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Thank you for adding your DNA Test information to your profile on WikiTree. Your information will be propagated to the profiles of your parents and your ancestors within about 24 hours of being added. It will also propagate to the profiles of the descendants of your ancestors, so they may see your information under the heading "DNA Connections" just as you can see theirs.
Getting started with DNA outlines how to proceed to use your DNA test information on WikiTree and DNA is a link to a collection of links about WikiTree's many features involving DNA.
The DNA Connections list on your profile will provide a visual way for you to find potential relatives on WikiTree who have also added their DNA test information. Using DNA tools at sites like GEDMatch.com, if you find a relative that matches your DNA sufficiently and you have genealogical sources for the intermediate relationships, you can mark the specific parental relationships back to the most recent ancestor that you both share as "confirmed with DNA." For details, guidance, and examples of how to properly document DNA confirmations, see DNA confirmation.
To get the best results, begin adding sourced profiles for your ancestors until you can connect to ancestors already in WikiTree. If you have exhausted what you know on one line, it can sometimes help to add what you know on another line. The more branches you are able to add the greater the likelihood of finding potential cousins to match with. The process of identifying which branch elements of DNA relate to will better enable you to find matches that relate to the particular branches you are researching.
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Mary ~ WikiTree Greeter
I'm managing Ryan's DNA for him, and truly appreciate the tools wikitree has for DNA as I go through the huge learning process for f using it to complement the paper trail and education assumptions for the pre 1850 when important documents can't be found or several people have the exact same names and conforming which ones. And was so estatic to see the John wheeler lines down were without adoption or NPE and using it to try to sort out who John's father is through the projects
Quick question.. I know I can go to 3rd cousin for using ancestry - and I know I can use 2nd cousin 1X removed
But as I"m starting to map them out in Wikitree realized I have one confusion - can I also use just ancestry/23 and me etc for 2nd 2x removed? or 3rd cousin 1x removed? etc
I didn't see how to figure out for the X what was allowed? if there is a page that deals with the X removed rules, I'd be happy to review :)
And the proven by DNA is starting to shape up nicely for my DNA and those I've got permission to use, so wanting to do as many as I can.
A third cousin once removed will require triangulation, but I think a second cousin twice removed doesn’t, according to this g-2-g post answer https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/927329/second-cousin-twice-removed-confirmation-triangulate-another, as long as the genealogical records show the 2C2R relationship.
Hope that helps Wendy