes @GenesCeltic

Reported 2021-09-18 15:42:29

@GenesBlog Yes, I lost my Northern Irish % and my Irish went down 2% but Scots went up 2%. We absolutely know we've loads of French ancestry but my results have never shown that. I can't have inherited much from the paternal fathers line. Big sigh. #AncestryDNA

ARC @ARCPennState

Reported 2021-09-18 11:24:07

#Digital records from #19thCentury give Black families a glimpse of their #ancestry Millions of @FreedmensBureau records have become newly available, helping to break down a barrier to #history that many #Blackfamilies couldn't access. https://t.co/CwCBNKAkd2 via @nbcnews

Catherine Rooney-Ward @Rooneroo

Reported 2021-09-18 11:20:52

@DavidDobie2 @Ancestry Got to be a Viking or two down the line, right? 😂 https://t.co/ubG3l97zwY

AutumnE51 @E51Autumn

Reported 2021-09-18 11:20:09

#Digital records from #19thCentury give Black families a glimpse of their #ancestry Millions of @FreedmenBureau records have become newly available, helping to break down a barrier to #history that many #Blackfamilies couldn't access. https://t.co/iDGX0UOHfO via @nbcnews

Debs the explorer 💙 @DebChall

Reported 2021-09-18 10:55:57

#AncestryDNA update interesting. England and North eastern Europe up 1% to 46, Scotland up 2% to 35, Sweden up 2% to 11, Norway down 5% to 3, Ireland down 1% to 4. New one is North Africa at 1%. Still scratches head for Ireland and even more so for North Africa now? @Ancestry

Meryl Schumacker @waybackgen

Reported 2021-09-18 10:01:35

@t_witterer @K_Guenther @glasgowjenny @DanielGenealogy @AncestryUK I promise, AncestryDNA is definitely not made up! They're constantly trying to make testers' results more specific (i.e., narrowing down to a county from a country), which takes time and, yes, corrections. It's the scientific process at work 🌠

t_witterer @t_witterer

Reported 2021-09-18 09:31:54

@waybackgen @K_Guenther @glasgowjenny @DanielGenealogy All of these replies makes me think that a lot of the #AncestryDNA is made up! I was waiting for the price to drop back down to £49 and was going to purchase 3 tests from @AncestryUK but I'm a bit wary now.

Crazy Larry @DatasmithTech

Reported 2021-09-18 07:00:51

@AncestryCA drop down boxes should have infinite length, and list of people should include DOB & be sorted. A list of Williams , unsorted without DOB, and restricted to 20 people is useless

Ally!!! @tallbaldybloke

Reported 2021-09-18 04:13:16

The #AncestryDNA update appears to make Scotland bigger. According to the paper trail I have nil true Scottish heritage, but a decent amount of borders and ***bria which could account for the 29% Scot estimate. NW estimate gone down and now seems just Lancashire.

Cristina @Free2BFreSpirit

Reported 2021-09-18 02:26:34

@packrat74 @Ancestry You can turn off the 2-step verification that sends a code to your phone or email. Click on your username in upper right-hand corner. On the drop-down menu click "account settings". Click on the edit button. There you can disable the annoying setting & just sign in the easy way.

Linda Buggs-Simms @lindasroots

Reported 2021-09-17 23:31:05

Excited and grateful for the opportunity to share about my ancestors. This is just the beginning. @blackprogen @neeksmith @Ancestry

Tam Al'Thor @RSchusterJR

Reported 2021-09-17 22:33:42

@DavidDobie2 @Ancestry They've narrowed the areas down a bit. And it looks a bit more like my research suggests.

Ann McL @Ann_McL

Reported 2021-09-17 22:26:39

Welp. I'm down to 5% Scottish now. #ancestryDNA #scottishgate

Connections-Experiment @21DayConnect

Reported 2021-09-17 22:00:24

Did your #Ancestry estimates change? Our #21DayExperiment this month is focused on #DNA so we want to hear all about it! Make your own new pie chart here (scroll down to Where I am From): https://t.co/Ss3KoFqtp2 https://t.co/Yhc1KgsXKa

Sally 😷💉🌱🐦🌸💚 @SallyOnTheGo

Reported 2021-09-17 21:31:14

@waybackgen @MyFamilyGenie @Ancestry oh I'm sure it'll never happen but can't hurt to keep trying. Trees *are* their biggest problem. They've built every tool on them and if the tree is wrong 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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