Do you track your DNA statistics? At times, I’ve tried keeping track of these statistics but got frustrated when the way the information was reported would change. Thus, it became difficult to compare current data with previous data.
After seeing Randy Seaver’s post, Randy’s Autosomal DNA Test and Analysis Summary – 29 Dec 2020, I decided to compile my own DNA statistics.
ANCESTRY DNA
| Me | Brother 1 | Brother 2 | Parent | |
| Total Matches | 110,981 | 125,144 | 115,182 | 74,618 |
| Immediate Family | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1st Cousins (As defined by Ancestry) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2nd Cousins (as defined by Ancestry) | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| 3rd cousins | 33 | 40 | 9 | 36 |
| 4th cousin sharing 64 cM or more | 11 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| Close Matches – at least 20 cM | 3701 | 4641 | 3914 | 2709 |
| Distant Matches 6-20 cM | 107,280 | 120,503 | 111,268 | 71.909 |
| Distant Relative group (6-8 cM) | 67072 | 74374 | 68405 | 44670 |
When it comes to ‘common ancestors,’ I couldn’t find the number reported by Ancestry. Since I don’t want to have to try and count them, I’m going to guesstimate. I recently posted my ThruLines Summary thru my 4th great grandparents. For my ‘guesstimate,’ I’m going to use 1/2 of the total number of ThruLines thru my 4th great grandparents. This isn’t an accurate calculation.
| Me | Brother 1 | Brother 2 | parent | |
| 1/2 ThruLines thru 4th Great Grandparents | 1065 | 1013 | 926 | 787 |
MY HERITAGE
| Me | Brother 1 | Brother 2 | |
| Matches | 14,725 | 10,746 | 10,281 |
| Theory of Relativity | 28 | 30 | 31 |
| Smart Matches | 3 | 5 | 4 |
GEDMATCH
| Me | Brother 1 | Brother 2 | Parent | |
| 64 cM or closer | 12 | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| 34 cM or more | 95 | 91 | 70 | 127 |
FAMILY TREE DNA
- Total autosomal matches to my DNA – 6257
- Total autosomal matches to brother 1’s DNA – 1677
FAMILY TREE DNA – yDNA results for brother
- yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 4 – 1
- yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 6 – 8
- yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 7 – 4
- yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 8 – 6
- yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 9 – 3
- yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 10 – 1
- Big Y R-^88686 haplogroup matches – 3
With over 100,000 matches for one DNA test, there is NO WAY I’m going to be able to document all of those matchers. However, I’m using the ThruLines matches to help support my paper research. Thus, all of those matches are important to me.