How to confirm my DNA results

Question

I'd like to know the correct way to format my Ancestry DNA results to confirm my DNA relationships.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Here is a link to the Help page which explains the DNA confirmation process.  Help:DNA Confirmation (wikitree.com)

Basically you need to write a statement for each person that shows how your DNA matches theirs and supports the relationship, for example, my confirmation statement for my father says 

Paternal relationship confirmed by Gedmatch match of 3586.9cm between kits T248947 (Joe) and A340796 (Kathie) at a genetic distance of 1.

I was also able to confirm my father's parents (my grandparents) with a match to a first cousin, which looks like the following on my dad's profile: 

Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between [me] and L.W., her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Parks and Mary Youngblood, the grandparents of both [me]  and L.W.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: First Cousin, based on sharing 1102 cM across 36 segments.

Comments

Greg Clarke has a wonderful app to help make the citations: https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/clarke11007/DNAconf.php

This found under the drop down list at the top of the page under Apps. I've used it and found it quite wonderful!

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I second this; Greg's app has made it much simpler to add DNA confirmation links, and I know the text won't trigger a "Missing DNA Confirmation" warning.