Your Genealogy Matters

So, Ancestry has had it's "We're Related" app out for some time, and while it is as reliable as a Magic Eight Ball, sometimes it manages odd outcomes that Ancestry should have thought out better. Ancestry should resolve the issues of what happens when: 1) They use a chart where people who were born over 150 years ago showing up as alive.  This means that the person shows up as "Private". 2) They should also not be taking information from "Private Trees" because, all things being equal, everyone in that private tree shows up as "private" on the app. 3) They really ought to give you a floor to establish what is the oldest date that you would accept a match from.  For example, omit matches on people born before 1500. AND 4) Stop telling me that losers like Rob Ford are 10th cousins.  Seriously, I wouldn't claim that crack smoking walking heart attack as a relative if her were my father.  I'm not even Canadian! But...

Earlier this week, AncestryDNA launched the newest feature to its DNA web portal, " Genetic Communities ". Ancestry deserves praise for this new feature.  While they could be happy selling kits and posting have to evolve and give customers a reason to continue to buy your products and trust your decisions to grow your platforms. Without evolution in product and services, you become a moribund hulk that is dying.  So let's encourage Ancestry to continue to fine tune and launch new products. Since "Genetic Communities" is technically still in "beta" form, it's a bit like April the Giraffe - we know Ancestry is giving birth, but we don't know when the final product is going to be delivered. Before I give you my read on this roll out and product, you need to know that in my former professional field, I have worked in a free trade association, for a software developer, and in management in one industry's outlets.  This gives me th...