DNA Discovery Family Ancestry WheelEight ancestry lines · One connected family

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How are they related?

Explore family DNA

Choose someone on the wheel to explore how you connect. The DNA estimates follow the biological family connections in the tree.

A child inherits half their DNA from each biological parent. Full siblings share about 50% on average, and half siblings about 25%.

Family-tree estimates are a guide: inheritance varies, and a DNA test may tell a different story. For distant relatives, a test may find no shared DNA.

Partners, adopted family, and stepfamily are part of the family story. Shared-DNA estimates follow biological ancestry. As we discover more family connections, estimates can change.

Autosomal DNA

Autosomal DNA comes from the 22 pairs of chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes. It is the DNA used for these family estimates.

Explore the family wheel

Select a card to highlight that person’s ancestors and descendants. Other people remain available to explore. Selection keeps your view in place; Locate selected moves to the person. Show close family highlights and frames their recorded parents, partners, co-parents, siblings and children. Back restores your previous view.

Drag / Spin
Choose Drag to move the wheel, or Spin to rotate it.
Family connections
At closer zoom, small dots mark joins within a family connection. Crossing lines without a dot do not establish a relationship.
Zoom
Scroll or pinch. On the wheel, press + or −.
Find a person
Press / and start typing. Choose a suggested person to select and locate them. Press Enter to search all records, then choose Show on wheel. Back restores your previous view.
Person details
With the wheel focused, press Enter to reach the selected person’s details and family buttons. Choose a name to select without moving your view, or Locate beside the name to select and zoom to the card. Back restores your previous view.
Move / rotate
On the wheel, Shift + arrows move the view; ← and → rotate it.
Recover your view
Home shows the whole wheel. Escape clears the highlight while preserving your view.
Help
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