MyHeritage updates Theory of Family Relativity matches

If you have tested your DNA through MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com), you may be interested to know that it has once again updated its Theory of Family Relativity matches.

As a result of this new update:

• The total number of theories has increased 47.7%, from 39,845,078 to 58,866,331
• The number of DNA Matches that include a theory increased 48.7%, from 27,130,989 to 40,335,252
• The number of relationship paths increased 46%, from 312,222,662 to 456,091,094 (sometimes theories are found through multiple paths, and these provide additional supporting evidence of a relationship)
• The number of MyHeritage users who now have at least one Theory of Family Relativity™ for their DNA Matches has increased by 22.2%
  

For furtehr details read the MyHeritage blog post on the development at https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/10/update-to-theory-of-family-relativity-19-million-new-theories-added/.

(With thanks to Daniel Horowitz)

Chris

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