I ve listed them in order of how useful i find them.
Ancestry dna matches download.
The extension limits the download to matches having 20cm or more in common.
In this post you ll learn exactly how to download your raw dna from ancestry with step by step.
Many people have tried various apps to download their full ancestry dna match list.
In your list of dna matches click the name or username of a match.
Get dna matches.
In the email click confirm data download.
Ancestry match downloader is designed to use the new ancestry dna api to scan store and download your current matches.
I find that the best way to tackle thousands of matches is to download them into a spreadsheet and organize them in a way that every piece of information can be seen and filtered the power of spreadsheets allows me to search sort and filter on any and all pieces of information i choose to track in a.
After the download export the downloaded txt file to excel.
So 125 000 matches in 6 minutes your results may vary.
For this option i clicked on dna matches which is all matches.
Then i chose sort and then close to distant because i wanted those closest to me to be listed.
4000 this means don t download any shared matches click on.
Do you feel a little overwhelmed when looking at your ancestry dna matches.
However i tried it a few times on a few browsers and it never worked.
I only use chrome for ancestry but because there are a few chrome extensions that are massively helpful when working with your ancestry dna matches.
If prompted sign in.
If you re brought to a page that contains a dna ad rather than a sign in page you may be.
Lowest centimorgans of shared matches.
This is an incredibly simple but powerful extension which allows you to apply a colour dot to each of your matches.
If your link has expired start over at step 1.
Ancestrydna can also help identify relationships with unknown relatives through a dynamic list of dna matches.
Filtering matches by maternal or paternal side.
Viewing the matches you share with another match.
A download link can be used just once and it will expire after one week.
Update 16 june 2020.
On the download dna data page on ancestry click download dna data.
Here s a picture of the message when the download is complete.
This article compares and contrasts differing tools to download ancestry matches.
If you have received your ancestry dna results you might be interested in learning how to download dna from ancestry.
Ancestry has stopped third party tools from downloading matches.
Ancestry does not include matches with less than 20cm shared in their in common matching.
On the match compare page click the shared matches tab to see which matches you share with that match.
Whether you just want a copy for your records or want to upload it to sites like gedmatch to get more information from your results it s a good idea to know how it s done.
Are you wondering how to download your matches and shared matches from ancestry.
Your ancestrydna results include information about your geographic origins across 1 000 regions and identifies potential relatives through dna matching to others who have taken the ancestrydna test.
What will my results tell me.