ReferenceDNA
Which DNA files we accept
The Add DNA picker asks what kind of file you have, not which company it came from. A raw genotype file from Ancestry, 23andMe, MyHeritage or FamilyTreeDNA - the provider is detected from the file's contents, never from its name. A GEDmatch kit number, which registers a kit by reference with no file. A match-list CSV from GEDmatch One-to-Many, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA or 23andMe, which attaches to a specific kit rather than standing on its own. Ancestry does not offer a match-list export: upload your raw file to GEDmatch and take the One-to-Many CSV from there. An AutoCluster export from MyHeritage or Genetic Affairs. And Big Y results from FamilyTreeDNA, which are recorded on the person a kit is already linked to.
Step-by-step guides
- Get your DNA matches5 steps
- Upload raw DNA4 steps
- Import a large match list5 steps
- Read your matches4 steps
- Sort matches into groups5 steps
- Use AutoClusters4 steps
- Compare shared segments4 steps
- Link a kit to a person4 steps
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- How you get your DNA matches here DNA
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- We do not fetch your DNA from anywhere DNA
- Importing a match list, step by step DNA
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