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Fishing in Your Match List with MyHeritage DNA Tools

Paul Woodbury, MEd., AG
May 23, 2023
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Genetic Clusters
20m 33s
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Independent Descendants
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Shared Matches
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Filter Labels
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Match Evaluation
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Excel Magic
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
6m 54s

About this webinar

MyHeritage’s AutoClusters are a great way to start exploring the clusters of your genetic cousins and narrow in on potentially pertinent genetic cousins, but sometimes AutoClusters can only take you so far. Learn to leverage MyHeritage’s Theories of Family Relativity, shared matching and DNA match labeling to isolate pertinent genetic cousins for a research question and solve your family history mysteries.

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Paul Woodbury, MEd., AG
From a young age, Paul Woodbury fell in love with genealogy research. To pursue his passion for this field, he studied genetics and family history at Brigham Young University. To aid in his desire to share his knowledge with others, he has also re
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MyHeritage is the leading global destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history. Our platform and DNA kits make it easy for anyone, anywhere to embark on a meaningful journey into their past and treasure their family stories fo
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  1. JS
    jenna smith
    11 months ago

    Genius way to look at things – thank you, Paul!

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    Georgianna Seko
    11 months ago

    Thank you for a helpful webinar.

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    Stephanie Petty
    11 months ago

    Very helpful examples and explanation on how to use MyHeritage Auto Clustering results to identify other possible family relatives.

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    Therese Beckman
    11 months ago

    Paul Woodbury gave us such useful information on how to filter matches easily and intuitively. I have done such filtering but didn’t know how to do it on MyHeritage and I’m so grateful to learn where to click because most of my matches to distant ancestors are on MyHeritage. This webinar is going to make my research much easier. Thank you!

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    Dale A Ketcheson
    11 months ago

    Thank goodness for Paul’s clear explanations, slides and examples. I don’t think I’d be able to follow the subject otherwise. I look forward to applying this new info to my own tree.

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    Rebecca Jean Corson
    11 months ago

    Paul Woodbury is one of the best instructors on DNA. His webinars are detailed and easy to follow. I look forward on trying this approach on a few stubborn lines in my tree. Thank you for an excellent presentationl

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    Xana Miller
    11 months ago

    Thank you

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    Tom Healy
    11 months ago

    Well organized; easy to follow; good potential for my needs.

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