{"id":2453,"date":"2018-05-07T00:54:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T00:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2019-01-16T20:07:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:07:46","slug":"ancestry-dna-matching-and-dna-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/ancestry-dna-matching-and-dna-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancestry: DNA Matching and DNA Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve taken an Ancestry DNA test &#8230; what&#8217;s next? These days, most of the focus of DNA test results seems to be about <strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-story-241x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-story-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-story.png 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/strong>getting your Ethnicity Estimates\u2014are you Scandinavian, Asian, Eastern European, etc. But two\u00a0of the coolest and most useful features on the Ancestry DNA site are these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DNA Matching<\/li>\n<li>DNA Circles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These features help you find others who share DNA characteristics and ancestry with you, connecting you with their DNA profiles and tree information.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve recently added content in The Family History Guide to give you step-by-step instructions for getting the most from these two features. DNA Matching is described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-7-dna-an04.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancestry Project 7: DNA, Goal 4<\/a> (Choices A and B) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-7-dna-an05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goal 5<\/a>. Even if you haven&#8217;t taken an Ancestry DNA test, these Goals will give you a good idea of the possibilities that await you when you do get your DNA test results back.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a brief overview of what you&#8217;ll find:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 4: Learn about DNA Matching for your test results.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2458 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-match-people-252x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-match-people-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-match-people.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Choice A: Learn about your DNA story on Ancestry<\/em>. Review your ethnicity estimates and learn how to link your DNA test results to your Ancestry tree.<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice B:<\/em> <em>Learn more about DNA matching<\/em>. See a list of people who share DNA matches with you. You can view DNA match information for people in the list and even send them messages on the Ancestry network.<\/li>\n<li>(Choices C, D, and E are from material previously in The Family History Guide.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 5: Explore DNA Circles in Ancestry.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2460 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-circle-branches-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-circle-branches-1.png 775w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-circle-branches-1-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dna-circle-branches-1-768x798.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Choice A: Learn about DNA Circles<\/em>. These are groups of people who share DNA characteristics or ancestry with you. The illustration above shows a sample DNA circle with 29 family groups included, all descending from a selected ancestor.<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice B<\/em>: <em>Explore relationships in the DNA Circle<\/em>. See how members of the circle are related to each other and to you.<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice C: See DNA profile information for Circle members<\/em>. You can also see other members&#8217; trees that are shared, and send them messages.<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice D: View pedigree and surname information for DNA Circle members<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice E: View shared matches for DNA Circle members<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice F: View map and location information for DNA Circle members<\/em>. See birth locations for members of the DNA Circle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the latest info added to The Family History Guide on DNA Matches and DNA Circles for Ancestry!<\/p>\n<p class=\u201cwv-ignore\u201d>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.websitevoice.com\/gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.wvData=window.wvData||{};function wvtag(a,b){wvData[a]=b;}\n  wvtag('id', 'gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA');\n  wvtag('text-selector', '.entry-inner');\n  wvtag('widget-style', {\n    className: 'wv-circle-small',\n    contrast: 'wv-contrast-dark'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve taken an Ancestry DNA test &#8230; what&#8217;s next? These days, most of the focus of DNA test results seems to be about getting your Ethnicity Estimates\u2014are you Scandinavian, Asian, Eastern European, etc. But two\u00a0of the coolest and most useful features on the Ancestry DNA site are these: DNA Matching DNA Circles These features help you find others who&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,207],"tags":[210,209],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestry","category-dna","tag-dna-circles","tag-dna-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4122,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions\/4122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}