AncestryDNA MASTER CLASS 2025 - Tools and Strategies

In this video, I’m diving into the newest AncestryDNA® tools and how to use them—together with time-tested genealogy strategies—to solve your research questions. Whether you're tackling a classic brick wall or researching unknown parentage, NPEs, or adoptees, this MASTER CLASS will show you how to use these tools effectively without a specific case study, so you can apply the techniques to your own family tree. I’ll walk you through: • Ancestry DNA's latest features like Chromosome Painter and Ancestral Journeys • How to find your Best Known Match (BKM) • Building Quick and Dirty (Q&D) trees • Working with DNA match clusters • Pro tips using Ancestry’s Shared Matches Tool • Combining documentary research with DNA evidence …and more! 🔗 Non Members, get the handout: www.genealogytv.org/product/handout-for-ancestrydna-tools-strategies-for-solving-your-family-history-questions/ 📚 Learn more at the Genealogy TV Academy: https://genealogytv.org/academy 👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and click the bell so you don’t miss future videos! SIMILAR VIDEOS 🔴 Grouping DNA Matches on Ancestry | Genealogy TV Podcast    • Grouping DNA Matches on Ancestry | Genealo...  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw 🔴 Ancestry's NEW DNA Matches by Cluster    • Ancestry's NEW DNA Matches by Cluster  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw 🔴 Thinking About DNA GTV (Podcast)    • Thinking About DNA  GTV (Podcast)  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw 🔴 DNA - When Cousins Marry: Pedigree Collapse vs Endogamy    • DNA - When Cousins Marry: Pedigree Collaps...  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw ❤️ JOIN the GENEALOGY TV ACADEMY https://genealogytv.org/academy/ 📝📝📝📝 HANDOUT OPTIONS 📝 1) Genealogy TV Academy members have access to all lessons and handouts back to 2022. https://genealogytv.org/academy/ 📝 2) Become a CHANNEL MEMBER at the INFO ACCESS level $9.99 per month. This gets you all the handouts.    / @genealogytv  . As a Channel Member, find the handouts by scrolling through the blog posts on the Community tab at    / @genealogytv   📝 3) All handouts can be PURCHASED INDIVIDUALLY ($5 and up) at https://genealogytv.org/handouts/. Here you will get a redirect and an email to download the handouts. 📝 4) Become a monthly PATRON at the HAPPY DANCE level ($15/Month) or more. You will get early release of the videos and the handouts are emailed to you, when they become available.   / genealogytv   ❤️ BECOME A GENEALOGY TV CHANNEL MEMBER and help support Genealogy TV - see perks!    / @genealogytv   ❤️ Patreon Membership – Handouts Emailed as they are produced.   / genealogytv  . ✅ GTV on FACEBOOK   / genealogytv   ✅ SIGN UP For GTV’s NEWSLETTER https://mailchi.mp/a0862c6473aa/genea... 👉 Subscribe to Genealogy TV (Free)    / @genealogytv   ** GTV Affiliate Partners ** 🛍️ Genealogy TV’s AMAZON STORE full of Connie’s favorites. https://www.amazon.com/shop/genealogytv 👉🏻 Ancestry Subscription - US https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... 👉🏻 Ancestry ProTools – US (Add-on to existing subscription) https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... 🧬 Ancestry DNA - US https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... 👉🏻 Ancestry Subscription - Australia - https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... 🧬 Ancestry DNA - Australia - https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... 👉🏻 Ancestry Subscription - UK https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... 🧬 Ancestry DNA - UK https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/... Circus Waltz - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... 00:00 Intro 00:29 Handout 01:12 Chapter 1 Overview 01:38 Origins/Ethnicity Estimates 06:05 Journey's 06:53 Chromosome Painter 08:38 Origins View Timeline 10:55 DNA Matches Overview 14:40 Hide Matches 14:55 Filtering DNA Matches 15:37 DNAPainter.com Shared Matches Tool 17:42 By Parent Filters 18:52 Search Matches by Surname 20:02 Filter Matches by Location Map 21:56 Ch. 2 Mastering Matches - Grouping 22:18 Start with Family Tree 24:10 ID Best Known Match (BKM) 24:54 Using 2C or 1C1R Chart 27:40 Grouping to one grandparent 31:51 Unknown Grandparent 34:30 Floating Trees 34:55 What is a Floating Tree? 36:24 Add Tree Tag 38:38 View In Tree 38:50 Reorient Your Tree 39:24 Connect to Tree 39:48 ThruLines 40:55 Quick & Dirty Tree 44:24 DNA Matches with Pro Tools 48:54 DNA Clusters 52:22 Cluster Limitations 53:51 Grouping Clusters 54:39 Wrap