I hung in there for nine minutes but just couldn’t follow. I think she’s speaking to people who are very family with my heritage and transferring and or merging trees. I’ll wait until Connie explains if this is useful and how to do it. 😅
Katie does know a lot, but really needs to keep it simple as possible, a common mistake by most presenter but you don't have this problem. Thank you for helping.
I remember when 23andme transferred all our trees to MH, after which I could not update or edit my family tree any more, because I had more people in my tree than MH allows for a free account. I suspect the same will happen with our FTDNA trees.
You don't need to pay the subscription if 250 persons limit is sufficient for you. The larger problem is when you pay for the subscription and this subscription ends, access to your family tree will be blocked for all your site members. You won't be able to do anything, you won't be able to read messages, you won't be able to access your MyHeritage DNA results etc.
@@tomask1436so I’m doing a free month of My Heritage and I bought a DNA kit. I’ve sent the kit in. If I do end my free month I’m not going to be able to see my DNA results? I have two kits on ancestry some years ago but wanted to try something different.
No you can use MH with their free subscription. They say 250 names max but I uploaded 15,000 names a couple of years ago. I have a warning message from MH to upgrade to a paid subscription but nothing has happened. I would delete the tree if I could figure out how, but pretty sure MH want to keep the data even though they don't say so.
@@jomariebrown7196 I personally am doing just a one month subscription but I’m find that My Heritage is very helpful so I will cancel before my month is up. I am working on adding as much as I can to see how its looking
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have not looked at either of my MyHeritage or FTDNA accounts in many months, so this sounds like an excellent step forward to get me to re-engage. I have linked my parent matches as suggested so hopefully now I will see maternal and paternal matches on FTDNA. That will be a huge improvement.
Agreed. TH-cam does offer the option to slow down the video "PLAY BACK SPEED" in the settings to 1.25, 1.50, 1.75 or 2. Or you can speed up another video, if desired. It's a nice feature.
I tried to listen carefully. Here's the thing. I have a paid subscription at MyHeritage and a full tree. I uploaded my Ancestry DNA results to both MyHeritage and FTDNA. My tree at FTDNA is not very big and has nothing that I don't already have at MH. Is there really any reason for me to do anything?
I am the same. The benefit is my parents are now linked to the MyHeritage tree on FTDNA so I should now be able to get Paternal and Maternal matches on FTDNA. Fingers crossed.
This 'collaboration' feels half-baked. A true corporate M&A would have been better. Genealogy research is best served when you have as many main components (tree, DNA, record indexing) as possible co-located under a single system that can inspect and cross-match them. MH should have acquired FTDNA, merging in the FTDNA DNA information and gaining additional FTDNA strengths (Y-DNA, mtDNA, DNA group projects) that Ancestry fails to offer. As is, it's just a jumbled half-step. FTDNA folks will now have to go to a 2nd place for one of their main components, the tree. And with no DNA sharing, the relevance of DNA matches to that tree is disconnected.
You're right, Ancestrys DNA basic toolset hasn't changed for ages ( side view excepted) and even their premium paid for add-ons don't come close to MyH and FTDNAs cheaper standard offering
Like many people who have accounts at multiple sites, I have DNA (transferred from Ancestry) and two trees on MyHeritage, and DNA (autosomal and mitochondrial) at FTDNA. Some of my matches at FTDNA have also tested on Ancestry and MyHeritage. I don't think I've ever built a tree on FTDNA. And, I don't want to lose access to my primary tree on MyHeritage, as my kin in Norway have trees there, and are not on Ancestry. So, it's unclear how I would benefit by linking the two sites, given that I still do the vast majority of my work on Ancestry, and don't expect that to change anytime soon. Maybe someone from MyHeritage can chime in and give their take on the collaboration...
It may be that not many people bothered to build trees (or only created very small ones) on FTDNA. Like you, I never did-more work with possibly no yield since all of my FTDNA matches are fairly remote and I don’t have any idea who they are. It seems the advantage of linking is that it will allow FTDNA to see where you place your cousin match in your tree, enabling them to assign maternal/paternal designations to other matches in your FTDNA account based on that. Presumably, they have done this with trees already present on their own site but, as may be the case, many people may not have bothered putting a tree there. Hence, they decided they need people to have access to a tree elsewhere more likely to be used. Since MyHeritage has records available for research, it’s more likely people will build and maintain a tree there. And now, since FTDNA will soon not allow editing of your tree on their site (including linking a newly discovered cousin match to it, presumably), they will need access to your tree on MyHeritage to make their calculations. That’s my take, anyway.
Essentially, it means you can use the better MyHeritage tree options to assist FTDNA matching. I have an account with both companies. Both my parents are also DNA tested and come up in my match lists. I have now linked MyHeritage and FTDNA and labelled my mother as my mother on FTDNA and labelled my father on FTDNA as well. So FTDNA can now identify which of my DNA matches are maternal and which is paternal. There may be other advantages, but that is a huge one for me already.
I Agree 100% . As a corporate trainer I would advise this nice woman to take a breath and slow down. Great information but I will need to re watch this several times to understand.
If you put goggle editor on it makes a transcript of the presentation & you could ALWAYS PAUSE & REWIND OR EVEN REWATCH IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING - every everyone had their own opinions but I do not think she talked too fast You just have to be very focused and listen❤
I have DNA on both sites and trees on both sites. MyHeritage cost depends on the size of your tree. I very carefully keep mine just below 2500 and have premium account. I do not want to go over that number, as it would cost even more. It sounds as if I make this link - for all the account I manage on FTDNA it will add more trees, which means it will cost me more. Why should I bother to do this? I don't want to go over 2500. I can't see any advantage to do this.
Thank you for asking so many detailed questions about this switch-over!! Katie tried to make sound like it is a good thing for us long-time users of FTDNA, but I still don't get it!! It doesn't do what I had hoped it would do, which is give us the capability of finding more matches through the MyHeritage tree - thus it doesn't give us the capability to not only have all the documentation to use along with the huge DNA database of Y-DNA & mtDNA results that FTDNA maintains. Keep up the good work, Connie!! Thank you for all you do to keep us informed!
I have an FTDNA account that is new but wasn't able to create a tree there as it is already disabled for new users. I have a basic tree at myHeritage that I started a month ago. I don't want to have all the people that I have in my Ancestry trees. Just wanted to keep it simple in case I cancel my subscription there in the future. I use RootsMagic at home and use that to sync my Ancestry tree. And while myHeritage says it integrates with RootsMagic it is a manual process that is hopeless. My FTDNA account is linked to my tree at myHeritage. I'm not sure I understand the impact of this as I have DNA results from myHeritage as well...l will have to see how things work out I guess, and hopefully they'll do some kind of video tutorial in future - one that is easy to understand. Maybe because I am used to Ancestry I find the myHeritage tree clunky to use.
I think it means that I'll still go to FTDNA to see my DNA matches from my kit there, which links to myHeritage tree to work out those matches, and then go to myHeritage for my matches using the myHeritage DNA test, so should be two pools of matches still. I am very much looking forward to FTDNA sorting out one login for several kits as that is what I need too. And they need to sort out the Home person better on the linked tree when you have more than one kit but only one myHeritage tree.
Sheila here. Since you infer that you've already linked your FTDNA matches to your MyHeritage tree, can I ask you something? When looking at a DNA match from FTDNA that you've now linked into MyHeritage, does that person's profile card have the DNA-Match icon??
I get that people who have trees on both sites would now only have to update one tree. For those of us who only use Family Tree DNA site, we just lost the ability to ever edit our trees.
I found this as clear as mud (as one another commenter noted). Not sure there is any advantage to linking accounts based on the presentation. Also, as Connie has emphasized, DNA is one of the last things we should go to in order to break down brick walls that records do not support. At this point, I'm sticking to what I've been doing. ;-)
If she is talking too fast for you can slow the speed of her speech. Open the settings icon add select playback speed & reduce it to 75% or 50%. A little confusing that you will have multiple home people but I think I got it. Has been on my to do list. Thanks.
I'm not sure why they wouldn't also allow linking the Y-DNA matches known and mtDNA matches known to the tree collaboration. Currently on ftDNA if you have taken those other tests, it would allow the link from the Y-DNA test result to your ftDNA tree. This would also help with sorting paternal vs maternal matches on FF. If you matched a closer relative on FF of a Y-DNA match, but not the Y-DNA match tester, (assuming they tested), then it could provide dna evidence of which side that closer relative FF match falls on. I always found it an annoying experience to build out the FF tree and link FF matches to the FF tree, so from that perspective this is a positive move.
I added mine. I ran into issues with my Aunt’s kit, maybe because she is deceased. I manage it and gave my permission, but the transfer got hung up. FTDNA responded and fixed the issue so I could re-link her FTDNA tree to ,y existing MH tree.
I really wanted to do this, but FamilyTreeDNA doesn't seem to want to connect with my MyHeritage tree. I've had this message for over a week "Your connection is in progress. This may take a few minutes to complete. Once connected, you will be able to select who you are in your tree and link your matches."
This was extremely complicated. My take away is that I don't see the advantage of the MH tree unless I plan to do research there. I use MH for finding DNA matches and have a basic tree there so matches can see how we may be related. I prefer Ancestry for my research even though I'm not always happy with Ancestry DNA services. Personally, I'd rather keep my FTDNA tree live so I can easily link my matches. Right now, FTDNA allows you to link Y-DNA matches to your tree. What will happen to this functionality? Will the link go away once the tree is connected to MH since MH only does autosomal? Will we be able to link future Y-DNA matches after 9 Sep? MyHeritage has a clunky tree. When you look at a match's tree, sometimes it opens, sometimes you have to click around on the pedigree icon, etc. They limit how much of a person's tree you can see if you don't have a subscription. My other takeaway is that I had better update my FTDNA tree to the max right now because it will soon be frozen in time. It seems like this was a solution looking for a problem.
Well I have now been able to label my mother as Maternal and my father as Paternal on FTDNA, which will hopefully reveal maternal and paternal side matches now. That's a huge improvement.
If you are like me where I maintain my tree on Ancestry and refresh MyHeritage from time to time, you would need to relink to the new tree or keep your old tree on MyHeritage that you started your linking on, which will eventually be out of date. Maybe they can give you an option in the future to point to Ancestry. Also be patient as it rebuilds your match list.
My only issue with linking trees, is that I have found many errors in the trees of others. Unless we are on the same track, I haven't linked my tree to any others.
Connie, My Heritage has gone down hill. I managed multiple accounts and all the names that were on the accounts disappeared (to include my own). I called them and was told I need to figure it out. I know that I will not renew my subsctiption. They are not helping any of us with our research. All they want is to make more money and not to help.
Ok so I have trees on FTDNA and on MH but neither are up to date (that's on Ancestry). I have my YDNA and mt-DNA on FTDNA and my parents' DNAs uploaded to MH with a free account. Am thinking - re-upload from Ancestry to FTDNA, delete tree from MH if I can figure how, link as per this video. Yes?
Thanks for sharing this. I'm choosing to not participate as it requires sharing my date of birth, and email, etc for all testers. It's unfortunate, but that's why it's an option. Again, thanks for sharing.
the video is great step by step but for some reason I can't get passed the log in page for My Heritage account. Any clues on why that is a sticking point? I fill in the blanks and hit Log In and it grays out and doesn't progress.
I have tested with both companies and they gave me different branches after I uploaded the date from my heritage to ytree DNA so I don't know which one is more accurate
I find the spelling has to be the same when searching. You can't leave out a middle name or a period. I also couldn't search with a suffix Jr. I left it off and then chose the appropriate match.
It would have been better if she had first explained exactly what the benefit of this linking is to an individual, and who will benefit, before jumping into all the details about how to accomplish it. Way too many words without knowing whether I should bother!
please translate to Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷. We Brazilians have ancestry from several countries. For example, these are my ancestry DNA results.Europe 34% Western Europe 17% Germany, France and the Netherlands British Isles Iberia 12% Italy 4% Eastern Europe < 2% Americas 7Africa 59% Costa da Mina 40% West Africa 8% East Africa 6% Great Lakes Region (Eastern Bantu Peoples) Western Kenya Senegambia < 3% Send < 3% Mbuti < 2% Paternal Lineage Your haplogroup is: I Born between 35 and 28 thousand years ago, haplogroup I represents one of the first peoples in Europe, having several descendant lineages that spread throughout the European territory during the last Ice Age, having its maximum frequency in the Balkans. It is one of the most numerous haplogroups among European men, being the second largest paternal lineage found on the continent (second only to the R lineage). Its I1 branch is related to Nordic Europe, ancestral to the Germanic and Viking tribes, while I2 is strongly related to Neolithic cultures.
So, I have several kits on FTDNA for which I’ve paid for the YDNA, Big Y, etc., as well as MtDNA kits. If Family Tree DNA is still the only place to obtain these matches, what happens when I can no longer access trees for my matches for Y and Mt? If new trees cannot be added to FTDNA, by me or my matches, and I cannot add to my trees, I’ve just wasted my money on all these kits. I also have a My Heritage account, and have no problem transferring my trees and linking my kits, but what happens to my YDNA and MtDNA research? I may get new matches but they won’t have a tree on FTDNA. And why would anyone pay to upgrade their FTDNA kits to Big Y, etc., if there is no possibility of finding their matches on another tree?
@@GenealogyTV Thank you for the response. Yes, that's true, but what about new testers? They can no longer build a tree on FTDNA, and they cannot transfer YDNA or MtDNA to My Heritage. So how do we make contact with future YDNA and MtDNA testers? I'm not sure the powers that be have thought of that. If they have, they haven't mentioned it or provided instructions for this process.
Otherwise nice but the connection doesnt work for many people, just says connection in progress and it never connects. Maybe fix the bug before 9th september...
I just did it during the video and it worked for me. I had to hit refresh on my screen on FTDNA to have it show the connection and then I could set my Home person for each kit.
I gave up watching very quickly and can see in the comments I'm not the only one. There's nothing about this mish mash that will benefit me and there's no incentive to have anything other than the basic free accounts I already have.
it's almost a real shame that there's no option to share dna data as well. i guess it's not a big deal, since we've uploaded ours to both, but that can be an intimidating process to many.
I hung in there for nine minutes but just couldn’t follow. I think she’s speaking to people who are very family with my heritage and transferring and or merging trees. I’ll wait until Connie explains if this is useful and how to do it. 😅
Me to, 9 minutes 46 seconds, lol 😆 it all went straight over my head, I couldn't follow. Will wait for the simplified version.
Katie does know a lot, but really needs to keep it simple as possible, a common mistake by most presenter but you don't have this problem. Thank you for helping.
I remember when 23andme transferred all our trees to MH, after which I could not update or edit my family tree any more, because I had more people in my tree than MH allows for a free account. I suspect the same will happen with our FTDNA trees.
Yes, probably. Although MH have my 15k names tree and I pay nothing. Can always re-upload from my Ancestry account!!!
Frustrating that to do anything once you connect to MyHeritage, you have to have a monthly subscription.
You don't need to pay the subscription if 250 persons limit is sufficient for you. The larger problem is when you pay for the subscription and this subscription ends, access to your family tree will be blocked for all your site members. You won't be able to do anything, you won't be able to read messages, you won't be able to access your MyHeritage DNA results etc.
My Heritage is an annual subscription.
@@tomask1436so I’m doing a free month of My Heritage and I bought a DNA kit. I’ve sent the kit in. If I do end my free month I’m not going to be able to see my DNA results? I have two kits on ancestry some years ago but wanted to try something different.
No you can use MH with their free subscription. They say 250 names max but I uploaded 15,000 names a couple of years ago. I have a warning message from MH to upgrade to a paid subscription but nothing has happened. I would delete the tree if I could figure out how, but pretty sure MH want to keep the data even though they don't say so.
@@jomariebrown7196 I personally am doing just a one month subscription but I’m find that My Heritage is very helpful so I will cancel before my month is up. I am working on adding as much as I can to see how its looking
Wow! Now it's clear as mud! I'll have to watch this several more times for it to register.😵💫
It seems to be a better deal for FTDA and its users than My Heritage users
I do NOT find My Heritage to be easier than Ancestry.
Great video Connie! I've already connected my FTDNA tree with My Heritage.
Whew! this was exhausting! Maybe I will come back later and review again.
This does not seem to me to be a good long term strategy to create this bridge between the two sites.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have not looked at either of my MyHeritage or FTDNA accounts in many months, so this sounds like an excellent step forward to get me to re-engage. I have linked my parent matches as suggested so hopefully now I will see maternal and paternal matches on FTDNA. That will be a huge improvement.
You may wish to S L O W down in your taking!
Agreed. TH-cam does offer the option to slow down the video "PLAY BACK SPEED" in the settings to 1.25, 1.50, 1.75 or 2. Or you can speed up another video, if desired. It's a nice feature.
I tried to listen carefully. Here's the thing. I have a paid subscription at MyHeritage and a full tree. I uploaded my Ancestry DNA results to both MyHeritage and FTDNA. My tree at FTDNA is not very big and has nothing that I don't already have at MH. Is there really any reason for me to do anything?
I am the same. The benefit is my parents are now linked to the MyHeritage tree on FTDNA so I should now be able to get Paternal and Maternal matches on FTDNA. Fingers crossed.
@@carokat1111 Thanks - that is interesting. So I guess you had to go through that process of linking them?
This 'collaboration' feels half-baked. A true corporate M&A would have been better.
Genealogy research is best served when you have as many main components (tree, DNA, record indexing) as possible co-located under a single system that can inspect and cross-match them.
MH should have acquired FTDNA, merging in the FTDNA DNA information and gaining additional FTDNA strengths (Y-DNA, mtDNA, DNA group projects) that Ancestry fails to offer.
As is, it's just a jumbled half-step. FTDNA folks will now have to go to a 2nd place for one of their main components, the tree. And with no DNA sharing, the relevance of DNA matches to that tree is disconnected.
Very very confusing. She is going too fast to understand what to do?
Just change the playback speed on the video to less than 1.
It's actually very simple to connect your FamilyTreeDNA account to MyHeritage tree.
You're right, Ancestrys DNA basic toolset hasn't changed for ages ( side view excepted) and even their premium paid for add-ons don't come close to MyH and FTDNAs cheaper standard offering
And now you can’t up date the myfamilydna tree and need to pay a monthly fee for my heritage. NOT GOOD
Like many people who have accounts at multiple sites, I have DNA (transferred from Ancestry) and two trees on MyHeritage, and DNA (autosomal and mitochondrial) at FTDNA. Some of my matches at FTDNA have also tested on Ancestry and MyHeritage. I don't think I've ever built a tree on FTDNA. And, I don't want to lose access to my primary tree on MyHeritage, as my kin in Norway have trees there, and are not on Ancestry. So, it's unclear how I would benefit by linking the two sites, given that I still do the vast majority of my work on Ancestry, and don't expect that to change anytime soon. Maybe someone from MyHeritage can chime in and give their take on the collaboration...
It may be that not many people bothered to build trees (or only created very small ones) on FTDNA. Like you, I never did-more work with possibly no yield since all of my FTDNA matches are fairly remote and I don’t have any idea who they are.
It seems the advantage of linking is that it will allow FTDNA to see where you place your cousin match in your tree, enabling them to assign maternal/paternal designations to other matches in your FTDNA account based on that. Presumably, they have done this with trees already present on their own site but, as may be the case, many people may not have bothered putting a tree there. Hence, they decided they need people to have access to a tree elsewhere more likely to be used. Since MyHeritage has records available for research, it’s more likely people will build and maintain a tree there.
And now, since FTDNA will soon not allow editing of your tree on their site (including linking a newly discovered cousin match to it, presumably), they will need access to your tree on MyHeritage to make their calculations.
That’s my take, anyway.
Yes, I watched this just out of curiosity. I'm not affiliated with either one. And, it's not for me.
You can have multiple trees on MyHeritage.
Dont get it
Essentially, it means you can use the better MyHeritage tree options to assist FTDNA matching. I have an account with both companies. Both my parents are also DNA tested and come up in my match lists. I have now linked MyHeritage and FTDNA and labelled my mother as my mother on FTDNA and labelled my father on FTDNA as well. So FTDNA can now identify which of my DNA matches are maternal and which is paternal. There may be other advantages, but that is a huge one for me already.
This video was a good idea, but the presenter talks so fast and says so much it's hard to follow. I have up. A handout on this one would be great.
I Agree 100% . As a corporate trainer I would advise this nice woman to take a breath and slow down. Great information but I will need to re watch this several times to understand.
I don’t do handouts for other presenters. It would not be right. There is a ton of links in the description box.
If you put goggle editor on it makes a transcript of the presentation & you could ALWAYS PAUSE & REWIND OR EVEN REWATCH IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING - every everyone had their own opinions but I do not think she talked too fast You just have to be very focused and listen❤
Watch it on half speed
This is extremely exciting!!! Thank you for sharing.
I have DNA on both sites and trees on both sites. MyHeritage cost depends on the size of your tree. I very carefully keep mine just below 2500 and have premium account. I do not want to go over that number, as it would cost even more. It sounds as if I make this link - for all the account I manage on FTDNA it will add more trees, which means it will cost me more. Why should I bother to do this? I don't want to go over 2500. I can't see any advantage to do this.
I have 80,000 in my tree, so it depends on what you are wanting to get out of it.
Thank you for asking so many detailed questions about this switch-over!! Katie tried to make sound like it is a good thing for us long-time users of FTDNA, but I still don't get it!! It doesn't do what I had hoped it would do, which is give us the capability of finding more matches through the MyHeritage tree - thus it doesn't give us the capability to not only have all the documentation to use along with the huge DNA database of Y-DNA & mtDNA results that FTDNA maintains. Keep up the good work, Connie!! Thank you for all you do to keep us informed!
I did the switch, and there are several people missing from my tree. FTDNA is looking into this
I have an FTDNA account that is new but wasn't able to create a tree there as it is already disabled for new users. I have a basic tree at myHeritage that I started a month ago. I don't want to have all the people that I have in my Ancestry trees. Just wanted to keep it simple in case I cancel my subscription there in the future. I use RootsMagic at home and use that to sync my Ancestry tree. And while myHeritage says it integrates with RootsMagic it is a manual process that is hopeless. My FTDNA account is linked to my tree at myHeritage. I'm not sure I understand the impact of this as I have DNA results from myHeritage as well...l will have to see how things work out I guess, and hopefully they'll do some kind of video tutorial in future - one that is easy to understand.
Maybe because I am used to Ancestry I find the myHeritage tree clunky to use.
I think it means that I'll still go to FTDNA to see my DNA matches from my kit there, which links to myHeritage tree to work out those matches, and then go to myHeritage for my matches using the myHeritage DNA test, so should be two pools of matches still. I am very much looking forward to FTDNA sorting out one login for several kits as that is what I need too. And they need to sort out the Home person better on the linked tree when you have more than one kit but only one myHeritage tree.
Sheila here. Since you infer that you've already linked your FTDNA matches to your MyHeritage tree, can I ask you something? When looking at a DNA match from FTDNA that you've now linked into MyHeritage, does that person's profile card have the DNA-Match icon??
@@Paul_Sheila still waiting for my results so I can't say
I get that people who have trees on both sites would now only have to update one tree. For those of us who only use Family Tree DNA site, we just lost the ability to ever edit our trees.
I found this as clear as mud (as one another commenter noted). Not sure there is any advantage to linking accounts based on the presentation. Also, as Connie has emphasized, DNA is one of the last things we should go to in order to break down brick walls that records do not support. At this point, I'm sticking to what I've been doing. ;-)
If she is talking too fast for you can slow the speed of her speech. Open the settings icon add select playback speed & reduce it to 75% or 50%. A little confusing that you will have multiple home people but I think I got it. Has been on my to do list. Thanks.
I'm not sure why they wouldn't also allow linking the Y-DNA matches known and mtDNA matches known to the tree collaboration. Currently on ftDNA if you have taken those other tests, it would allow the link from the Y-DNA test result to your ftDNA tree. This would also help with sorting paternal vs maternal matches on FF. If you matched a closer relative on FF of a Y-DNA match, but not the Y-DNA match tester, (assuming they tested), then it could provide dna evidence of which side that closer relative FF match falls on. I always found it an annoying experience to build out the FF tree and link FF matches to the FF tree, so from that perspective this is a positive move.
She really never addressed if we would have to update our trees on both accounts or would we just manage our tree on MyHeritage?
I added mine. I ran into issues with my Aunt’s kit, maybe because she is deceased. I manage it and gave my permission, but the transfer got hung up. FTDNA responded and fixed the issue so I could re-link her FTDNA tree to ,y existing MH tree.
I really wanted to do this, but FamilyTreeDNA doesn't seem to want to connect with my MyHeritage tree. I've had this message for over a week "Your connection is in progress. This may take a few minutes to complete. Once connected, you will be able to select who you are in your tree and link your matches."
This was extremely complicated. My take away is that I don't see the advantage of the MH tree unless I plan to do research there. I use MH for finding DNA matches and have a basic tree there so matches can see how we may be related. I prefer Ancestry for my research even though I'm not always happy with Ancestry DNA services.
Personally, I'd rather keep my FTDNA tree live so I can easily link my matches. Right now, FTDNA allows you to link Y-DNA matches to your tree. What will happen to this functionality? Will the link go away once the tree is connected to MH since MH only does autosomal? Will we be able to link future Y-DNA matches after 9 Sep?
MyHeritage has a clunky tree. When you look at a match's tree, sometimes it opens, sometimes you have to click around on the pedigree icon, etc. They limit how much of a person's tree you can see if you don't have a subscription.
My other takeaway is that I had better update my FTDNA tree to the max right now because it will soon be frozen in time.
It seems like this was a solution looking for a problem.
Well I have now been able to label my mother as Maternal and my father as Paternal on FTDNA, which will hopefully reveal maternal and paternal side matches now. That's a huge improvement.
If you are like me where I maintain my tree on Ancestry and refresh MyHeritage from time to time, you would need to relink to the new tree or keep your old tree on MyHeritage that you started your linking on, which will eventually be out of date. Maybe they can give you an option in the future to point to Ancestry. Also be patient as it rebuilds your match list.
Can't see any link to Ancestry any time soon. I have the same setup as you.
Since Ancestry and MyHeritage are competitors I doubt they will sync, but boy that would be awesome if they did.
My only issue with linking trees, is that I have found many errors in the trees of others. Unless we are on the same track, I haven't linked my tree to any others.
I was actually hoping they were merging.
Connie, My Heritage has gone down hill. I managed multiple accounts and all the names that were on the accounts disappeared (to include my own). I called them and was told I need to figure it out. I know that I will not renew my subsctiption. They are not helping any of us with our research. All they want is to make more money and not to help.
I love ancestry and 23andme. I have only dabbled in My Heritage recently. I like it too. I am here to learn.
Ok so I have trees on FTDNA and on MH but neither are up to date (that's on Ancestry). I have my YDNA and mt-DNA on FTDNA and my parents' DNAs uploaded to MH with a free account.
Am thinking - re-upload from Ancestry to FTDNA, delete tree from MH if I can figure how, link as per this video.
Yes?
except for my niece
the largest dna match i get on myheritage is > 2%
What happens if I tested at both sites? One FamilyTree DNA I did autosomal and MT DNA
Only the family tree transfers, not DNA.
I use My Heritage for European research and DNA matches.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm choosing to not participate as it requires sharing my date of birth, and email, etc for all testers. It's unfortunate, but that's why it's an option. Again, thanks for sharing.
the video is great step by step but for some reason I can't get passed the log in page for My Heritage account. Any clues on why that is a sticking point? I fill in the blanks and hit Log In and it grays out and doesn't progress.
You might try calling MyHeritage support at 1-844-994-1888 (toll free in US).
I have tested with both companies and they gave me different branches after I uploaded the date from my heritage to ytree DNA so I don't know which one is more accurate
I am still not able to link my FtDNA and my brothers to my one current MyHeritage doesn't recognize my brother on MyHeritage tree.
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I find the spelling has to be the same when searching. You can't leave out a middle name or a period. I also couldn't search with a suffix Jr. I left it off and then chose the appropriate match.
Interesting. Good to know June.
It would have been better if she had first explained exactly what the benefit of this linking is to an individual, and who will benefit, before jumping into all the details about how to accomplish it. Way too many words without knowing whether I should bother!
please translate to Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷. We Brazilians have ancestry from several countries. For example, these are my ancestry DNA results.Europe
34%
Western Europe
17%
Germany, France and the Netherlands
British Isles
Iberia
12%
Italy
4%
Eastern Europe
< 2%
Americas
7Africa
59%
Costa da Mina
40%
West Africa
8%
East Africa
6%
Great Lakes Region (Eastern Bantu Peoples)
Western Kenya
Senegambia
< 3%
Send
< 3%
Mbuti
< 2% Paternal Lineage
Your haplogroup is:
I
Born between 35 and 28 thousand years ago, haplogroup I represents one of the first peoples in Europe, having several descendant lineages that spread throughout the European territory during the last Ice Age, having its maximum frequency in the Balkans. It is one of the most numerous haplogroups among European men, being the second largest paternal lineage found on the continent (second only to the R lineage). Its I1 branch is related to Nordic Europe, ancestral to the Germanic and Viking tribes, while I2 is strongly related to Neolithic cultures.
So, I have several kits on FTDNA for which I’ve paid for the YDNA, Big Y, etc., as well as MtDNA kits. If Family Tree DNA is still the only place to obtain these matches, what happens when I can no longer access trees for my matches for Y and Mt? If new trees cannot be added to FTDNA, by me or my matches, and I cannot add to my trees, I’ve just wasted my money on all these kits. I also have a My Heritage account, and have no problem transferring my trees and linking my kits, but what happens to my YDNA and MtDNA research? I may get new matches but they won’t have a tree on FTDNA. And why would anyone pay to upgrade their FTDNA kits to Big Y, etc., if there is no possibility of finding their matches on another tree?
It’s my understanding that the trees will still be there for your matches.
@@GenealogyTV Thank you for the response. Yes, that's true, but what about new testers? They can no longer build a tree on FTDNA, and they cannot transfer YDNA or MtDNA to My Heritage. So how do we make contact with future YDNA and MtDNA testers? I'm not sure the powers that be have thought of that. If they have, they haven't mentioned it or provided instructions for this process.
I might have missed this, but will this affect law enforcement using FTDNA for IGG? MyHeritage prohibits law enforcement.
It's only the tree being shared, not DNA data.
Otherwise nice but the connection doesnt work for many people, just says connection in progress and it never connects. Maybe fix the bug before 9th september...
I just did it during the video and it worked for me. I had to hit refresh on my screen on FTDNA to have it show the connection and then I could set my Home person for each kit.
@@MrKenRury Its month now when I left support ticket to FDNA, and its still not working. Soon is 9th september when old tree stops working.
Do I need to delete my tree from FTDNA?
No
Owned by Mormons?
Don't think so.
I gave up watching very quickly and can see in the comments I'm not the only one. There's nothing about this mish mash that will benefit me and there's no incentive to have anything other than the basic free accounts I already have.
I talk fast, and I hate when people talk super slow. Like pulling teeth. Personally, I had no problem with her.
amateurs. It is all about the money No more or less.
it's almost a real shame that there's no option to share dna data as well. i guess it's not a big deal, since we've uploaded ours to both, but that can be an intimidating process to many.