AncestryDNA communities give you more specific breakdowns of places in your past, helping pinpoint where your ancestors might have lived. They also provide a timeline of historical changes that give you context about the events that shaped the lives of your ancestors over time.
We’ve designed the DNA matches experience to help you make more discoveries, faster. Use color coding, custom labeling, and other innovative tools to see your DNA connections in the clearest light possible. You can now easily see living relatives who share your DNA and even which ethnicities come from which parent.
Linking your family tree to your DNA results can reveal new chapters of your family story. You might find out how your DNA matches fit into your family tree or learn new details about the ancestors who likely connect you.
Now you can see how each parent contributed to your ethnicity estimates without your parents even taking a DNA test. It’s all made possible by SideView, a specialized technology developed by Ancestry that uses DNA matches to determine which parts of your DNA came from each parent.
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ThruLines Feature
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Historical Timeline and Ancestral Movements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Traits Around the World | ✓ | ||
Compare Traits | ✓ | ||
Access to all records on Ancestry | ✓ | ||
Access to all public family trees on Ancestry | ✓ | ||
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Connect with millions of other Ancestry members | ✓ |