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Laurel McKenzie
Honor Code SignatorySigned 4 Feb 2021 | 645 contributions | 57 thank-yous | 1,082 connections
This week's featured connections are Redheads: Laurel is 20 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 25 degrees from Clara Bow, 24 degrees from Julia Gillard, 21 degrees from Nancy Hart, 20 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 21 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 25 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 21 degrees from Rose Leslie, 19 degrees from Damian Lewis, 23 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 26 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 37 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
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Getting started with DNA outlines how to proceed to use your DNA test information on WikiTree and DNA is a link to a collection of links about WikiTree's many features involving DNA.
The DNA Connections list on your profile will provide a visual way for you to find potential relatives on WikiTree who have also added their DNA test information. Using DNA tools at sites like GEDMatch.com, if you find a relative that matches your DNA sufficiently and you have genealogical sources for the intermediate relationships, you can mark the specific parental relationships back to the most recent ancestor that you both share as "confirmed with DNA." For details, guidance and examples of how to properly document DNA confirmations, see DNA confirmation.
To get the best results, begin adding sourced profiles for your ancestors until you can connect to ancestors already in WikiTree. If you have exhausted what you know on one line, it can sometimes help to add what you know on another line. The more branches you are able to add the greater the likelihood of finding potential cousins to match with. The process of identifying which branch elements of DNA relate to will better enable you to find matches that relate to the particular branches you are researching.
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