Living DNA’s relative finding tool, Family Networks, has received a major update. We can now detect matches at greater distances, finding 4th cousins and more.
Where to find these updates…
Log into my.livingdna.com and click Family Matching on your dashboard. If you haven’t already, you must opt into this service to receive your matches. Users who are already opted in should see these updates immediately upon logging in.
Further information on the development is available at https://support.livingdna.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013609959-Family-Matching-Overview
COMMENT: I've had a look, but whilst this is a development in the right direction, I find this cousin matching tool to be probably the most primitive I've encountered, at least on the DNA sites I have used so far. There is really not a lot of information available to determine the relationship behind matches - for many potential matches on my list, their names are simply given as two intials and a flag from where they live, and there is no family tree to look at for names - just an option to view a profile (in most cases blank) and in some cases a button to message the potential cousins, alongside a note of the amount of shared DNA (in cM), and a predicted relationship (eg 3rd-5th cousin).
Having fired off so many emails on other DNA sites to prospective matches, receiving only a limited number of responses, trying to make sense of these matches feels like it is going to be a LOT of work.
Hopefully this will evolve further.
Chris
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