Ancestry’s New DNA Compare Feature!

Ancestry's New Genetic Genealogy Feature and Tools, DNA Compare

As mentioned in Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features, one of the new Ancestry updates includes a DNA compare feature/tool, where you can compare your ethnicity estimates and DNA communities with that of others.
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This is still in BETA mode, which means they may enhance it or tweak it a bit based on feedback. It also means not all may have it yet.

How to Get to DNA Compare

​There are a few ways to get to the new DNA Compare feature/tool, in which some are fairly the same; I guess they want to make it as easy as possible for you and don’t want you to miss it. 😉

1. The Ancestry “Home” page: In the DNA story section
2. The “Your DNA Results Summary” page, accessible from the DNA drop-down in the navigation bar
3. The “DNA Story” page, accessible from the DNA drop-down in the navigation bar

How to Get to Ancestry's DNA Compare Feature/Tool #1

How to Get to Ancestry's DNA Compare Feature/Tool #2

How to Get to Ancestry's DNA Compare Feature/Tool #3

All three of these will get you to your "DNA Story"  page where you can click on either of the blue "Compare my DNA" buttons at the end of either the "Ethnicity estimate" section or the "DNA communities" section. 

Ancestry's ​DNA Compare Tools

• DNA Compare: Ethnicity Estimates​

Ancestry's DNA Compare: Ethnicity Estimates Tool

• DNA Compare: DNA Communities

Ancetry's DNA Compare: DNA Communities Tool

With both DNA Compare Ethnicity Estimates and DNA Compare DNA Communities, you can choose up to 10 people from your matches or even from DNA tests shared with you, including friends! ​

​How to Add or Remove People to Compare or Choose a Tree

1. The “Add or remove” button
2. The 3 dots next to a person you are currently comparing
3. The “+” symbol button after the last person in the tool you are currently comparing
4. The “DNA Compare for…” button, to choose a different tree shared with you to use the tool for

Ancestry's DNA Compare Feature Icons

Clicking on the “Add or remove” button enables a drop-down box that will allow you to select or remove people from the comparison tool.

• “Comparing”: Who you have selected and are currently comparing
• “DNA tests shared with you”: Where you can select to compare from people who have shared their test with you
• “Matches”: Where you can select to compare from your matches

You also have two quick options to add or remove a person you are currently comparing in the tool. There is a quick option drop-down (the 3 dots) next to each person you are currently comparing that allows you to quickly delete that person from the comparison and/or view that person, and there is a quick option to add another person, after the last person in the comparison tool, by clicking on the “+” button.

There is also a drop-down box where you can choose any DNA test results shared with you and do the same.
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Once you choose who you want to compare with, you will not only see your ethnicity estimates or DNA communities but your match’s as well.
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It’s a fun feature, but I’m not quite sure how useful it is yet; I will have to play around with it a bit more. Of course, many people have the same ethnicity estimates on both sides of their families and in general. I think the DNA Compare DNA Communities feature is a little more useful, for me that is. Keep in mind that many families and lines have been in the same areas for generations. If your main two lines are of totally different ethnicities or there are recent immigrants, this will be a very useful tool! 😉

More Ancestry DNA Tools and Features Coming Soon

• SideView Genetic Communities
• SideView Genetic Traits

More Ancestry, DNA, and other Genealogy Resources

Learn about more Ancestry features, DNA, and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com, Genetic Genealogy and DNA, and Genealogy Resources categories and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.

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​Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features ​​
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Ancestry’s New SideView Ethnicity Inheritance DNA Feature!