When you take an autosomal DNA test, you get a list of people who share DNA with you because you share common ancestors. The Leeds Method uses Shared Matching to create colorful groups of these matches. Each group is likely related to you through one part of your family, and many people get four groups based on their four grandparent lines. This method is based on DNA, not trees, so it is also often effective in cases of unknown parentage. This presentation will help you create a Leeds Method chart, understand your results, and use that chart to learn more about your family tree.
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Thankful I saw this video! Heard about LEEDS Method and hopeful to learn more to better understand and sort my 10s of 1000s of matches! Also hoping it will help break thru a few brick walls.
2 yrs ago I watched a video about the LEEDS Method, but quickly became lost + hit a stopping point. Seeing/hearing from Dana Leeds herself has taken me further.
I used Ancestry matches (166 DNA matches in 90-400 cM range). Set up a spreadsheet while watching + taking notes. I’ve watched some parts repeatedly as I built my spreadsheet. I was amazed and shocked to see the 11 clusters in the video – until I saw 13 in my work!
With 13 clusters I’m trying to better understand about consolidating clusters, so I will be rewatching the video. I’m wondering about other resources (videos, websites, etc) to understand how or whether to consolidate clusters.
I need to do this with matches on the other genealogy sites but don’t want to start until I am further along with this one + have better under
Great talk and easy to follow, thank you
This was amazing! One of the most helpful webinars I’ve seen. It has helped me get started on finding some missing father information and organize the thousands of DNA matches! Thank you!
Wonderful. I actually think I understand what I was doing incorrectly while adding in the higher and lower matches! I can’t wait to do another pass on my mom’s match list to see if I can clean some things up a little better now that I think I have a better understanding of how to do this. Thank you so much.
Dana – thank you for your very educational presentation and syllabus. Your DNA shared matching method will be an invaluable addition to my research toolbox.
Very clear and understandable presentation! Appreciate entering * to note first person, and also including a column for cM. Thank you again for this excellent webinar.
Excellent presentation. I will be watching it again. Because I’ve been making Leeds charts ever since I first heard of the method 4 (?) years ago, the most informative part for me was what Dana does after the chart has been completed. This will be extremely helpful in my search for my grandmother’s birth parents.
Very informative and easy to understand.