 Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features There are lots of new updates from Ancestry this year! It’s just the beginning of the year, but Ancestry already has lots of new genealogy and DNA tools and features to enhance you family history experience! They also have quite a few more coming very soon, and I’m sure they’ll have more down the road this year! Check out some of these useful, timesaving, and fun updates below! Current Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features:
Ancestry 2023 New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features Coming Soon:
Stay tuned for details on each of these new genealogy and DNA tools and features, in the coming weeks, on how to get to them and what you can do with them! You can bookmark and revert back to this post that will include links as I blog about each one in detail, find them under the resources category of my blog as they become available, or just stay tuned if you follow my blog. Or explore them now on your own at Ancestry! 😉 Explore on your own here: Ancestry.com More Ancestry.com, DNA, and other Genealogy ResourcesLearn 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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 AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature! A few days ago, AncestryDNA came out with their much-anticipated DNA feature that splits your DNA matches up by each parent. This feature is an extension of their SideView feature that I wrote about in Ancestry’s New SideView Ethnicity Inheritance DNA Feature!, which groups your ethnicity by each parent and is another useful genealogy resource and DNA tool by Ancestry. If you have just recently taken a DNA test for the first time, are new to AncestryDNA, or just haven’t quite got the grouping your DNA matches technique down yet, this feature is a tremendous help! It can help sort out your matches, which in turn can help you break down brick walls, including for unknown parentage! “Maternal” and “Paternal” Matches vs. “Parent 1” and “Parent 2” Matches: If you’ve had a parent test, it will tell you which matches belong to which parent, labeled as “Maternal” and “Paternal”. If you have not had a parent test, then it will split up your DNA matches as “Parent 1” and “Parent 2”.  AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature: "Maternal" and "Paternal" Matches  AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature: "Parent 1" and "Parent 2" Matches Editing Parent Label: If you know which side of your family even one of your matches is on, then you can easily tell which side is “Parent 1” vs. “Parent 2”. You can then go in and edit the “Parent 1” and “Parent 2” fields to “Maternal” and “Paternal”. The editor is right next to the label.  AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature: Editing Parent Label “Both sides” Matches: Any descendants from kids that both of your parents had together will show up under this label, as well as any relatives (usually distant, but sometimes closer than you may expect 😉) that come from both sides. “Unassigned” Matches: Some matches may be labeled “Unassigned” because your test is fairly new and was processed after their last update in April of 2022, or it may be because they don't have enough information to assign them either parent yet.  AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature: "Both Sides" and "Unassigned" Matches Editing Individual Match Label: If you have a DNA match that is listed under “Unassigned” or is incorrectly labeled, you can also go in and change that as well, by assigning that DNA match to the proper label. There are 2 ways to do that, shown below.  AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature: Editing Individual Match Label 1  AncestryDNA New DNA Matches Split by Parent Feature: Editing Individual Match Label 2 I prefer viewing my matches in the “All Matches” view, so I can view the way I’ve grouped them by color. If you know how to group them by color coding, then you most likely already have your lines split by each parent, and you may find no use for this. Keep in mind that it may still be helpful for those distant matches below 20 cMs, as shared matches are only seen by up to 20 cMs shared or higher.
Keep in mind that this feature is still in Beta mode and may have some kinks in it still, so don’t take is as absolute. 😉 If you’ve done your DNA with Ancestry, then go on Ancestry and check it out! What do you think of this of this awesome new DNA feature from Ancestry? Does yours seem pretty accurate? Let me know what you think about it after you’ve checked it out, in the comments below! More Genealogy Resources: Learn about more resources you can use in your genealogy research and to preserve your family history under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page! More DNA Posts: Interested in genetic genealogy? Find more DNA posts under my DNA Simplified category! Other Ancestry DNA Features and Tools that May Be of Interest: AncestryDNA’s Chromosome Painter Feature: A Closer Look into Your Ethnicity Inheritance! Ancestry’s New SideView Ethnicity Inheritance DNA Feature! Other Ancestry resources, features and tools that may be of interest: Ancestry’s New Deep Dive Census Record Feature! Genealogy Resources: Ancestry’s New Photo Editor and New Look Updates Get Ready for the 1950 Census with New Updates and FREE Cool Helps from Ancestry! 7/24/2022 AncestryDNA’s Chromosome Painter Feature: A Closer Look into Your Ethnicity Inheritance!Read Now AncestryDNA’s Chromosome Painter Feature: A Closer Look into Your Ethnicity Inheritance!Earlier this week, I noticed a new BETA feature in AncestryDNA, Inheritance Ethnicity Chromosome Painter! This new genetic genealogy tool, for your ethnicity inheritance, has just come out only after launching their Ethnicity Inheritance SideView feature just a few months ago! You can read more about their SideView DNA tool in, Ancestry’s New SideView Ethnicity Inheritance DNA Feature! Another fantastic genetic genealogy tool and resource, from AncestryDNA, that shows you where your DNA connection to a certain inherited ethnicity lies!  Multiple Ways to View: You can view ALL your ethnicities from both parents at one time or from just one parent at a time. You can also choose to view a specific ethnicity in the same manner.  Viewing ALL My Ethnicity Inheritance from Both of My Parents  Viewing ALL My Ethnicity Inheritance from Parent One; in My Case, My Mom  Viewing ALL My Ethnicity Inheritance from Parent Two; in My Case, My Father At first, I didn’t see a lot of use for it, but when I used it in conjunction with a chromosome browser, it was very useful! How the DNA Ethnicity Inheritance Chromosome Painter Tool Is Helping Me with a Genealogy Brick Wall: One of my brick walls is to find where the African ancestry from my mom’s side comes from. The percentage of the ethnicity is small and has changed a bit over the years, with updates, but all 4 companies I had tested with in the past, show this ethnicity in my ancestral DNA. The percentage ranges from 1 percent on Ancestry to 6.3 percent on MyHeritage. Each company also has different regions of Africa in the ethnicity; this is expected, as they are only estimates. Ancestry shows Mali; 23andMe shows Ganaian, Liberian, & Sierra Leonean and Angolon & Congolese; MyHeritage shows North African and Nigerian; and FamilyTreeDNA shows shows West Africa. 23andMe's "Your Ancestry Timeline" feature had once said it most likely comes from a 5th great grandparent, but as we all know, not all of these features are accurate; they are only pulled from the population of matches in their database and are ALWAYS an estimate. 😉 I have researched our matches carefully, and have it narrowed down to one particular line, by taking any and all matches who also have that ancestral ethnicity. I then researched that line carefully but cannot find an ancestral connection. Except for one minor off branch way back in the line, none of our ancestors from that line were slave owners and were all poor farmers. I have been looking into the Melungeon’s as a possibility, as that could be an explanation. Also, if they were a 5th or so great grandparent, as 23andMe shows, that would have been before the slave trade as we know it.  AncestryDNA's Chromosome Painter Showing Where My African Ethnicity Inheritance Comes from on My Mom's Side Using AncestryDNA Chromosome Painter in Conjunction With other Genetic Genealogy Tools: To get the most use out of any of these DNA tools and features, they must be used in conjunction with one another, along with other genealogical methods. For now, using MyHeritage’s Chromosome Browser — One-to-many, in conjunction with Ancestry’s new Inheritance Ethnicity Chromosome Painter, I am able to narrow it down more, by seeing what chromosomes the ethnicity is on and what matches triangulate on that particular segment of the chromosome! Four of these 6 tester matches from my mom's paternal side, the line that I had narrowed it down to a few years ago, triangulate on the same segment in chromosome 4 (one of the chromosomes that shows African ancestry in AncestryDNA's Chromosome Painter; this just helped to see it in another way and confirm it. 😉  Using MyHeritage’s Chromosome Browser — One-to-many in Conjunction with AncestryDNA's Chromosome Painter Tool. You can also share or ask another of your Ancestry DNA Matches to share their Chromosome Painter results to compare findings, which could help in breaking down some of those brick walls, in conjunction with other genealogy research methods!  Share with Your Matches and Have Your Matches Share with You to Help Break Down Brick Walls! I just played around with it a bit, but I’m sure I will find it even more useful as time goes by! If you’ve done your DNA with Ancestry, then go onto Ancestry and check it out, and have fun! How to get to Ancestry’s Ethnicity Inheritance Chromosome Painter:
Interactive Questions: What do you think of this awesome new DNA feature from Ancestry? Does yours seem pretty accurate? How do you find it beneficial? Are you using it in conjunction other DNA tools? Let me know what you think about it after you’ve checked it out, in the comments below! More Genealogy Resources: Learn about more Ancestry features, along with other family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page! More DNA + Genealogy Tips: Get more DNA + genealogy research tips under the DNA Simplified category! More Genealogy Brick Wall Tips: Find more tips for you brick wall research, under the Genealogy Brick Wall Cases category! Genealogy + DNA Coaching: Do you need help figuring out your DNA match’s or where to start, but want to research on your own? I offer private, one-on-one family history and genealogy coaching services! Genealogy + DNA Research Services: Do you need to hire a genealogist for you genetic genealogy braick walls? I offer my “Uncovered Roots Method” DNA Research Service for just that! Other Ancestry DNA Features and Tools that May Be of Interest:
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 Ancestry’s New SideView Ethnicity Inheritance DNA Feature!Ancestry just came out with a new DNA feature that splits your ethnicity inheritance by each parent, upping the genealogy game! They also just updated ethnicity results. New DNA Ethnicity Inheritance Feature: They use their new SideView technology with your DNA matches, by assuming your matches are from one specific parent, which is not always the case. 😉 This new technology organizes the DNA you share with them. They can’t tell which parent is parent 1 or 2, but you can most likely figure that part out yourself. 😉
 My Ancestry Ethnicity Inheritance SideView I checked it our right away today! I’m not so sure how accurate it is though. I also compared it against my mom’s and my uncle’s (my father’s brother). Keep in mind that we get half of our DNA from or mother and half from our father, and we don’t necessarily get half of all their ethnicities, which could explain the discrepancies in mine.  My Ancestry SideView Ethnicity Inheritance Results Overview  My Ancestry SideView Ethnicity Inheritance Results Detailed Comparison For my uncle though, that fact doesn’t seem to explain why he has no Germanic Europe for our main paternal family line. It shows it on his maternal side. It should be from both sides. I don’t know how far back they are going, but I guess I must also keep in mind that it is believed that our main family line most likely originally came from Switzerland in the 1400’s. 😊  My Uncle's Ancestry SideView Ethnicity Inheritance Results Detailed Comparison For my mom, I know that for at least the last couple of hundred years or so she had no one from Scotland on her father’s side, only her mother’s. She did have Irish from one line on that side though, and I must also keep in mind that if they go further back, they could have originally come from Scotland, or it is just because they are so close. I am not a DNA or ethnicity specialist, other than using it to find your unknown relatives or biological family, but I did major in biochemistry. 😉  My Mom's Ancestry SideView Ethnicity Inheritance Results Detailed Comparison DNA Ethnicity Update: They also updated the ethnicities once again. My ethnic regions stayed pretty much the same, minus the Germanic Europe being taken off and the percentages changed a bit. 😉  My July 2021 Ancestry Ethnicity Results  My New April 2022 Ancestry Ethnicity Results They added 2 new regions for my mom, Germanic Europe and Norway. They also changed around her percentages quite a bit. They cut her Irish in half, but it reflects in her Scottish and England & North Western percentages, which makes sense. They added 2 new regions for my uncle, Portugal and another indigenous area, in which both make sense. His percentages only changed ever so slightly. If you’ve done your DNA with Ancestry, then go on Ancestry and check it out! Interactive Questions: What do you think of this of this awesome new DNA feature from Ancestry? Does yours seem pretty accurate? Let me know what you think about it after you’ve checked it out, in the comments below! More Genealogy Resources: Learn about more resources you can use in your genealogy research and to preserve your family history under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page! More DNA Posts: Interested in genetic genealogy? Find more DNA posts under my DNA Simplified category! Other Ancestry resources, features and tools that may be of interest:
3/30/2022 Get Ready for the 1950 Census with New Updates and FREE Cool Helps from Ancestry!Read Now Ancestry's New 1950 Census Record Updates and FREE Tools Get Ready for the 1950 Census with New Updates and FREE Cool Helps from Ancestry!Are you ready for the release of the 1950 U.S. Census in less than 2 days! I know I am! I can’t wait! Did you know that Ancestry has some cool new features/tools and updates, along with some extras to help you get ready for the census, that they just announced yesterday? These are all awesome and extremely useful to help you get ready for the census, and many are FREE! FREE Ancestry’s 1950 U.S. Census Access and Countdown Fun Page:
There are 2 ways to get to this page for members and non-members:
 Enumeration District Maps: We’ve learned a lot over the year on how to get enumeration districts for our ancestors, going the long route, but now Ancestry has made it easy for you to find the enumeration district maps to be able to find and view the 1950 Census indexes. So forget all the long tedious steps to getting that info, and get on Ancestry for the easy route! You can search by:
This feature also combines census enumeration map overlays with then and now maps to compare landmarks, roads, and others features, to see the changes since! Where will you find this Exclusive Ancestry tool? You’ll find it under your HOME page, when you first log in, under the 1950 Census district finder category.  The Explore Maps Button for 1950 Census District Finder Tool on Ancestry, on the Home Page  The Ancestry 1950 Census District Finder Tool, Explore Maps Search Bar, after Explore Maps Button is Clicked  The Ancestry 1950 Census District Finder Results, after a City and State are Searched FREE Available State Upload Notifications: Get email notifications as soon as the census is uploaded for your state! This is available for members or non-members. If you’re a non-member, then just sign up for a FREE GUEST account, then sign up to get these notifications! There are 2 ways to get to the notifications, when your state’s records are available, sign-up:
 The Ancestry 1950 Census State Records Notification Sign-up for ALL, from the 1950 Census Page  The Ancestry 1950 Census State Records Notification Sign-up for Members, from the Home Page FREE Access to the 1920, 1930 and 1940 Censuses on Ancestry: For a certain time, to help get you ready in locating your ancestors on the 1950 Census Did you know that Ancestry will have new features for the 1950 Census when it comes out? It will have a record tour similar to the one I blogged about in my post, Ancestry’s New Deep Dive Census Record Feature! It will also have contextual insights to give you a comparison between your relatives/ancestors and other people during that time to add more context and help you dive deeper into their story! They will also have a new Cross-Record Insights feature, as soon as the 1950 Census is indexed, that will compare results from other records (such as the 1940 Census, which you can learn more about in my post, The 1940 U.S. Census Record in Genealogy: Reflecting on the Great Depression), and add more historical context to help you discover what stayed the same and what changed for your ancestors/relatives from one decade to next. I can’t wait for these new features! I absolutely love anything that’s interactive; it makes learning about my ancestors more fun! To help you get even more ready for the upcoming census, don’t forget to read my informative post on The 1950 U.S. Census: A Postwar Snapshot into the Lives of Our Ancestors! To brush up on your other census record knowledge and to see what details you might have missed out on, view more posts on census records under the Genealogy Records category! Sign up for a FOREVER FREE Ancestry GUEST membership today and 2 weeks of access to ALL the U.S. Ancestry records at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/offers/freetrial, and don’t forget to cancel before 14 days so you won’t get charged! Update 3-31-2022, 6:00 PST: I just came across a fantastic and thorough tutorial for Ancestry's Enumeration District Maps, that I had touched on, from genealogist, Amy Johnson Crow! She did an absolutely great job getting this new tool down pat! I am posting the link here for everyone to be able to gain more insight into this new feature! Thanks for the video Amy! I touched on it in my blog the other day, but there was just way too much to put into one blog post! Now I don't have to, because thanks to Amy, she's got everything down pat, and all I need to do is direct you all to her tutorial! 😉 Check it out here if you want more insight into how this new feature works!: New Tool for the 1950 Census! Ancestry's New 1950 Census Map Finder Interactive Questions: Let me know what you think of these fantastic 1950 Census tools below in the comments! Are you ready for the 1950 Census release? Do you have your ancestor’s info ready? More Genealogy Resources: Find more genealogy resources to use in your research, under the Genealogy Resources category or on my Genealogy Resources page! More Genealogy Records: You can also learn more about the other U.S. Censuses and other genealogy records under the Genealogy Records category! This post is a participant in the Genealogy Blog Party! Related 1950 Census content that may be of interest:
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 Going into Ancestry the other day, I noticed some new, exciting features that weren’t there last week! They added a fresh, new look to everything, and they are trying out a new photo editor tool!
Ancestry’s New Look Updates: The new look has a more modern look and feel, that I’m not sure how I feel about yet. I love the background color; I feel that it’s really pleasing to the eyes and is a great added feature! Sadly, I'm not very keen on the teardrop shaped thumbnails of my ancestors in the pedigree or family views, nor the ancestor profiles; I feel they are too small, and I particularly don’t like the teardrop shape. I love the soft, rounded edges of the pedigree and family view ancestor blocks though! I feel that the male and female thumbnails are a little too modern for me. In my opinion, when it comes to my ancestors, I would like it to reflect the past more. I also liked the leaf hint symbols as they were before. So, in short, I love the new colors and soft, rounded edges, but not I'm not quite on board with the other new updates to the look. 😉
Ancestry’s New Photo Editor: Still in BETA mode, Ancestry.com is making their new photo editor available to a limited number of customers. You can select a photo from the gallery in your tree to colorize, restore, and enhance. Then you can click the feedback button to let them know what you think! The new photo tool has it’s ups and downs, just as MyHeritage did at the beginning. Of course, it’s in Beta mode, and I’m sure it will be fine tuned again and again in the process. I tried it out on many photos thus far, and some are better than others, while some come out worse. There are three options: colorize, restore, and enhance. As I tested many photos in the new tool, I seemed to find that you can only use one feature at a time, such as color only, not color and enhance together. Some of my photos that could not be enhanced in MyHeritage, because faces couldn’t be detected, were able to be edited here. Some of the photos were colorized differently each time I edited the same photo, and some drastically different. Some of the photos colorized in the other modes, and sometimes there was no difference between the modes. Some of my paper copies, previously enhanced, or manipulated photos, enhanced much better here than in MyHeritage, while many of the digital copies from originals are enhanced much better in MyHeritage. This will be another fantatstic genealogy resource that you can use for your family history, once they fine tune it! I'm not sure if this feature will be considerd an extra premium product to use or if it will be included in the prices they have now; we'll just have to wait and see!
Check out the new look, and if you're lucky enough to have been selected to try this new BETA feature, then have some fun and go into Ancestry.com and give it a try now! 😊 Learn about more resources you can use in your family history research under the Genealogy Resources category! I'd love to read your thoughts on these new features! My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are: Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 This post is a participant in the Genealogy Blog Party! Other related genealogy resources from Ancestry.com that may be of interest:
 Have you seen Ancestry.com’s new deep dive into the life of your ancestor feature for the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Census yet? I’ve got to say, it’s pretty darn cool! It seems to be only for the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Censuses so far, and I hope it eventually covers All of the U.S. Censuses! It would be even more cool if they added that feature to ALL the documents, but that would obviously be TREMENDOUS work! It is a great feature for beginners because it walks them through every detail that they could miss in those censuses, and it is like having a mini lesson in the details featured in those censuses! It is also just fun for all levels! You can use this feature by viewing the actual census image. For the 1930 U.S. Census, they walk you through your ancestor’s home ownership, education, occupation, their home, birthplace, age, radio ownership, and marriage status. For the 1940 U.S. Census, they walk you through your ancestor’s address, home ownership, household, age, education, birthplace, occupation, hours worked and income. They also give you links to the street view of the addresses now on Google maps, compare the rental amount or home value from then to now for you, and compare their income then to nowadays! Of course, the feature may be off on how household members are related, but it can’t do everything! 😉 Go into Ancestry.com, and give it a try now for some fun! Learn about more genealogy resources you can use in your research in Genealogy Resources. I'd love to read your comments on this new feature! PS: My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are: Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 This Post is a participant in the Genealogy Blog Party! ←Back to Genealogy Resources Page Other related genealogy resources from Ancestry.com that may be of interest:
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