MyHeritage updates Theory of Family Relativity DNA matches

I've just had the following through from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com):

Great news! We’ve just refreshed the data for Theory of Family Relativity™, adding millions of new theories that can help explain your relationship to your DNA Matches.

Thanks to this update:

• The total number of theories has grown by 22%, to 166,168,357.
• The number of DNA Matches that include a theory has grown to 116,865,576, representing a 22% increase.
• The total number of paths has increased by 21%, to 1,204,841,247.
• The number of DNA kits with at least one theory has grown by 7%, to 2,528,969.

Theory of Family Relativity Update

Theory of Family Relativity™ is a powerful feature for genetic genealogy that helps to streamline your research by explaining how you and your DNA Matches might be related, based on family trees and historical records in the MyHeritage database.

There's more on the update at https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/02/theory-of-family-relativity-update/

(With thanks to Daniel)

Chris

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