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Why is Ancestry deleting small DNA segments

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in The Tree House by Maree Waite G2G6 (7.2k points)

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by Living Geschwind G2G6 Mach 8 (88.5k points)

And another here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1075023/ancestrydna-matching-white-paper. That G2G thread includes a link to the updated Ancestry Matching White Paper that offers some explanation about the matching relevance and impact.

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