? 10,003,232 with DNA clicked over today - Sat 18th June 22

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10,003,232 with DNA test connections - at 14:02 GMT Sat 18/6/22 = Our tree includes 30,870,245 profiles edited by 915,762 members

 - Yesterday - Fri was = 30,861,696 profiles (9,999,583 with DNA tests) edited by 915,490  - Fri 17/6  15:18: GMT 2022 -

26,211,768 people are connected to each other on our global family tree.
 - Well done folks - and still growing - - -

https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Badges&b=dna_tested

= The DNA test Badge, and tally]

in The Tree House by John Andrewartha G2G6 Pilot (114k points)
edited by John Andrewartha

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smileyyes key words.... "and still growing - - -"

by Ken Parman G2G6 Pilot (121k points)
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Thanks for that, John. I also think that if we were looking for a metric, a KPI that described a critical success factor, a foundational one might be the number of WikiTree members who have indicated on their profiles that they have taken a DNA test of any kind. As of now, there are 207,729 of those, about one for every 48 of the "DNA Connections" listings.

Of course, in some cases those tests aren't very helpful in indicating a probable genealogical relationship. For instance, of the 12,710 yDNA test-takers that we have from FTDNA, 349 have taken only the 12-marker STR test. We have a total of 11,421 mtDNA test-takers from FTNDA, and of those only 6,026, or 53%, are full-sequence mtDNA tests. We've known for years now that HVR1/HVR2 results by themselves generally aren't useful as a form of positive genealogical evidence, that even with mtDNA full sequencing data an exact match could include thousands of living people and that the common ancestor may have lived 70 or more generations ago.

We also know that we have errors in some patrilineal and matrilineal lines on WikiTree. We can see that when the "DNA Connections" panel for an ancestor shows us member test-takers who indicate they have different haplogroups.

The 10 million DNA Connections listings is a great milestone, but I'd really like to see that number (207,729) of DNA test-takers growing. That's where the comparative data come from. laugh

On a wish list would be a way to develop an automated way to count things like the resolution of yDNA and mtDNA tests taken. That gets complicated, though. It would likely require additional data fields for WikiTree to be able to differentiate between tests and resolutions, various whole genome sequencings being a good example. We can separately count "Other auDNA" test-takers (there are 2,502 of those, my own WGS test included), "Other yDNA" (1,074 of those, including older tests like those from Sorensen Molecular as well as people who have listed haplogroups reported from autosomal tests like 23andMe and Living DNA), and "Other mtDNA" (1,373 of those; ditto the haplogroups from 23andMe, et al.), but we really can't tell how useful those are just by the numbers. For example, a WGS test that has had the yDNA data uploaded to and analyzed by YFull is factors of magnitude more useful than a circa 2004 26-STR "Y-Clan" test from Oxford Ancestors.

Which I suppose is also a reminder that the names listed under any "DNA Connections" panel are really hints for further research. We regularly see new members mistakenly assume that WikiTree, like the DNA testing companies, are reporting matches. Since WikiTree neither stores nor analyzes DNA data, it can't do that. So "DNA Connections" don't mean there's a DNA match; they indicate that people connected per the genealogical tree have reported taking a DNA test of a type that might be pertinent in researching that relationship. Super valuable, but the 10 million number doesn't imply that all those profiles are, actually, connected by DNA.

by Edison Williams G2G6 Pilot (445k points)
Thanks for the very temporary Best Answer star, Andreas.
- Edison - - thank you for your thoughtful essay , on the DNA KPI figure , 207,729 - ? is it one that is easily sourced within WT , or is derived from a WT+ type report , please.

 - I suppose it is too hard to suggest a preferred test for WT activities  , there being so many tests in the market for members to accesses , however , as technology leaps ahead , newer methods will show the way - - - cheers

You're very welcome, John. The "DNA Tested" badge is, unless I'm mistaken, automatically awarded to any member who validly enters that he or she has taken any form of DNA test. The badge is one per member account, so it doesn't duplicate for the different types of tests taken. As such, I believe it's a good indicator: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Badges&b=dna_tested. And we've added 229 more just since my note two days ago. smiley

In addition, there are several types of data-limited information pages to be had about DNA tests. I don't have an exhaustive list of these, but they're where I gleaned some of my other data. For example, you can get a count and list of members who have indicated they've taken a 23andMe test; an AncestryDNA test; an FTDNA Family Finder (autosomal) test; an FTDNA yDNA test; an FTDNA mtDNA test; other types of autosomal tests; other types of yDNA tests; and so on.

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Awesome Stats & still growing make them even more impressive. Thanks John.
by Marty Franke G2G6 Pilot (793k points)
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That is Great!
by Noliwe Hill G2G6 (8.4k points)

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