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3. <span data-offset-key="3mr3f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today for the first time in a long time I'm taking some time out to research my own tree.</span><br />
4. <span style="font-family: inherit;">My research today is back to basics, no DNA involved. I'm sticking with one line, finding the gaps in my information, making hypotheses, searching record collections, really reading and thinking about the records found, and citing my sources. </span><br />
5. <span style="font-family: inherit;">So far I've added in some banns and marriage dates that were inexplicably missing. It looks like I found them back in 2010 so I don't know why I failed to add them to my tree. I've also determined that although they have the same name, height and birth year my John Lee can't be the same person as sallow, pock-marked John Lee. </span><br />
6. <span style="font-family: inherit;">It feels good to be back to quiet, methodical research where every minor discovery is an achievement!</span></div>
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8. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/713393456858900264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2020/03/today-for-first-time-in-long-time-im.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/713393456858900264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/713393456858900264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2020/03/today-for-first-time-in-long-time-im.html' title='Back to basics'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-1407979144578710227</id><published>2019-07-01T23:11:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2019-07-01T23:12:08.988+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging milestones</title><content type='html'>I don&#39;t often check my blog statistics, so I was surprised when I realised that &lt;i&gt;Twigs of Yore &lt;/i&gt;has recently passed 250,000 page views.&lt;br /&gt;
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10. This is what my progress towards a quarter of a million views looked like:<br />
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14. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twigs of Yore pageviews by month</td></tr>
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16. <br />
17. Although they look small now, I was <b>very</b> excited about the spikes that occurred in 2011 and 2012 when I challenged bloggers to write on an Australia day theme. I was even more excited about the volume and quality of responses to my challenge. If you want some excellent genealogy reading take a look at the responses in <a href="http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-all-challenge-posts.html" target="_blank">2011</a> and <a href="http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2012/01/australia-day-2012-wealth-for-toil-all.html" target="_blank">2012</a>.<br />
18. <br />
19. Over time readership has gradually increased despite large gaps between my posts.<br />
20. <br />
21. You might notice the three big spikes in more recent years... I refer to those as the "Blaine Bettinger effect". The "Blaine Bettinger effect" is what happens when <a href="https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/13-2/biographical-material/" target="_blank">Blaine Bettinger</a> mentions a post on Facebook. Those mentions certainly hastened the arrival of the 250,000 views milestone on this quiet little blog!<br />
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23. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/1407979144578710227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/07/blogging-milestones.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/1407979144578710227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/1407979144578710227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/07/blogging-milestones.html' title='Blogging milestones'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJY3Wvsqf25nBhQS5MC41s2lNhUaaygfZyPVw-hMw7j21mlJVbp6X-7UWsVaJ6xdBUBCyjEmcUGTDzeko9iPPRvv0bLp7aEHShtKTf_eM2iJlZo-Lj3OeLIlJb-AT9u4F6hAkKjYt-6a_/s72-c/Blog+views+2010+to+2019.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-6792055941898190243</id><published>2019-03-30T14:39:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2019-03-30T14:39:14.077+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="analysis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AutoCluster"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MyHeritage"/><title type='text'>Examining my MyHeritage AutoClusters</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;
24. Compared to other testing companies, <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/" target="_blank">MyHeritage</a> has a lot of information about DNA matches displayed on the website. Unfortunately, the information I'm most interested in - the shared matches - is not available as a data download. </div>
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28. Given the lack of access to the data I was curious to see what the new MyHeritage AutoCluster tool (based on the technology of Evert-Jan Blom from <a href="https://geneticaffairs.com/" target="_blank">Genetic Affairs</a>) could tell me. I went to the MyHeritage website, set the tool going, and after a time received the results in my email.</div>
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32. The AutoCluster tool applies a clustering algorithm to your DNA shared matches and provides the output as a list and a matrix chart visualisation. On opening the visualisation there is an 'oooh!' moment as all the blocks slide into place. When the process finished, my AutoCluster matrix looked like this:</div>
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34. <br />
35. <h4>
36. <span style="font-weight: normal;"> The goal of this, or any other clustering tool on offer, is to identify groups of people that likely descended from a common ancestor. Those potential groups can be identified by their colour and placement on the chart.</span></h4>
37. <div>
38. <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div>
39. <h4>
40. A short guide to reading a matrix chart</h4>
41. <ul>
42. <li>Names of my matches are listed down the left-hand side and repeated along the top of the matrix (I've blurred them for privacy).</li>
43. <li>If there is a filled block at the intersection of two names (one at the side and one at the top) then those two people are a shared match.</li>
44. <li>Coloured blocks indicate clusters (as defined by the algorithm used).</li>
45. <li>Some people have connections to more than one cluster. Look to the grey blocks to see where those linkages are.</li>
46. <li>If there are a lot of grey blocks between two clusters, then those clusters are probably relevant to each other. For example, the first (red) and fourth (green) groups have several connections between several people.</li>
47. </ul>
48. Before I go on I should say that I have only reviewed my own AutoCluster results. Other user experiences may differ. MyHeritage has made efforts to accommodate all the vastly varying DNA networks of its users when it creates these matrix charts, without requiring users to adjust any settings. That's got to be difficult!<br />
49. <br />
50. <h4>
51. First impressions</h4>
52. The first thing I noticed was that the matrix was very fragmented. That could be representative of my data, but having browsed my DNA matches all those very small groups didn't feel quite right.<br />
53. <br />
54. I liked the amount of information given for the thresholds used<span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span><br />
55. <div>
56. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
57. "Your AutoCluster analysis was generated using thresholds of 25 cM (minimum) and 350 cM (maximum). In addition, DNA Matches were required to share at least 15 cM with one another in order to be indicated with a colored or gray cell. A total number of 104 DNA Matches ended up in 26 clusters in the final analysis."</blockquote>
58. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Matrix visualisations are limited in how many matches they can include in one view and still be readable. Filtering is necessary to limit the matches. The automatically selected thresholds seem reasonable.<br /><br />I appreciated the list of 11 matches who had no shared matches at the thresholds used.<br /><br />I was perturbed by the exclusion of 95 matches who both met the threshold and had shared matches:</span><br />
59. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
60. "The following 95 matches met the inclusion criteria but ended up in singleton clusters without other members and are therefore excluded from the analysis as well."</blockquote>
61. 95 matches in "singleton clusters"?! Why are there almost as many matches excluded for "singleton clusters" as there are matches actually included in the matrix? Just how aggressively does the algorithm chop up the groups?<br />
62. <br />
63. As I read the long list of matches that had been excluded I was taken aback to see that my second closest match, at 129 cM shared, was among the "singleton clusters".<br />
64. <br />
65. <h4>
66. <b>Digging deeper: A new view</b></h4>
67. If you've been following my blog, you'll know that network graphs are my favoured tool for understanding shared match relationships. Using the csv file provided with the output, I was able to wrangle the data into shape and create a network graph version of the AutoCluster matrix information.<br />
68. <br />
69. I've aligned the group labels and colours with the matrix display (but made the second and third use of each colour darker for clarity). The numbers indicate the group in the AutoCluster result reading down the diagonal. The dot sizes reflect the amount of DNA I share with each person. Each line is a shared match relationship (the lines here are equivalent to the blocks in the matrix chart).<br />
70. <br />
71. This was the result.<br />
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77. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLnMh7R4RpRX6HKONvg7_rRbSSCNEYs0C6n7JfAkHiFjOTQV4GKBDQuzrDPMQzTC2mfyfmZ3TPzOdBuh3FksavP23kiXKhiMytJ1i8QCs2sXP9RJPHMOpZlyCbp2U-Te8iDiHGKIJAVNd/s1600/Networkised.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="969" height="577" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLnMh7R4RpRX6HKONvg7_rRbSSCNEYs0C6n7JfAkHiFjOTQV4GKBDQuzrDPMQzTC2mfyfmZ3TPzOdBuh3FksavP23kiXKhiMytJ1i8QCs2sXP9RJPHMOpZlyCbp2U-Te8iDiHGKIJAVNd/s640/Networkised.png" width="640" /></a></div>
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80. <br />
81. Looking at this graph, I retain my first impression that the algorithm is heavy-handed in breaking up <span style="background-color: white;">the groups. For example, groups 1, 4 and two elements of thirteen look like they should be together, as do 24-25, and 3-19-22.</span><br />
82. <br />
83. I'm relaxed about which group the closer match in group 11 is allocated to. That person would naturally "belong" in more than one cluster as they would likely match with groups of people with more distant ancestors from each side of our shared branch.<br />
84. <br />
85. With this view, I also see that there are a few 'strings' of small groups. They include matches for whom, without more information, inclusion in one group or the next would be equally valid. That can't be helped when working with shared match information alone but is a reason to take care when looking at small groups in a matrix layout and track back to any other connected groups.<br />
86. <br />
87. There is huge potential for refinement of matching groups with the data MyHeritage has - and that I'd like to get hold of as downloads! Information about the total size of the match between pairs, and whether the matches have a triangulated segment could be very informative to group allocations.<br />
88. <br />
89. How would this have looked if the other 95 matches were included? I suspect that the sensible breakup of some of the smaller groups would be clearer for a start.<br />
90. <br /></div>
91. <h4>
92. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Digging even deeper - segment data</span></h4>
93. <div>
94. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking at the network version I created, my impression is that groups 1, 4, two people from 13 and my closest match in group 11 are connected densely enough that they should really be a single group. </span><br />
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102. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />One of the website tools that I like on my MyHeritage is the chromosome browser tool. I entered the names of matches in my proposed larger group into the tool in batches. I both started and ended with my closest match. The result was clear. All of the matches I identified had triangulated segments with me and each other on chromosome three. (I couldn't find one match from group 4 in my match list to make that comparison). </span></div>
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106. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I also checked the other members of groups 13 and 11 (outside the circle above). None of them had a shared segment with me at that location.</span><br />
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113. <span style="font-family: inherit;">As an aside, some of the pairs don't show as matched in the matrix or network graph (based on the matrix data) even though they clearly triangulate on a reasonably sized segment. This is because some of the pairs match at just below the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">total </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">matching threshold that was used to filter the graph. This is a point to be aware of when interpreting any shared match information, or indeed any DNA information where some sort of threshold or cutoff has been used.</span><br />
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117. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Conclusions</span></h4>
118. I have only reviewed my own results and they may not be typical of most users. <span style="font-family: inherit;">There seems to be an overly aggressive breakup of groups. This has made the chart fragmented and harder to read and interpret than it otherwise would be. </span><br />
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120. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The excessive fragmentation of groups is also likely the reason that almost half of my relevant matches were assigned to "singleton clusters" and excluded. Some of my best and most useful matches have been excluded. I'm concerned that the baby has been thrown out with the bathwater here.<br /><br />When using AutoClusters I would suggest that users should:</span><br />
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122. <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the notes. Take note of who's in and out. </span></li>
123. <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Use the grey cells to check for connections between groups.</span></li>
124. <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't assume that the matrix will include your best and closest matches. They could be excluded! </span></li>
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126. <span style="font-family: inherit;"> Remember also that the result reflects only a small proportion of your matches (less than 2% in my case). There is no doubt much more to be found in matching results. I've written to MyHeritage in the past and asked that they consider allowing downloads of shared match lists (including shared match cM amounts). This would allow for analysis and clustering of more matches and for different clustering techniques to be used for those who want to do their own analysis.</span><br />
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128. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall though my feeling about the AutoCluster tool is that something is better than nothing. The AutoCluster tool is a helpful way to start identifying groups at the top end of your match list, but caution is needed.  </span></div>
129. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/6792055941898190243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/examining-my-myheritage-autoclusters.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/6792055941898190243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/6792055941898190243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/examining-my-myheritage-autoclusters.html' title='Examining my MyHeritage AutoClusters'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekWc4Ju3REhcpwBuM2Zgx2AWpcd546flwfLA1eq3B58o9k9AhPexjDKoVhCZdmT9BANAsJ5gfUBow1oVbWrloLSFmRaICfMyETSwB5Z77oGjv-YPSuB3PIvrNIvVMyMulePlPkhYnuwsC/s72-c/First+view.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-8863389448231579661</id><published>2019-03-15T17:44:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2019-03-15T17:44:40.528+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thrulines"/><title type='text'>My Thrulines improved! I doubt it was due to me</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;It’s true! Five days after &lt;a href=&quot;https://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/can-i-improve-my-thrulines.html?showComment=1552627052606#c8857347363313747292&quot;&gt;messaging corrected information&lt;/a&gt; to other people with my Ancestor in their tree, my AncestryDNA Thrulines have improved. I no longer see my carefully researched Ancestor replaced with a ‘Potential Ancestor’ from other trees, who never actually existed.&lt;div&gt;
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131. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5X1HyxNFrdE_jqCfbFQ4tXiW7IwFo88o-QxRKFP3o84xuUErjNew2D_HKv2BBpxYv2S_0co4-CGcif1ysHxJTf9gmV_YkIIZgIrtOx_E3TWL-K2KGDzU6opzoQbdjq2O0zbAjTOC2G-U/s1600/GoodAncestor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5X1HyxNFrdE_jqCfbFQ4tXiW7IwFo88o-QxRKFP3o84xuUErjNew2D_HKv2BBpxYv2S_0co4-CGcif1ysHxJTf9gmV_YkIIZgIrtOx_E3TWL-K2KGDzU6opzoQbdjq2O0zbAjTOC2G-U/s1600/GoodAncestor.jpg" /></a></div>
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133. <br /><br />While the desired result has occurred, I can’t claim that my experiment was anything to do with it. Out of the seventeen messages I sent, just three people responded (with thanks) and said they would update their trees. <br /><br />Thrulines is a beta feature that is constantly changing. For example I noticed when I logged in today that my ancestors were now grouped by generation (nice!). I’m wondering if maybe Ancestry has listened to user feedback and changed who they choose to display. Either way, I prefer what I am seeing now and a few interested people have better information for their trees, so it’s a win-win.</div>
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135. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/8863389448231579661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/my-thrulines-improved-i-doubt-it-was.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8863389448231579661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8863389448231579661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/my-thrulines-improved-i-doubt-it-was.html' title='My Thrulines improved! I doubt it was due to me'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5X1HyxNFrdE_jqCfbFQ4tXiW7IwFo88o-QxRKFP3o84xuUErjNew2D_HKv2BBpxYv2S_0co4-CGcif1ysHxJTf9gmV_YkIIZgIrtOx_E3TWL-K2KGDzU6opzoQbdjq2O0zbAjTOC2G-U/s72-c/GoodAncestor.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-6978774296604837599</id><published>2019-03-10T19:15:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2019-03-10T19:15:09.691+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AncestryDNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thrulines"/><title type='text'>Can I improve my Thrulines?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;AncestryDNA’s new beta feature, Thrulines, takes the work out of cobbling together your DNA matches’ trees to try and work out where your connection is. Overall, I think it’s great! It has come up with connections that would have taken me hours to work out on my own. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, it doesn’t always get it right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have one particular ‘Potential Ancestor’ suggestion that I know to be incorrect. What’s worse, it suggests replacing my good information about that ancestor with bad.&lt;div&gt;
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137. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6oQeimNNsasIBJ-yGiUpQNok4SkYQsq8iRNYJ-rF-JZI6mWpy3D4Ql1242mZ4MnKsnTeeCQQFVn4nT6TMZbeQZUJ4Oym7wQDzV3TSghBhLfJeXz0Iy5UJXlHHNJbe7Hxgc5obwcovLye/s1600/BadPotentialAncestor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="AncestryDNA Thrulines 'Potential Ancestor' card stamped 'Do not copy' and 'Denied'" border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6oQeimNNsasIBJ-yGiUpQNok4SkYQsq8iRNYJ-rF-JZI6mWpy3D4Ql1242mZ4MnKsnTeeCQQFVn4nT6TMZbeQZUJ4Oym7wQDzV3TSghBhLfJeXz0Iy5UJXlHHNJbe7Hxgc5obwcovLye/s1600/BadPotentialAncestor.jpg" title="Bad Potential Ancestor" /></a></td></tr>
138. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry Edward Flower Darcy, you never existed.</td></tr>
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141. Some might get upset about a suggestion to replace careful research with something incorrect. I can’t say I’m one of them. I do my own research before adding anything to my tree and if a hint isn’t right, I ignore it. I had that incorrect name in my own tree for many years and know it came from a death certificate, reported by a child who would never have know their grandparent. Due to people marrying at unexpected times, and dying in unexpected places, the correct information wasn’t easy to find.<br /><br />While I’m not upset, I would prefer to be given good hints. There are about 10 Ancestry trees with the old information for each Ancestry tree that has picked up my new research.<br /><br />I wonder what the tipping point is for Ancestry to shift its suggestion?<br /><br />As an experiment, I’ve sent a friendly message to 17 people who have the incorrect information in their tree and given them corrected information. It will be interesting to see how many respond to my message, and if the Thrulines suggestion changes.</div>
142. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/6978774296604837599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/can-i-improve-my-thrulines.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/6978774296604837599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/6978774296604837599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/03/can-i-improve-my-thrulines.html' title='Can I improve my Thrulines?'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6oQeimNNsasIBJ-yGiUpQNok4SkYQsq8iRNYJ-rF-JZI6mWpy3D4Ql1242mZ4MnKsnTeeCQQFVn4nT6TMZbeQZUJ4Oym7wQDzV3TSghBhLfJeXz0Iy5UJXlHHNJbe7Hxgc5obwcovLye/s72-c/BadPotentialAncestor.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-5975223260586228802</id><published>2019-02-01T14:12:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2019-02-01T14:14:39.716+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GenealogySelfieDay"/><title type='text'>Genealogy Selfie Day: Me and My Tree</title><content type='html'>The first of February is &lt;a href=&quot;http://conferencekeeper.org/genealogyselfie-day&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;genealogy selfie da&lt;/a&gt;y, apparently. Selfies are not one of my skills, but here goes!&lt;br /&gt;
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144. This is me in front of a <strong>big</strong> B0 size printout of my tree. I had it printed a few weeks ago, put haven’t put it on the wall yet. It’s held up here by two not-entirely-willing children. Given the mood of my assistants, I only had one shot at the picture. This was it.<br />
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152. This is an update of the chart I created back in February 2015 but only <a href="http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-recipe-to-get-kids-interested-in.html" target="_blank">put on the wall in 2017</a>. I had been adding new names to the ‘treetops’ by hand as I discovered them. It was nice to see the tree growing on the wall! But time for an update.<br />
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154. I created the new chart using <a href="http://www.family-historian.co.uk/" target="_blank">Family Historian</a> software and ordered <a href="https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/Print-And-Copy/Plans" target="_blank">plan printing</a> online from Officeworks. Plan printing is much cheaper than poster printing for the same size of document. The document has to have a low enough ink-to-paper ratio to qualify – a simple family tree chart like this qualifies easily. Because it doesn’t cost much to print, I could afford to experiment.<br />
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156. I included quite a lot of text for each person, occupation symbols, portraits if I had them and a few interesting pictures.&amp;nbsp; Next time I would make the text bigger. It’s going to be hard to read when it’s up on the wall. The portraits of each person worked out well enough for this purpose, the other pictures not so much.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/5975223260586228802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/02/genealogy-selfie-day-me-and-my-tree.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/5975223260586228802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/5975223260586228802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2019/02/genealogy-selfie-day-me-and-my-tree.html' title='Genealogy Selfie Day: Me and My Tree'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfEtP7aIv3vN2RBs2lHLQWLHKYsiS79_MsHE4Cr-khQSNK-TdLnZIvVJ_qEfKOVV3FF-fOVGKzlZNrgPPyvzKtdo01F-HSIo4EMIV-BF06cZOiOtxexO4qc79uzlx3GXQv6i2qDMC8ORr/s72-c/MeAndMyTree.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-5808279488728959532</id><published>2018-12-02T14:12:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2018-12-02T14:17:25.921+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Connected DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><title type='text'>Connected DNA</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I’m excited to announce that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.connecteddna.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Connected DNA&lt;/a&gt; is open for business! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.connecteddna.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;466&quot; height=&quot;349&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp78R4JCOth6knUAtwn2zc9MnmJzgaEdGSxY5755YxFJPfvE80P91WdEC3geWVNakt9iR-lJjvLxiofWMoRpCkmXTFAUaT3wwqR0aJug7AchqKKFwT68Mkj9Z2o2yIe3S5HS7iEGH9Vdpr/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is Connected DNA?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.connecteddna.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Connected DNA&lt;/a&gt; is the place to go if you would like me to create a network chart of your DNA matches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve spoken before about network charts and how useful I find them for sorting out and making sense of my DNA matches. While my series of posts with instructions for &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;how to do it yourself&lt;/a&gt; are still popular, not everyone has the time or inclination to go through the process.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, I can do it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope that you will visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.connecteddna.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Connected DNA&lt;/a&gt; and see what’s on offer. To keep up with new products as I develop them please ‘Like’ the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedDNA/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Connected DNA Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;. At present I offer charts based on Ancestry DNA data for a single profile, or for any number of full siblings. I intend to expand the products offered to other sources of data and novel combinations of profiles (truly customised to your unique needs!) – among other things – in the not-too-distant future.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile if you want a map of your matches for Christmas you’d better get in quick! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This blog, Twigs of Yore, remains my personal genealogy blog. I intend to continue blogging here from time to time about my own research progress and whatever genealogy topic takes my interest. &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/5808279488728959532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/12/connected-dna.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/5808279488728959532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/5808279488728959532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/12/connected-dna.html' title='Connected DNA'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp78R4JCOth6knUAtwn2zc9MnmJzgaEdGSxY5755YxFJPfvE80P91WdEC3geWVNakt9iR-lJjvLxiofWMoRpCkmXTFAUaT3wwqR0aJug7AchqKKFwT68Mkj9Z2o2yIe3S5HS7iEGH9Vdpr/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-8757931474238193657</id><published>2018-06-29T21:43:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2018-06-29T21:43:11.768+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quiz"/><title type='text'>AncestryDNA Shared Match Quiz: Results</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/06/quiz-ancestrydna-shared-matches.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;AncestryDNA Shared Match Quiz&lt;/a&gt;? If not, give it a go. The results will still be here when you come back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it made your head spin, don’t despair. You were not alone. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Total score&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;As at this morning, there were 812 valid responses to the quiz. Of these, 465 scored less than 5/10. Only 13 responses scored full marks. It appears I’m a tough quizmaster.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4eZaisGq6Haypbmgk06Mi2M1t_kHhQ-4T3WeMrEkofgd2SZJWC5jTwnTS1LWzx7yioag4Bm4OkAB7KpM0cCsgaS-rzrkI_1oooQCtRJ21MbDLn_6M1VLUONXqxPuPv-7IPnqJoy9RCjz/s1600-h/image%255B7%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;572&quot; height=&quot;307&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYswGG5Mo_kdiqHscpb_8wAL4HCdhuBT6EZd8AJYfos5ewj_fbRNjHjfJy01g4VapQiSO9X4wUspBf1DLspLSCh1AJxmZSeOCEsb7DxBJHiRxdmD-q3OAIkk9Rc6Cls1tWR6qP3yuc_Qc/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Results by question&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions 1 to 5 &lt;/strong&gt;considered shared matches with an estimated 4th or closer cousin. The questions were:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Betty is your estimated &quot;3rd to 4th&quot; cousin and shares 153cM with you. When you view her match page, you see three shared matches. &lt;p&gt;1. How many matches do you and Betty share in total? That is, how many people who appear anywhere in your full match list also appear anywhere in Betty&#39;s full match list?&lt;p&gt;2. Of the three shared matches on Betty&#39;s match page, how many share at least 20cM with you?&lt;p&gt;3. Of the three shared matches on Betty&#39;s match page, how many share at least 20cM with Betty?&lt;p&gt;4. Betty logs into her account and looks at your match page. How many shared matches does Betty see?&lt;p&gt;5. Betty logs into her account and looks at your match page. How many of them are the same people you see?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;These were intended to be the easiest questions, and the results showed that generally speaking they were. Even so, only around 60% of respondents answered question 1 correctly. Question 1 tested if the respondent knew that there was a limit on the shared matches shown, without requiring knowledge of what the limit was. That’s around 40% who did not provide a correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_icC9sRkiK9vxVWEUsuDsTcnsGyZOuV1ZkQ14GH6ZKn9PCkCfhzpAcF-TVRBZ672wnraN0dTyM_nytBnYHYTALez9lTlILOj86MoDmLjHZey2stxqbFEBIMbVze8A98heTbxy7-c30ZzJ/s1600-h/image%255B11%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;572&quot; height=&quot;307&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMkLpDS9cNhMP__4CQNft1oopzXjMJpEBEMy2bJgaxhl8dpZG54S7YHNUgN8Yq5ySTseqUsELpJvnwmbelCuEgiRaGxpYyrfD8IbJx6KVH9Jg78BuPTzG0OALr_KPK5OSp58FOXUxuhrS/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions 6 to 10&lt;/strong&gt; looked at shared matches with a distant relative and his daughter. The preliminary instructions said to assume that the shared DNA estimates are accurate and that the trees involved don&#39;t have intermarriage or additional coincidental relationships.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;John is your estimated &quot;5th to 8th&quot; cousin (actually a 6th cousin). He shares 8.3cM with you. On his match page you can see five shared matches. &lt;p&gt;6. How much DNA does the most distant of those five matches share with you?&lt;p&gt;John&#39;s daughter, Jane, has also DNA tested with Ancestry. As his daughter, she is John&#39;s closest match. Jane is a DNA match to you.&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;7. Still thinking about your view of John&#39;s match page, assess this statement: Jane is the top entry in John&#39;s shared match list with you.&lt;p&gt;8. You see Betty (your third cousin, shares 153cM) when you look at John&#39;s (your 6th cousin, shares 8.3cM) shared match list with you. How much DNA does John share with Betty?&lt;p&gt;9. If Betty logged in to her account and looked at YOUR match page, would she see John in the shared match list?&lt;p&gt;10. If Betty then navigated to John&#39;s match page, would she see you in the shared match list?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 6 required application of the knowledge that there’s a threshold. Questions 7 and 8 required application of that knowledge together with the concept that while a threshold includes some relationships, it excludes others. Questions 9 and 10 were intended to be the most difficult as they took the same scenarios but considered them from the point of view of the DNA match. Overall, questions 7 to 10 had a lower share of correct answers submitted, at around 25% for each question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was curious to see which questions tripped up people with high scores. The results below are only for responses that scored 7, 8 or 9.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uz47Lo6S4bAaJz8QesGCdB2wOlSO71ftyG3zKHAPZQl3HmY3FutujqBe83jQ_if3zT15wyXjts5fcd3nKpdVPIOna1VhCe3IkwstYBj8P4FevsooDX24Jk-Vb_FiXn0bvnEk7dloajkD/s1600-h/image%255B19%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;572&quot; height=&quot;307&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h5QT6g0H5M4RR-xX3nt3B8dnBEX0iNxjECHbFbp8UtmV6Gb5mVeK2S4XaLcHD36taNB_0Swp3dICAm2YnVKk4xdIm-78w807L2fde5y5ZeCdw2MfSwAniSJGQJwLjymCzOwFhK7FQZlG/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had expected question 9 or 10 to cause the most problems, but question 7 won that prize. To answer correctly, respondents needed to know that if two matches were distant to them, they would not see a shared relationship between the two distant matches, no matter how closely related the two distant matches were to each other. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wrote this questions because I’ve come across a similar situation – and been confused by it! – when working with my own matches. The situation I faced was identical twins who didn’t show up as shared matches. The reason seems obvious to me now, but had me scratching my head at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I plan on leaving the quiz open indefinitely, so if you ever wish to go back and try again it will be there.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/8757931474238193657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/06/ancestrydna-shared-match-quiz-results.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8757931474238193657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8757931474238193657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/06/ancestrydna-shared-match-quiz-results.html' title='AncestryDNA Shared Match Quiz: Results'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYswGG5Mo_kdiqHscpb_8wAL4HCdhuBT6EZd8AJYfos5ewj_fbRNjHjfJy01g4VapQiSO9X4wUspBf1DLspLSCh1AJxmZSeOCEsb7DxBJHiRxdmD-q3OAIkk9Rc6Cls1tWR6qP3yuc_Qc/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-8836783635534728997</id><published>2018-06-22T00:06:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2018-06-22T14:18:49.348+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quiz"/><title type='text'>Quiz: AncestryDNA Shared Matches</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ancestry.com/dna&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;AncestryDNA&lt;/a&gt; shared matches have some quirks that can be confusing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you understand which shared matches relationships are in, and just as importantly, which are out? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Test your knowledge with this quiz! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
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158. &lt;iframe width=&quot;700&quot; height=&quot;2000&quot; src=&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4Y0GixaR4FTaTjplWktqOJ1IZd0GC0MdCPuwA5zyELBYkBA/viewform?embedded=true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot;&gt;Loading...&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/8836783635534728997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/06/quiz-ancestrydna-shared-matches.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8836783635534728997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8836783635534728997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/06/quiz-ancestrydna-shared-matches.html' title='Quiz: AncestryDNA Shared Matches'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-6749725628090779547</id><published>2018-03-14T22:43:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2018-03-14T22:43:29.936+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Congress 2018"/><title type='text'>Congress 2018 wrap-up</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Four days - a busy blur of conference sessions and group gatherings for meals or photos. Now Congress 2018 has ended, and hundreds of delegates have returned home. I expect that like me they were sad to see it end, but ready for a break and a chance to put all they’d learnt into action. &lt;img width=&quot;242&quot; height=&quot;322&quot; title=&quot;Conference bling&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;float: right; display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Conference tag with ribbons attached, string of beads.&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUWgzUsjcn4ZW84PQLLbyHW1x91vKOrg7HCLEN8NrO1OzYCuOq8Ozot88NdY1lkk5npYU-QlrNv2lxe_Se-ttjaJ6MOG5MoUAxdCuv8mkwl1j06DHk4l2G9UkEbVrNh18OCfOvpTJpoRV/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There was a good selection of both local and international speakers, but the speakers are only part of the experience. Jill Ball of &lt;a href=&quot;http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GeniAus&lt;/a&gt; did an exceptional job of extending the community spirit and camaraderie that exists among genealogy bloggers to the non-blogging conference goers. Or at least that’s how it appeared to me, and I hope that’s how they felt about it! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I caught up with friends I had met online or at the Canberra conference in 2015, with my cousin who was also attending, and also made/met some new friends. I don’t want to name names or I will be sure to leave someone out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I delivered my presentation on &lt;em&gt;Visualising DNA Matches with Network Graphs &lt;/em&gt;on Sunday evening. The conference started on Friday so there were three days for my nerves to build, but also three days to settle in and feel like part of the genealogy community. Several people told me afterwards that they were keen to try graphing their DNA matches, or spoke to me about the insights they had already gained through doing so. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve run through my notes and made a list of things to try, or thoughts to hang on to. Some of my top items:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Need to investigate the journals section of &lt;a href=&quot;http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Trove&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Possible purchase: &lt;em&gt;Farewell my Children &lt;/em&gt;by Richard E Reid (after hearing &lt;a href=&quot;https://cassmob.wordpress.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pauleen Cass&lt;/a&gt; talk) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why don’t I have a copy of Phillimore’s Atlas?! Must fix that (several talks prompted this thought).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Need to take a proper look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dustydocs.com.au/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DustyDocs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Judy Russell (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legalgenealogist.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Legal Genealogist&lt;/a&gt;) provided links to sites with public domain photos – bookmark them. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Freemason records! Now that I’ve learnt more about these I definitely want to follow up on the Freemasons in my family.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lewis’ gazetteer – get hold of that too.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lisalouisecooke.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lisa Louise Cooke&lt;/a&gt; spoke about using Google Earth Pro. I realised I already have it on my computer and promptly lost several hours playing with it. She said that would happen…&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A couple of blog tweaks I should probably make after hearing Jill Ball talk about Beaut Blogs. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the highlights was meeting international speaker, Judy Russell (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legalgenealogist.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Legal Genealogist&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;379&quot; title=&quot;Shelley Crawford and Judy Russell&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Shelley Crawford and Judy Russell&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHp1pBVLMLX2ErYSc28bC68wS-FMitcbVEHbm832_hYwwKeGiAIysT1xeddHxB7mMSB3jcKeghFJh0E9VClLxf6PmMis8b7dyqD2pUoB48Zl9n_dH24Po07u8zL3ysCMjuU8UYpBla4Ik/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is one of the few photos I have of people – I really should have taken more. Between lunches, dinners, group photos and other get togethers it felt like I had taken a million, but apparently not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was very disappointing to hear that none of the Societies have put their hand up to host the next Congress. I hope that we will hear good news on that front soon. I will be more than ready to go to another conference in three years from now.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/6749725628090779547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/03/congress-2018-wrap-up.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/6749725628090779547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/6749725628090779547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/03/congress-2018-wrap-up.html' title='Congress 2018 wrap-up'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUWgzUsjcn4ZW84PQLLbyHW1x91vKOrg7HCLEN8NrO1OzYCuOq8Ozot88NdY1lkk5npYU-QlrNv2lxe_Se-ttjaJ6MOG5MoUAxdCuv8mkwl1j06DHk4l2G9UkEbVrNh18OCfOvpTJpoRV/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-5685446521989719687</id><published>2018-03-03T19:59:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2018-03-05T21:40:43.854+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="analysis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><title type='text'>Triangulation is the icing, not the cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I’m seeing more and more DNA network graphing activity going on. I’m so pleased to see that there are tools being developed to make this type of approach widely available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One concern I have with these new developments is the exclusive use of “triangulated” segments to link between two DNA matches. By triangulated segments I mean segments of DNA that you and &lt;strong&gt;two &lt;/strong&gt;of your DNA matches all have in common. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don&#39;t get me wrong - triangulation is a very good thing. If you have a triangulated DNA segment, there’s a very good chance that all three of you inherited it from the same ancestor (whoever that may be). Sticking to triangulated segments only is appealing and seems an intuitively sensible choice – they provide a degree of confidence because you know that the relationships you see are relevant to your ancestry. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My contention is that the addition of DNA relationships that &lt;strong&gt;don’t&lt;/strong&gt; have triangulated segments is essential to find groups of mid range – say 2nd to 4th - cousins descended from a common ancestor among a set of matches. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The triangulated view&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is a layout of triangulated segments extracted from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gedmatch.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gedmatch&lt;/a&gt; using the Tier 1 triangulation report (chart produced with &lt;a href=&quot;https://gephi.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gephi&lt;/a&gt;). Many of the groups here – particularly the large groups – are very distant relatives. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Notice the four pink dots? They are known cousins who all share a common ancestor. They match me and each other in the 1st cousin once removed to fourth cousin range. Only one of the six possible pairings of the four shows a triangulated segment! And that line is between the two more distant (to me) matches. If I didn’t know that all four of them had a common ancestor there would not be much in the chart that compelled me to pursue how those four people match. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbUohvAS54zrfI6mZlFQWm7MahdqxOJUKod43AyxF9Kw9_8jMFBV8F8-hElGh9-N6qAox2wKoTS7mtSqW2n_zl6h4DR9ALye_t6gAHjxzj_SXU5UbUWCZhq4uryCgw_LR6oUaYUYa91r7/s1600-h/image16%255B4%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; title=&quot;Network graph with triangulated segments&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Chart showing distinct separated clusters of dots and lines&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaJTZLf1gk9YXZSPBMYDO2shdZ6ARTzOuyUElhz6uk23zL-AumZDZYYyNTVeVCsZp395z7-zKHGP6s2aZNIBqI1BPWQLYp7FVsJJv2V6J6tOMopAFxyBMRRS_b3uztOH9NTCx4V1AKEcY/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The untriangulated view&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is a different view of the data, taking a different approach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here I added in shared match information from Gedmatch’s “People who match one or both of two kits” report for all my matches over 20 &lt;a href=&quot;https://isogg.org/wiki/CentiMorgan&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;centiMorgans&lt;/a&gt; (cM) . This includes pairs of matches without any triangulated (with me) segments. In the chart I have limited the matches shown those who share 20cM with me AND with each other. This is similar to but slightly more inclusive than Ancestry’s thresholds (there’s another post in what Ancestry does that I may write one day). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;blue&lt;/font&gt; lines indicate the match pair has at least one shared segment in common with me. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#a5a5a5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#666666&quot;&gt;Grey&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;lines indicate that the people at each end of the line match each other, but there is no overlap of segments between the pair of matches and me.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I needed to limit the connections between people on the amount of DNA they shared with each other in order to stop the number of links in the chart from becoming ridiculous – and I have no known endogamy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I should also mention that in both these charts, thicker lines indicate larger shared cM amounts between the pairs of matches. The thickest lines are parent/child or sibling relationships. The size of the dot reflects the relationship with me. Larger dots are closer relatives. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhknmU5CQT1NgJIVVb7nC96yBk9CReE5iDrgMkjpdiLwe3SsnWLt4nxK7wemraosuinxctPt2xPcpv70CmACKZ_6H5_rgXc1O7lWXZhQtTzySgjKquX_GiQO7fmYCITD5B9gVSp_X7WKU/s1600-h/image%255B31%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;591&quot; title=&quot;Filtered network chart with untriangulated segments&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Chart with sparse but interconnected dots and lines, with a few distinct clusters&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2cWE3DHh7AVw3MYyN5mrY2vEheAQkx4SfX2j2BipeaSGVRAK3JhPNi6zTMVxtYDkEYMLRZMtOWnvU9t9kCETw4HHAxD-FSbRyH-XeUUzDdrGeNSIXRjuzbgjUqkb3RuCME9XsjLL0nBb/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quite a different picture. While I’ve lost a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of distant matches, there is now the suggestion of a grouping with my known cousins. The chart is more interlinked – some of these links may be coincidental relationships nothing to do with my tree.&amp;nbsp; I would look upon single links between clusters with suspicion but not dismiss them entirely. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are some some clusters entirely made up of “untriangulated” match pairs including relatives closer than 20cM to me who do NOT show up in the triangulated only version above. These are clusters that are close enough that I might be able to determine the common ancestor with a little digging.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is what I am seeing with my four cousins a one-in-a-million random chance occurrence?&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyj3MzdjZ4ZJTlVlak_ztQEa1PYjeR_O0ulcn9GiKktQT1K3Gexxu5Z2tLFrdRjmEdJzErlMJdd7zuURg1xlnof9YX9RcDqwxFrH_BPhYbqJzmy6RlwdYsLAY8CNFHSm8iAa9nUqIsvpe/s1600-h/image15&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;301&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; title=&quot;FTDNA chromosome browser&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;border-image: none; float: right; display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Chromosome browser view with blue and orange segment markers that don&#39;t overlap&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8bP_eXNYAdyJI0J5YwHJP_VJx2C9IP4SLC8u9NIvX8IjDdpvVFe1np9VlpzhkATHjwFAqZvrbT1JIzs25aCoPmeNSwLQgNZRewU39nzvetpmJlYUAMxdvXaYbKQne-7yVIS6HIKDHnqP/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don’t think so. I suspect that there’s a higher chance of relatives in a researchable timeframe not sharing a triangulated segment than one may imagine. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here’s another example – a &lt;a href=&quot;http://familytreedna.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Family Tree DNA&lt;/a&gt; chromosome browser view of two people who share one great-great grandparent with me. They are more closely related to each other. There is ample paper and other DNA evidence to say that the relationship is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No stacked blue and orange lines = no triangulated segments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once again, if I didn’t already know about it, a connection between these two people is exactly what I would want to find in my data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would be interested to know if readers can find further examples of close matches that don’t triangulate in their data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if triangulated matches between closer relatives are so hard to come by, why those big clusters of distant triangulated relationships?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As each generation passes, you are less likely to inherit DNA from a particular ancestor. For a very distant ancestor you may have only one segment, if any. Each ancestor, however, has on average an increasing number of descendants with each generation. The chances of another descendant having the same inherited segment as you are slim… &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; there are a &lt;em&gt;lot &lt;/em&gt;of other descendants. A small fraction of them &lt;strong&gt;do &lt;/strong&gt;inherit that same segment. If they DNA test, they all match in common with each other on that one segment and become a cluster in the chart. You can see it when you look at the chromosome data for the matches in a big cluster – they all match in a big stack at one location.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keeping only triangulated segments is cleaner and increases the chance that the relationship you see is due to a shared ancestor – but that doesn’t necessarily make them more helpful for research. There is a risk of losing close match information that could be researched, for the sake of distant match information beyond paper trail timeframes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Finding the balance&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;A compromise position that trimmed off untriangulated relationships for distant relatives, but kept them where there was a close relationship, might be the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The version of the graph below uses the same thresholds as the untriangulated chart (20cM shared with me, 20cM shared between match pairs), but then adds in &lt;strong&gt;all &lt;/strong&gt;triangulated segments between pairs of people who each share 20 cM or more with me. This adds in a few more matches, and the addition of the less close triangulated lines support some of the untriangulated clusters. I now have a good picture of that group of four known matches in pink. There is a winding path of untriangulated matches connecting several of the triangulated (and untriangulated) groups. While they complicate the picture they do alert me to the possibility that my tree may have intermarriage that I’m not aware of. It’s messy, but not necessarily a bad thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn31wDIYKHMbLz4LYgcIJaF_NBPe03dg4r-xLqcYycZaEKLkrBmEfGQiAWYf8Q_A8T6r1Elwjo4-3qykqwMWs9_1lBBt5xA1SsqmCxABjSC4XwHn5IQIZ3mwQ0pHF9nDWDuqX5-eXGHSYS/s1600-h/image%255B32%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;582&quot; title=&quot;Combined segment network chart&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Network chart showing interconnected lines, with a moderate number of distinct clusters&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t2krat-5_cQrGyldv15XQO1jbJXqZOvzaiQkJbuYOufPQ2fB-nayr1jKQGniVyTFMYX-9q74N8u2EspqzznJAl8Y_um94gwxVgroAZ9ZeuYgFT-YMvCko2_JQO3C_OOYHEEgxhvmIx1u/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;DNA products and datasets&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would like to see DNA matching datasets (or products made from them) with as many as possible of the following attributes: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inclusion of close in-common-with relationships that &lt;em&gt;don’t &lt;/em&gt;have triangulated segments.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Data on the strength of the total connection between pairs of matches (ie or edge filters using this information).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ability to distinguish between match pairs with and without triangulated segments.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ability to set different thresholds for triangulated and non-triangulated edges. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inclusion of total match size for each match.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Triangulated segments are the icing, not the cake.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope that as more products and data extraction capabilities are developed some of these ideas will be incorporated. You can help by giving developers a push along these lines when you provide feedback about their products.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ-95f0AJa3VAJvWJUKeUUGg1kVMDwz4FMIBJfJKwlUeln5T4MmCKKI-EHObD_whxbs6uyPX8jfm-59CJiRbUuzbEFh0nvd8suRGKju2tYnn0qOQytKVLs0HMtlEPqoqnlev2WWlOqiof/s1600-h/image13&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOBePjJ9OH1KQDISClfnerB2vT5G0WY6tcRRpw-KqIJRcwvPhenwtKQANLccYOM8loVe3kSJBCH6S6TaD-tz0v7t4JVj2Re9vcXBKA1Xu6MTe7HAIhdWSIK0AJ0181iyTjb3x_dvkCvPT/s1600-h/image%255B9%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/5685446521989719687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/03/triangulation-is-icing-not-cake.html#comment-form' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/5685446521989719687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/5685446521989719687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/03/triangulation-is-icing-not-cake.html' title='Triangulation is the icing, not the cake'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaJTZLf1gk9YXZSPBMYDO2shdZ6ARTzOuyUElhz6uk23zL-AumZDZYYyNTVeVCsZp395z7-zKHGP6s2aZNIBqI1BPWQLYp7FVsJJv2V6J6tOMopAFxyBMRRS_b3uztOH9NTCx4V1AKEcY/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-7683908932418411959</id><published>2018-02-23T16:39:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2018-02-23T16:39:45.139+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Congress 2018"/><title type='text'>Getting ready for Congress 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The biggest event on Australia’s genealogy calendar is the triennial &lt;a href=&quot;https://ashm.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/congress2018/genealogyheraldry&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry&lt;/a&gt; and it’s only two weeks away (Friday 9 to Monday 12 March). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Travelling to another city to attend a genealogy conference takes time and money, and if you don’t know anyone it’s intimidating. Perhaps that’s why I had never felt moved to attend until three years ago when it was was held in my home town. I enjoyed the conference immensely and got a lot from it. After that experience, I had no doubts about going to the next one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are going to be two big differences (that I know about) between my experience this time and last time. First, I’ll need to travel. Second, this time around I’ll be speaking at the conference which adds a few substantial to-do items and I’m sure will give me a new perspective on the event. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve been reading Jill Ball’s (aka &lt;a href=&quot;http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GeniAus&lt;/a&gt;) posts about &lt;a href=&quot;http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Preparation&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;preparing for Congress (and other conferences)&lt;/a&gt; with interest, and adding relevant items to my own checklist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let’s see how I’m doing with preparations:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conference Registration: &lt;/strong&gt;Done, as soon as registrations opened. I also paid for a seat at the conference dinner.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Work: &lt;/strong&gt;Leave request submitted and approved.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Family: &lt;/strong&gt;Leave request submitted and approved. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accommodation: &lt;/strong&gt;Booked and paid for. I’ve arranged to share rental of a small house near the venue with two other genealogists. It’s going to be fun! &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travel to Sydney: &lt;/strong&gt;Booked. Although I usually prefer to take the train, this time I chose the bus. It’s quicker, a little cheaper, but most importantly the timetable is more flexible. I can return home at a civilised hour and get to work the next day in a fit state to do some work. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travel within Sydney:&lt;/strong&gt; I’m close enough to the venue that I will be able to walk. I’m sure I’ll appreciate a bit of exercise at the start and end of each day. I already have an Opal card from previous visits to Sydney for when I need to use public transport. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Devices: &lt;/strong&gt;I’m planning on taking my phone and my laptop. I need to make sure any information I might want is synced to the laptop. &lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;Still to do. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;Note taking:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;While I like technology for storage, I prefer to take notes on paper. I have a Whitelines note book with a hard cover that I plan to use. The pages are light grey with a white grid, and it comes with an app that will hide the grey background, resize and sync to wherever you want online. It will be easy to keep a soft copy of any of my scribbles that I think are worth keeping.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact cards: &lt;/strong&gt;I’ve had a small batch of business cards printed up with details of this blog, various contact details for me, and family surnames I’m researching. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blogger beads: &lt;/strong&gt;If you’re not a blogger, you might not be aware of the trend at US genealogy conferences for bloggers to wear identifying beads. Jill Ball has imported this to Australia and it’s a fun way to break the ice at events. I’ve put my hand up for some. Thanks Jill!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clothing: &lt;/strong&gt;It’s too soon to pack my bags, but I’ve invested in some new comfortable shoes that I can test out and break in before the day. I’m not too worried about attire for the conference days, but I still need to work out what I will wear to the conference dinner. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speech: &lt;/strong&gt;I’ve submitted my handouts and slides to the organisers. All I have to do is continue to practice – and keep an eye on developments relating to my topic. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think I’m as ready as I need to be at this stage. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let the countdown commence!&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/7683908932418411959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/02/getting-ready-for-congress-2018.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/7683908932418411959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/7683908932418411959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/02/getting-ready-for-congress-2018.html' title='Getting ready for Congress 2018'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-4070866783058807237</id><published>2018-01-03T13:05:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2018-01-03T13:10:01.341+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 10-Colour Coding</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This is the tenth part of a series of posts about visualising Ancestry DNA matches with network graphs. You can find the index to the posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. In this post, I’ll show you how to colour code your matches. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The material in this post is what I have been most looking forward to showing you. There is&lt;strong&gt; so much you can do with colour coding&lt;/strong&gt;! I’ll provide a few ideas and examples, but would love to see what else you come up with. Tell me about it in the comments, or join the freshly minted&lt;em&gt; Network Graphs for Genetic Genealogy&lt;/em&gt; Facebook group &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/groups/NetworkGraphsForGeneticGenealogy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;What information can I colour code on?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can colour code on whatever you want! If you can get it into a column you can colour code on it. For a start, here are some ideas with &lt;em&gt;no data manipulation required &lt;/em&gt;(although you may need to load extra columns from your matches file):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Starred matches. Where do those people you were interested in fit?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Viewed matches. Immediately spot critical new matches.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shared ancestor hints. Have you checked them all out?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Numerical information – eg SharedCM, Shared Segments – can be used to create a &lt;strong&gt;heat map&lt;/strong&gt; to help spot clusters of closer or more distant matches.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manually add a column with the &lt;strong&gt;branch&lt;/strong&gt; that a known matches belong to, and colour code on that. This can help to identify clusters from a particular part of your tree. I recommend only colouring matches that you know &lt;strong&gt;for sure&lt;/strong&gt; belong to a particular branch. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you’re able to use Excel or a database tool to manipulate the data yourself, even more options are available. For instance I have found it very useful to download the ‘ancestors’ file (using the DNAGedcom client) which contains a lists of ancestors for your matches who have their DNA connected to a public tree:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matches with a particular &lt;strong&gt;surname&lt;/strong&gt; or surnames in their tree. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matches with a particular &lt;strong&gt;place&lt;/strong&gt; or places in their tree.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;These examples don’t work so well with names like “Smith” – but are fantastic for finding clusters with less common names or from a particular region.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Get the settings right&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Colour by vertex&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The default setting, once groups have been created, is to colour by group. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In order to apply colours by person, we’ll need to tell NodeXL to &#39;colour by vertex’ instead. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon&amp;nbsp; &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Groups&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Group Options…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAYM6yVkleE0vlNOQ08nfqAesQ7FoS0cnrwaijvJkdNFz1_YBvpeE5LXtzax4p5Au7_S2DjGLSIiGBAE2L_YgR_oy6kdUljzG76d8NgsmpygCv7JHJwrY6HVu9ivTvwfmDGp_h-nZ10kx/s1600-h/image3&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;318&quot; height=&quot;488&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmC2oqDvmekYYJfPLhVKbjemjsIjUnQJyrSGIqhreCdqz85NupXoopudflL-NiLrvs1xbjjRsAMyQL89BMwRaPxwNseXHKH5FaD8StJXCoBSKwWxIHIKaOeAHvmlY6HimEbTmksASOnAx/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select “The colors specified in the Color column on the Vertices worksheet”&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhyoW-PmG89RgzcNV8q-zmgTPLyFzg8l8tdiWDh4-zMdYg5u1B4so6V1BPb7WmL1v-NubSJvfWVIgd4xtai8Wor5WvnLGFA9kq52HzCuNsPGM-Kxje4fZKU1-5v5ZKrXxqnIDFUqsuyl2/s1600-h/image7&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;446&quot; height=&quot;405&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8XtQn3td_gDsvf_oUqt-wuZhVDThg7l5KVtk5u_T88Em2M0C5cmskjA6wS9f3ITsgOivZ2hqLXEDRso7cT1ge9xSDeGvfaxd_AZnrDYOF8P8aTWOcQUyQa6fWcmslmpnbFxhxq4xCxdO/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;At this point all the dots will change to the default Vertex colour (black). If you want to return to group by group colours you can change back at any time by selecting “The colors specified in the Vertex Color column on the Groups worksheet”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Prevent the nodes from moving&amp;nbsp; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each time when you change the colours you will need to refresh the graph to apply the change. The chart layout will be applied again, and the nodes will move. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like the nodes where they and &lt;strong&gt;don’t &lt;/strong&gt;want them moving about you can keep them in place:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set the layout algorithm to “None” &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Highlight the nodes of interest and click the &lt;strong&gt;Lock &lt;/strong&gt;button to lock them in place.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZF7CqogorCesjvinJ1wQXRn_KZv1u3b319XK5ETmBw5ryBcwO-14GgGJp6Jv8whIrt_iu0Aa3BWt8r7feFkmh97QD_0dhE2hWLrBwuyL1iF0VlkfHWD6lfG88q0idilTWcZCmyM5mb1Y/s1600-h/image20&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;612&quot; height=&quot;109&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIc9bJTuG6QZiDjNjchpmZC9pxOuJPMXyxqLPypThJdp0m4SriJv7BXtDbxvEg7O9f1PzMguD-qidA0sxTZE9z4mfGC2V5jJdPDQ2GemnYtUh7WtNF5hRWhrga16UCeQIS3SmzouCTcy1v/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;(highlight them and click the &lt;strong&gt;Key &lt;/strong&gt;button to allow them to move again when you refresh the layout, if desired).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Applying colour a few nodes at a time&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manual methods are useful if you only want to apply colour to a few nodes &lt;strong&gt;and &lt;/strong&gt;don’t want or need to switch between different colour schemes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The easiest method is to select a node or nodes from the chart using the &lt;strong&gt;Select&lt;/strong&gt; tool.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFbG5_sImSLkDNDJwC00l2kLQWVagewIKoE2D3NDRemzSHwvoSQDWFsXvxrQ9_rkg_4XmiGH927KHkqCMl3G60134ldLJ6Ri7VI3T4GPjo7xcmlpYwI92BrAhuJtcpa_Ms5jb-DYZeAvi/s1600-h/image411&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;238&quot; height=&quot;73&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXZa4DH0fAXpVHlRD62YyGAehgg5jAPXFSYV-VQrgz6gqYVPLe6aWxjEJ_k7-3o8NqruRg3QxqJZlc13EIeENE53I_vLFVVM6FlO8bnK01fbVg7th9_ANJtAy0fBwwX_aP768XvgNvat0/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the nodes of interest. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choose a colour using the colour picker on the &lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic&lt;/strong&gt; ribbon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtk-wrGQhIBRl80JApZOxss38oeNyDejSQ2PSGWPkVHkl2M0PGK8EG26LpbFD7ikJRPwYsbhYO88CkrU79GgRxHmLiJiy67LXx7ob_02-LZEzlxItkeXOF5dEza5AgWfVL9WEurQgoi2P/s1600-h/image81&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;419&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLyoPqLAcj7UEx8NXgVKHwIhq9hEAzNErlG3rmztXbFzWJCzrO-crAvZM5bFfmc6R5YOnLa5Fr_9T2peD0wN82tatZZR420waHvAR8F-rKLt2rAGnajpl9Ye5H6jXhMt6d3qlio_VD-aE/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Refresh Graph &lt;/strong&gt;button to apply the changes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enter a colour directly into the ‘Color’ column on the Vertices worksheet. If the column is not already visible you can show it both the Edges and Vertices worksheets via the &lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic &lt;/strong&gt;Ribbon &amp;gt; &lt;strong&gt;Workbook Columns &lt;/strong&gt;button. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;Color &lt;/strong&gt;column:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Right click&lt;/strong&gt; and selecting a colour using the “Select Color” menu option, or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Type in an RGB colour reference in the format R, G, B. For example, 0, 255, 255, or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Type in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colors.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CSS colour name&lt;/a&gt;. For example, DarkSeaGreen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Refresh Graph &lt;/strong&gt;button to apply the changes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Apply colour in bulk – &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;the real fun begins&lt;/font&gt;!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applying colour (or other formatting choices) in bulk is &lt;em&gt;very &lt;/em&gt;easy. If it’s in a column, you can colour code with it. It doesn’t matter how that information was entered in the column – loaded in, typed, derived by a formula – or what type of data it is. Pick one of the ideas I listed at the start of the post, and try it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply colour via the &lt;strong&gt;Autofill Columns &lt;/strong&gt;button on the &lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsNR3kyEvc1UXbcVppgY22BGtVYC-zQk_8IB8_75At_026QzbfKzhq8OzBYURnOhi4jN1SWLVdlNtPWw6kSUw9wkxV-nfI9wFFBEaJhvXIQR6mFnM9vpd5VtvPQfLWvjnsvX47ZkFYG-Y/s1600-h/image14&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;238&quot; height=&quot;135&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUokXEXhJ91cw02rPDhStBtcFw9a1Zd2zqP0I3W1qYeY_i4Bm3mvFhE3s_vi4FMOkpB31ODki4seDNQPrO15eGmxritXUQMEWaBT4UxUgJ4sSzjIlJdE8_5sK-3HZoT3MsnGZqfkoyDuFX/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you have previously applied colour (whether manually or by using this control) choose the option to “Clear Vertex Color Column Now” to start fresh. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Sc-gGs4lPV807cNEnzpFpyGZsIMKHPIIHNZ4vcQsTJmyvSOjGJq1i6iZsxTJrO-oNtL1F_qn9Nxdr_CL_Skn9mGWKwNWBAy1PDKIHu-8aWNKM5gSZLlCpoPQSlGY6mmGUCRFMvmhJmfG/s1600-h/image12&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;692&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSASMtJdVHEEoHY6zIhOF0oM59pSrlQaoXKLKCtqfvqX4VFlTc81z9HjB5tJL0G9Nx48OnYeWSFHPyHq4ciyqbjlMvBQll1aOa7pv5d2fxYNvg6iBwO9QlpyJMJ9B7w7oFfpAT4vS8itVK/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the column to code on from the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Colour &lt;/strong&gt;dropdown box.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check the settings under “Vertex Color Options….”. &lt;br&gt;If you are colour coding on text values choose “Categories” from the dropdown box at the top left and click OK. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you want to colour code using a numerical scale, choose “Numbers” and more options will appear. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-Oj8fK_cNr6bWN8xLtDkAvB0rK60hYzoIKl3pvZsie9eGT4YNI6jhToxEYLqAhw8CG_-CTt-9ibor_W5eKYBZlbNQx4Od5OTs926S1R3xxbYBRxowZU9XBa89Vj7hLzphJtp0WKs1Ob7/s1600-h/image16&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;390&quot; height=&quot;158&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULKk83NdSiYrhchnSEhj81z9tKNcT3c4oB67GYFnK7Ug2fcJC0p-34OpPT-swIUHjVcdxxbx-L30seGaj7RpUL6OM2HQwnnHfhhWp57OWMgkYJ4HzuCMcYt8vq1mHgtrsQT3GfVNb5nMk/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;View the legend&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once of the useful features of automatic colour coding is that NodeXL will generate a legend for you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Show the legend at the bottom of the chart, via the &lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon &amp;gt; &lt;strong&gt;Graph Elements &lt;/strong&gt;button.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5F0xrcMJ0X4NoxQ_Kp8kwRS8y_mA0-7_JbDhWRzGoygNVpRB15bvhmFFFyzVio5iaDJ7LOnFPwN2_dv6mGMOj82jVZPS50akQaEp1H13Gv0ZALoFZLdaLx9OcM4BGvc14hmIo3vqWJmd/s1600-h/image4&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;471&quot; height=&quot;285&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX24qXOhZ4wxC-EmbnMJUyzueuaJkLQGsHL9-JoRkIc8KqorHIeu06jyDsPTnqeylvy8Lxz6qfThm0YIWbk9jrjN2sxm8n6rEndNkQq4ftRoPCAtmr97svj1NZXhG6TDXOoNOV0_BL_Fs/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Change default node colour&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately NodeXL doesn’t allow you to choose the colours applied to each category. The first colour used is always a dark blue, which on my monitor is hard to distinguish from the default colour of black. It’s possible to change the default colour using the graph options. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Graph Options &lt;/strong&gt;button&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisVPARXa-LmvcHTSuWVvFUYhWOBKJICQHuZp_CvEMuPZlJ6Nd0mmC-0pUjqjgBg7v7m1pasjKZj657CVIkE-whp9O-Xxy6Cex5jGWaexl9M7U5l1r7wilQIS8tB5A6Uqvk2K-5nH25AYu/s1600-h/image8&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;607&quot; height=&quot;74&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCr5qvRPNSEdqQUMs1XuRzZlhg5ni8WPn4Ja7iL7CU5bMP2nrqFVGi3LO63c8Syl_-J3rbjsTEs2AUkKKE8P4QZ0mcp9JxRlMcP-ucu5hxKREzRpPGLGZGzNvSRSXStMItaMSSDWedZD-/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select a new colour by double clicking the colour swatch on the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;tab.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwpJtw1atnr06Fsl1NgloFAE4KM1ofKB3HAs6Sjt16pJYtsLTSvlwJiuDeGBKxJ7oGAHJHKx1F0DI63KtL2xsgoUPCLU8mUISZrgY8fG0YGfBz_9_2_W7sDufMYYU9qn6K4r6IMG7_k7n/s1600-h/image121&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;431&quot; height=&quot;529&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YCzCjrrGQVBf0QgqQtv9IGDBSD6THYo5808D4HTsdzhBo-0konOyIl3jaQAC2Dt-j0zljAT95CJQvGUYKquoJpJQznfabKLvPb6L3hBBgg_swQXey8SGWxQjiXDQN1eAvWZzPKtHqzbM/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I encourage you to explore the other changes to default settings that are possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Example – Categories&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applying colour codes to categories really is as simple as selecting the column in a drop down box. This is a quick example of the type of investigation possible. Don’t forget – before you add new colours always use the option to clear the colour column or you might mix up your schemes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Colour code matches with known branches&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I manually added a column to the Vertices sheet labelled “Branch” and entered a surname indicating the branch for each person where the common ancestor is known. Then I clicked &lt;strong&gt;Autofill Columns &lt;/strong&gt;and set my new Branch column as the vertex colour. My DNA results have a lot of very small groups. I can now easily see which branch six of them are connected to. It’s a start!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChTCR1EBl_ynXwBRSM30CwIcWkBvW-YYoT_M5bolYMy9GHQ1qHjLZh3hpIZ5b4gczZnSsiug-zc5c7UEhjc9q6zTBSEEv2SB6lFj4twC3mw8t_HjPBWPK6Z4TzPvFmlPbNDA-iQI8-OQ8/s1600-h/image%255B16%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;392&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY3NAXoaLD76n16EMJgLHfpUtpuZnBuEYpJ_zE5A6O6MT9HAO1L3Ka7RXaywDIqb6lFU0T5QSVkarDTQezf-p9p5gcx1gtuIlyA4O42Chyphenhypheno6lkbz98qpvCmj89daQ3ldsaehGgv9xdihd/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#666666&quot;&gt;Kit with 125 4th or closer cousins (more distant cousins included in chart), cluster by connected component, Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale Layout with each group in it’s own box. Selected groups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Colour code by side&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I loaded both my own and my father’s matches into one file and then used a formula to mark each match as “Paternal” or “Maternal” in a new column depending on whether they shared DNA with my father. When I colour coded on the new “Side” column I could see that there was a clear division between groups, with a few strays. (Selected larger groups are shown for the sake of illustration). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This works with my tree as my branches are not inter-related and are generally from distinct populations. With a more interrelated tree it may highlight groups where it would be dangerous to make an assumption about side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;DNA matches colour coded by side (maternal, paternal)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YjlW6k8iovXG8gu94_mkP0aN7UytpxxMdm4swbCIl855HZ9XmOaFFq5PVIE0xZXiPHRO-RIsLbr1la8_43WmWH30RDug3zDWK_906VBvIplvfj4bkg6yGXkx7-jHJh-luA8IIGK5pG2A/s1600-h/image30%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;720&quot; height=&quot;491&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIrvfrvUfEfb12WiN29QfMeZbDD4mN1bTER0FBDmeNoZuaRW6qxZS6mLusYsNlr0P0YmM9qgN6RG47MuJa2TFF9WwP2IkmQS6Xv3pg9f-lpG8zxdx0G7xf2qlzJFLRHAguyaHAgppozQo/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#666666&quot;&gt;Kit with 125 4th or closer cousins (more distant cousins included in chart), cluster by connected component, Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale Layout with each group in it’s own box. Selected groups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Colour code a place&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Now I want to see if I can dig in further.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Once quarter of my father’s tree is from Cornwall. Many people have Cornish ancestry and following up on every possible Cornish lead could take me on any number of wild goose chases. Instead, using the ancestors file downloaded using the DNA Gedcom Client, I created a list of matches whose ancestors were born or died in Cornwall. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;While there was an occasional individuals highlighted here and there among my groups, one group stood out. This was a group where I had not confirmed any of the relationships – the only clue I had to go on is that they are matches to my father.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;I would not expect every dot in a group to be coloured as not all matches have public trees on Ancestry. If you have made a list with places or names using the ancestors file, try also searching your matches on Ancestry itself. Chances are there will be some &lt;strong&gt;private trees &lt;/strong&gt;among the results. You can add their matchIDs to the import list and make use of that information.&amp;nbsp; Yes, you read right. This is a way to squeeze some information from private trees!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Note also that &lt;strong&gt;only one &lt;/strong&gt;of my closer matches is marked blue indicating Cornish ancestry in a public tree. It was the trees of distant matches, which I may never have looked at otherwise, that made the difference.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;DNA matches who have any ancestor born in Cornwall highlighted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCQ3lqP-9JZdN0eTLf2DufVMsAbcyX5Qni0ey-pP8NecKGk-V3DeTsUPeLeV1vZF_ACoOEUlZnsfbAx2VoTnPqtjbGr1YgH2feEaFIuwSr1mmgi0N_4OCAn977zCWi52-7LCQ-z7EByQx/s1600-h/image32%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;720&quot; height=&quot;498&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29jyXQnAhE0R6bIhZbBTnrFtXRPVN8NSHCumvkVMo5A68ODh4kjjQkGFXAzHSwtZCqEOxXaKXobl6suBWQWufzwifl_Nt4qxRRky0xBKOYBEMk77mVEgu-KP8ue_r60vmXaZns8hoQlcp/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#666666&quot;&gt;Kit with 125 4th or closer cousins (more distant cousins included in chart), cluster by connected component, Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale Layout with each group in it’s own box. Selected groups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Example – Numeric information&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;In earlier posts we used the SharedCM column to size the dots, so that closer relatives would have bigger dots. The human brain, however, is more able to pick out colour differences than size differences, so if you are focusing on groups around your closer matches, a heatmap type display might be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can use colour to make those close cousins stand out more – the eye tends to be drawn to warm colours. In this example, closer relatives are more orange and more distant matches will be a deep purple/blue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Autofill Column &lt;/strong&gt;buttons. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set the Vertex colour to &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the options button and choose &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Color Options…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp-T6ehxVM_xqIhX7VZUpGdBQit-EwqXETdfdfRRWgH5x2RF5DiGe5S8Ip6k4il4hyJAdeZdLcN4tO-65MbkIGP8HvKGGqMrRuoX80LvWr7hcVbGatnwBOqmkQQc9ZwQIZD8vzEDlMB0j/s1600-h/image27&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;701&quot; height=&quot;208&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAjjRkZARJVsoSeCy4LcPnhK8Jm0BRw-tQWA5-7Bc-XMulXYG2h4gUabxZtCFUZrLomwyeMfCbwfheS37BMjZsEg1NNaVcFBqd5NG4IZDgyGQ1LGeoxTdkutU8gmFbxRgmcvUCip-GQ8M/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;Numbers &lt;/strong&gt;in the dropdown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Swap Colors &lt;/strong&gt;so that closer matches will be more orange.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;As I wanted all distant cousins to be blue I set the smallest number to 20cM. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I wanted all estimated 2nd cousins to be strongly orange, so I set the other extreme to 200cM.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUumAbcndI_tBEyrnZ-2phCe0z7MDffvBt8EwOe-oFSAFBvs3ERMqr6L-Xpq0me_lDbxc-hMQeS9NkzMPGcwEYH8S8qvjExEJqIlv2v0EpeZqpbGEIpnGANfLzO3qXMXUH01IsveuF0OyS/s1600-h/image%255B8%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;517&quot; height=&quot;387&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwelkbCj_pOl6mwG5DgZsk1EScaR22P2KKvCZxMaAIY5r-OkLem6h6QgDmv1w8wjela3UgY4ABbIZzVbPChyphenhyphen9jalEYM5Qzrq-9LnH4xNjNH82yhMNEwnin-UlowsOs02r3R8XBSM-13zcK/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used a kit with more interconnections that my own. The result is below. In this kit there are two groupings of closer cousins. The cousins in the centre of the graph have more connections, while relatives of the group on the left seem to be less well represented in the DNA testing population.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;DNA match heatmap – closer cousins are more orange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotOLbyA7KFCy0OAozWMU-5J3ASkEeVZl_vSRWr-c4UQvfAcyFtMTYfRN7x_iQ-9anbHrREH_wtlmxZ4sFbZN3AVpxgNFSycFPCu6LYnnghrV_bw4xzDDXFsGy6xpUjEkxdFdomDQDySBE/s1600-h/image%255B11%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;506&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE3vFAZw7hc3t-VC7ceJpsNP9p3J07UWLzzTlK91ugh6h_tsO7aieT9i99KTekx2MiIaNaLppvydxlrHwRKPesAQkgq9sLUMujJLBQKehMKuYHw0tqVX6lzEKpIIWdKITWQHAqfDtzXDb/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#666666&quot;&gt;Kit with 470 4th or closer cousins, cousins with &amp;lt;15cM shared excluded, Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale Layout to set start positions, followed by two applications of the Fruchterman-Rheingold layout with repulsive force 1.0 and 3 iterations to increase the visual definition of the groups. Smaller unconnected components displayed separately at the bottom of the screen.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Where to from here?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the last post I have planned in this series focusing on Ancestry and NodeXL, but I doubt it will be my last post on the subject of network graphs. I’ve created a group on Facebook for discussion of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/groups/NetworkGraphsForGeneticGenealogy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Network Graphs for Genetic Genealogy&lt;/a&gt;. If you would like to have a conversation about what you’re doing with network graphs as they apply to genetic genealogy (regardless of the source of DNA matches or software used!) please comment below or better yet join the Facebook group. &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/4070866783058807237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/01/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4070866783058807237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4070866783058807237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2018/01/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 10-Colour Coding'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmC2oqDvmekYYJfPLhVKbjemjsIjUnQJyrSGIqhreCdqz85NupXoopudflL-NiLrvs1xbjjRsAMyQL89BMwRaPxwNseXHKH5FaD8StJXCoBSKwWxIHIKaOeAHvmlY6HimEbTmksASOnAx/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-7975781199395902471</id><published>2017-08-22T18:46:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-08-22T19:10:08.710+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Roadshow"/><title type='text'>Researching Abroad Roadshow–Canberra</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I attended the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gouldgenealogy.com/2017/04/unlock-pasts-researching-abroad-roadshow-book-now/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Researching Abroad Roadshow&lt;/a&gt;. Canberra’s event was one day only, with the British Isles and German/European streams running in different rooms. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I chose the British Isles stream, as it reflects my ancestry. We started the day with Scottish land records, and Scottish research resources before 1800 and after lunch moved on to Irish family history resources online and “Down and out in Scotland”. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When a speech focuses on types of records there’s a danger that the presenter will spend a lot of time rattling off lists. I’ve seen it happen before. Fortunately, this this was not the case yesterday. Chris Paton was an engaging speaker with plenty of examples that related the records back to the real people and events they describe. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had looked at some of the resources that were covered before, but not in any depth, and others were completely new to me. I now feel that I have a head start on knowing where to look and what I might find when I’m ready to dig into Scottish and Irish research. Learning how to pronounce all those Scottish and Irish words might take a bit longer!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chris very kindly indulged me with a quick selfie as he was racing off for the airport. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; title=&quot;selfie&quot; style=&quot;border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;selfie&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwpDPiqjOJ9vN72NOYj2LSjwlmxa_PVRTnDtWeR9X3qk-7DEIIOAjsidQsVJ2KPalFSGJQlF-NlUW0NuAFhAmuKtgnSyguEAO2BAJFzmPIv5OSfJ4_KHu666RlmXEZhkEy7t-KpWnYTR5/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The Roadshow has two more stops, in Adelaide and in Perth. Get to it if you can!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure: &lt;/strong&gt;In return for acting as a Roadshow Ambassador I received free entry to the event. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/7975781199395902471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/08/researching-abroad-roadshowcanberra.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/7975781199395902471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/7975781199395902471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/08/researching-abroad-roadshowcanberra.html' title='Researching Abroad Roadshow–Canberra'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwpDPiqjOJ9vN72NOYj2LSjwlmxa_PVRTnDtWeR9X3qk-7DEIIOAjsidQsVJ2KPalFSGJQlF-NlUW0NuAFhAmuKtgnSyguEAO2BAJFzmPIv5OSfJ4_KHu666RlmXEZhkEy7t-KpWnYTR5/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-3710809084991838791</id><published>2017-08-16T22:09:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-09-22T09:52:06.106+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 9-Combining kits</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;By now those of you playing along will have created a network analysis workbook using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://nodexl.codeplex.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NodeXL&lt;/a&gt; template, loaded your Ancestry DNA information, broken the tangle of matches into groups, experimented with the settings and found out how you could add additional relationships. Phew! See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;index to previous posts&lt;/a&gt; if you’re just joining in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now the real fun begins!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few readers have asked if it’s possible to combine kits together. The answer is &lt;strong&gt;Yes! &lt;/strong&gt;Combining kits in one file is almost as easy as loading your own information, and can be very useful. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This post assumes that you manage more than one kit, or that the owner of another kit has provided you with their files. It also assumes that your kits aren’t so large that loading more information will make the file unworkable. &lt;strong&gt;Save &lt;/strong&gt;before you try it. I manage two kits at present but you can add information for as many kits as you think your computer will handle. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve loaded my kit and my father’s kit into one worksheet. A simple edit to the matches file before loading created a new column for my father’s &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;values. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVQpp72AIXoIl4HUpGPrWtKDWZwPFTqvoI8vocUPmwKnXsLbik3tFvtTGV1lgs1da9uHe6occqxGN-2tM_xlxaDo9QGRsApjnUKJp0BKcZ5bDrxOcE8glX-G3O7KL3vXq9Btlwgyupi4P/s1600-h/image511&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WRX__a4rfiXv4ERRZN-ERsqtr-6EprYLICgDsJ4TAtlGa1H1AGc8iX4vp0M5m238U5nH34YxOvo2kVzaPX1otephAirixHUwbxvzjwDtFgY-yADjAreDQe2z7Jvexq7PtIFAOX8822W7/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I did some quick calculations to find out how many matches we have in common. I match 50% of my father’s 4th or closer cousins. Including all the distant cousins we have a combined total of 18,889 matches – &lt;strong&gt;only 15% of the grand total is shared&lt;/strong&gt;. Exercise caution if adding distant cousins!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;In-common-with file&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The in-common-with file will add lines representing DNA connections to your graph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Loading an in-common-with file will also add people who are related to the additional kit’s subject. If your goal is to research the family tree of the focus person (‘you’), the best kits to load are those belonging to relatives who have &lt;strong&gt;some of the same ancestors&lt;/strong&gt; as you, but &lt;strong&gt;no ancestors that you don’t have&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many of the people you ‘skipped’ are prime candidates:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Full siblings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Parents &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aunts and uncles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Grandparents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;This doesn’t mean that you should never load the in-common-with file for someone who has ancestors you don’t. Combining a kit with a half sibling may help you work out which matches are ‘yours, mine, or ours’.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you don’t load the in-common-with file you can still load the matches file to place the sharedCM values side by side as I have. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Load the ICW file&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Loading the in-common with file for additional kits is easy. Simply load it in exactly as you have done before. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;NodeXL basic ribbon, &lt;strong&gt;Import &lt;/strong&gt;button, &lt;strong&gt;From Open Workbook… &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the file in the top box&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Under &lt;strong&gt;Is Edge Column &lt;/strong&gt;tick ‘matchid’ and ‘icwid’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 1&lt;/strong&gt;: matchid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 2&lt;/strong&gt;: icwid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Matches file&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;When loading &lt;strong&gt;matches &lt;/strong&gt;for an additional kit the data loaded for shared matches will &lt;strong&gt;overwrite &lt;/strong&gt;existing data. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;name &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;admin &lt;/strong&gt;columns have the same information regardless of which kit they match so nothing is lost by reimporting these for another person. In fact, it’s better if you do import them, otherwise you won’t know who the new matches are.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Columns such as &lt;strong&gt;range&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM, note &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;matchURL &lt;/strong&gt;differ from kit to kit. If you want to import any of these columns (I’d import &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;at minimum) you’ll need to make a few minor edits to the import file first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Prepare the matches file&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open the match file &lt;strong&gt;m_AdditionalKitName.csv&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Save&lt;/strong&gt; a copy with a different name. &lt;strong&gt;m_AdditionalKitName_edited.csv &lt;/strong&gt;will do.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;matchid&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;name &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;admin &lt;/strong&gt;columns should be left alone.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;For any other column you want to import, change the column header to indicate whose information it is.&lt;br&gt;For example, ‘sharedCM’&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;might become ‘sharedCM John’. Keep it simple because next time you update the file you’ll need to enter it in &lt;em&gt;exactly &lt;/em&gt;the same way.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choose the first value in the &lt;strong&gt;testid&lt;/strong&gt; column and change it to ‘zzz delete’. Then double click on the little square in the corner of the cell to copy it all the way down the sheet. This step isn’t strictly necessary but it only takes a few seconds and will make it easier to remove extra lines not needed for the graph. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGz50I_X-Jml96orp_R1RbaUI08XRbnQwmLCC3jYbNj3MLisKmVaffDh5TakyOnnrrI_rer3VFzurjK1LrJxW5jD96s6mCYB0Q0xQJI2xgl46aYXDguBby6_CDvQ4NOke_HNF6EkiEhz76/s1600-h/image8&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;299&quot; height=&quot;86&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2m82BDmTZmr5YRDsPIjfpVemw-b7TeXzDfxsRxsAyIhuNYKwkKkEKIgO1FXOMezgha_d-y8UbkvmBOfhleJZJViOUHP5dC0r22uOgbBsJwHkjYIvqLY9V1bsJQDDErWvRfkgX8pbQr9T/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Save&lt;/strong&gt; the file, but don’t close it yet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Load the matches file&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;
159. <li>NodeXL basic ribbon, <strong>Import </strong>button, <strong>From Open Workbook… </strong></li><li>Select the file in the top box</li><li>Under <strong>Is Edge Column </strong>tick ‘testid’ and ‘matchid’</li><li>Under <strong>Is Vertex 2 Property Column</strong> tick:</li><ul><li>name</li><li>admin</li><li>any other columns you wish to import (remember if the column name matches a column already present the information will be overwritten)</li></ul><li><strong>Which edge column is Vertex 1</strong>: testid</li><li><strong>Which edge column is Vertex 2</strong>: matchid
160. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Remove unwanted matches&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you decided &lt;strong&gt;not &lt;/strong&gt;to load the in-common with file, you may prefer to remove matches who don’t share DNA with you. You’ll find them at the bottom of the Vertices sheet. There won’t be any information in your own &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;column for those people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Housekeeping&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few clean up tasks will make sure the graph is ready for more work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Clean up the Edges&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you loaded an in-common-with file, &lt;strong&gt;remove duplicates &lt;/strong&gt;(NodeXL ribbon, &lt;strong&gt;Prepare data &lt;/strong&gt;button).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the Edges worksheet, sort the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex 1 &lt;/strong&gt;column from smallest to largest using the dropdown on the column header.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Filter the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex 1 &lt;/strong&gt;column to only show ‘zzz delete’ entries.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZ69H44fVQ2z7Moea8l_QJ-6lDDtCW-Ryn1_FedFCf4TEGdeCvWywT_BDaJFu66w0PHhAl6ccyD8siTot3bhbytKnmNmxGkhg5vGpMhPyPqxvzmQ14vjlIpp5H94F7UNqeHBJ6EemxG_S/s1600-h/image4&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;275&quot; height=&quot;484&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVB0TYZdqneXs69V3jaqk_HCWhZuz9-r5W0jclY4J5YRem30mbhRE1oZ9s1w5YohTMD9TBzUQWTiGaQGTidgLQ45w1qYIoW27BPrUWVwm2A-4pbwxvNHg33Ta0rdeCjcFMtkqdA7320bJ/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Highlight those lines and &lt;strong&gt;delete them&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clear the filter &lt;/strong&gt;afterwards.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excel tips: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;To quickly select a range of rows, select the top cell you want to include. With the&lt;strong&gt; Shift&lt;/strong&gt; key held down, tap the&lt;strong&gt; End&lt;/strong&gt; key and then the &lt;strong&gt;Down&lt;/strong&gt; arrow. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To delete rows, move to the &lt;strong&gt;Home &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon and click the &lt;strong&gt;Delete &lt;/strong&gt;button. Choose either &lt;strong&gt;Delete Sheet Rows &lt;/strong&gt;or &lt;strong&gt;Delete Table Rows&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__iMFrKnZBcSDOTjBSo-Zwwtrcc74v8Er0DldFjfwZxN6Tfhwd9-oeGPye6sVAcJqOO_fIaGkQ_UDbC6vq7SRcNSecZPZJAH1_he_To9lv1MndHNK7f35kmjLp3bGH0fTcazMdiXPBhzy/s1600-h/image7&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;244&quot; height=&quot;243&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhdIsDJ1ZGFvHtG3MgH2h-_RoXfISd0QS3clGt6fgXcJE_heXTtFl_kWoBwP9KnH6wSUy_PuQLSCziE7nzkLyli8OmiJjZMynZsloDSp-JmfhUIFxkXzOem_HJcMyIg8F3mtZaYWxE11j/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Clean up the Vertices&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;There should only be one row labelled&amp;nbsp; ‘zzz delete’ to get rid of and it will be at the very bottom of the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices&lt;/strong&gt; sheet. Sort the column to find it if not. You can get rid of it, or just enter ‘Skip’.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fix up the dot sizes&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Earlier, we sized the dots according to the value in the &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;column so that we would have a visual indication of how close the relationship with the match is. Now that you have two (or more!) &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;columns it’s very likely that they are scattered with blank cells. All those dots will be the default dot size.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The easiest option is to set all the dots to the same size by using the &lt;strong&gt;Autofill columns&lt;/strong&gt; button to clear the size column. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I prefer having larger and smaller dots. To fill in the blanks, I added a new column to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet with a formula that returns the larger of the two &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;values. To do this I used the MAX function. The AVERAGE function might be a good option if you have loaded several siblings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add a column to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;sheet by entering a new column heading in the first empty cell in the heading row. ‘New Size’ will do for a heading.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the first empty cell in the new column.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Move to the &lt;strong&gt;Home&lt;/strong&gt; ribbon and change the cell format from ‘Text’ to ‘General’.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzVXoqfaU5rofz_p8DZ6eFAeikKAk5lhbGqaUXW_UAdMDTerIonBpoZu4s_fUnwD0XxmINuMCUIePr5bpJJoSlVOpTOIlqEGxEu7eyFA4PghvDNFI-swB3yCvZfn6BpiD808jIT2IFNEW/s1600-h/image3&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;167&quot; height=&quot;109&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSUzTDLokkntlCDLI1Icf9WdMFlyY1mXU8dOo0ppwOP311VoHIWW36FYB8kDnBl91sLWB0T83meMyHrTUw867YaHFZgnG_4Xvlcm3YMdBEQBsWZfMnMtuCQj4B_gYxoD6c1zgrJ3iVDeS/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enter your preferred formula (see below if you need help). It should automatically fill in all the way down the table. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you’re happy with the formula, use the &lt;strong&gt;Autofill columns&lt;/strong&gt; button to transfer the content of your new column into the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Size &lt;/strong&gt;property.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excel tip:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To enter the MAX or AVERAGE formula, start by typing in the formula name and an opening bracket:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Courier Std&quot;&gt; =MAX(&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then click on each cell (type a commas in between each click) that the calculation should use. You can enter as many elements as you want. Make sure you’re clicking in the same row as your formula. Finish off by entering a closing round bracket. It will look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Courier Std&quot;&gt;=MAX([@sharedCM],[@[sharedCM Dad]])&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or type:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Courier Std&quot;&gt;=MAX(AF3,AG3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;(check the cell references match your sheet).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;Important note: Formulas and PC performance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Usually when you enter a formula in Excel it calculates so quickly that the result seems to pop up instantaneously. When you make a change in a worksheet any dependant cells (and their dependant cells and so on down the line) are recalculated in the blink of an eye. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We’ve just entered a formula all the way down a long table. This shouldn’t pose too much of a problem…. until it does. It might be when you run the grouping calculations again, or next time you load new data. With potentially tens of thousands of cells to recalculate those fractions of a second start to add up and Excel may stop responding. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are two options to choose from that will lighten the load. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Replace the formula with values: Highlight the column, &lt;strong&gt;Copy&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Paste as values&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGw6NcOjq_kJoufeNrZtPHPW8duHPJeEKb1JFmMAMmj-mz0v5IjAtdvTSVqnm_ZhqTLAtAnBsHydyRahIp1UV88DR4K-CNpEMZdQ9PQLgYOeDIOxMD-d2SjWdjd_ZTgAq23QMM6ZAzHZx9/s1600-h/image4%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;153&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn67Wf5tDT6VgCXFlSmkeBmCbMfu_45CyeSPOtIrcz1-sNvwKC0JBSBJZT3_GHmzeyZiez1bHJkQqxVtPaOYI-vqjm4o1gRgeLbTc_B9dSfSAPGCN6i3d-v2h7iyUEiKNs3sEgHLrbvYg/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you choose option 1, you’ll need to recreate the formulas when you load new data. &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stop Excel from automatically calculating. You’ll find &lt;strong&gt;Calculation Options &lt;/strong&gt;on the &lt;strong&gt;Formulas &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon. &lt;br&gt;If you do this you will need trigger recalculation of the worksheet yourself when required, either by pressing the &lt;strong&gt;Calculate Now &lt;/strong&gt;button, or by pressing &lt;strong&gt;F9 &lt;/strong&gt;on the keyboard.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EOjbMka_e_yyXlrT44gt-1E3DqPmItvbqU0VovMu90y4kY0t4FNNiE2rmiqJHxBQd_D1XlDyV9QbGecKOczadOClyzoxaL0VP8ZW-gVWfa_UJGdUgotchCdFx67pkY55qkqbmpdKqsNa/s1600-h/image71&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;479&quot; height=&quot;168&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_E2A-futQhwaAKESiTuHNje-9evSByWKTzOnH6Lk2qxbq_Gw-A4zW09Q30-4VPMZcN9-GqNH1l6cHFpLVQvzA0b_kmamF6krhKZ-2SQVzlJ8xAJMI0g_SpjSZxAxwZqppC1Ec9Fi7HW9t/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The calculation choice will be saved with the worksheet. Be aware that any other worksheet that is open at the same time will also be affected, and the calculation choice saved for them as well. Also, the setting saved in the first workbook opened in any session is then applied to any other workbooks opened in the same session! It’s probably better to check the setting before you do anything with heavy calculations… and…. if you choose this option, remember what you have done! Formulas may look like they are working when you fill them in, but they won’t calculate correctly until you press &lt;strong&gt;F9&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;(In practice it’s not all quite so troublesome as it sounds).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Run clustering calculations&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did you read the important note about PC performance? Hopefully one column of formulas won’t be too much of a strain, but if you have any doubt please take one of the actions above, just in case!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Re-run the clustering algorithm of your choice and lay the graph out once more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the next post I’ll show you how to colour code your matches. &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/3710809084991838791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/08/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-9.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/3710809084991838791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/3710809084991838791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/08/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-9.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 9-Combining kits'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WRX__a4rfiXv4ERRZN-ERsqtr-6EprYLICgDsJ4TAtlGa1H1AGc8iX4vp0M5m238U5nH34YxOvo2kVzaPX1otephAirixHUwbxvzjwDtFgY-yADjAreDQe2z7Jvexq7PtIFAOX8822W7/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-1299240377711231740</id><published>2017-08-04T16:34:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-08-04T18:36:46.715+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 8-Adding known ancestors</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Ready for the next step? If you need to catch up, refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;index&lt;/a&gt; to find your way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So far all of the dots on the graph represent individuals, and the lines represent (believed) DNA connections. What if we expanded our idea of what the dots on the graph could represent to include ancestral couples? Then we could draw lines (which still represent DNA linkages) between matches and their known ancestors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Example&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUprtnYfAx7tmsBNHtmR4-LnxzI0EaD9Mk8x7-86mm6J_ZXWgFIegNWMDn0FvoGBPN84qCBTzrokQV5DtqkZoJjryaZVngmcYABN2IygB8yzEPwfhP0YKWmkGnhdfrYAw3GBrnK5xwo32/s1600-h/image21&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;302&quot; height=&quot;224&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgn92l89MmbXjVhSaig0swgz7vOAxb2mDC0WcIdFAw-DSFhVmqF07fvi36Z4s3pUk1TroYfW8h2sN7dcj8EPnheMpCt6tWWXG_mstJepCzedKsGRgJZS_VBmunxJ9jyn-T7wlqsYEHeoR/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;John Tregonning and Mary Isaac are my 3xgreat-grandparents. They are also known ancestors for one of my matches. I’ve added a marker for this ancestral pair, and a line connecting their other known descendant to the marker. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that one of the other matches in the same group descended from a David Isaac – the surname caught my eye. Through a combination of building trees up and down, and by contacting private and no-tree owners, I learned that &lt;strong&gt;at least five &lt;/strong&gt;matches from this group descend from David Isaac and Maryann Coomb via various of their children. I decided to also add David Isaac and Maryann Coomb to my graph as it seems likely that I have some sort of DNA connection to them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a perfect world where everyone had complete public trees with consistent spelling, David Isaac and Maryann Coomb should appear on Ancestry as “New Ancestor Discoveries” (except that in a perfect world they would be “New Relative Discoveries”). It’s not a perfect world and I don’t expect that kind of hint to pop up on Ancestry any time soon. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using the graph this way helps me to not only find that information but to keep track of and visualise what I’ve found. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Adding the information&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although you can add people and relationships directly to the graph file I prefer to compile the information in a separate file (the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file) and then import it. If something goes wrong it’s much easier to delete some lines, correct a small file and reload than to unscramble a file with ten of thousands of rows. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve provided instructions for both methods. I find that compiling the Ancestry match IDs is the most difficult part of the process – I’ve also provided some instructions for a shortcut that may help in making the match ID list.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Method 1: Additional Input file method&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enter the following information in the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;matchid&lt;/b&gt; : match’s AncestryID&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Match name &lt;/b&gt;: match’s name (for reference only, not loaded) &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Match admin &lt;/b&gt;: match’s admin (for reference only, not loaded)&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vertex 2&lt;/b&gt; : ancestor’s name eg ‘John Tregonning and Mary Isaac’&lt;br&gt;If you enter the same ancestor(s) for multiple matches, make sure the spelling, punctuation and spaces are &lt;b&gt;exactly&lt;/b&gt; the same each time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name &lt;/strong&gt;: as for Vertex 2&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vertex Type &lt;/strong&gt;: ‘Ancestor’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edge Type &lt;/strong&gt;: ‘Ancestor’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you would like to be able to apply labels for only ancestors (not for everyone) add an extra column to the file called &lt;strong&gt;Ancestor Label&lt;/strong&gt; and enter their names in that column as well. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimha4JkZp8KwmGBaXkFeCa3XYIspZqLeKCnU052DBtbGkJjKdloN3aMFzu-vtoRptXvLKYtxjBikoOcrz5nkHU3bqSZbxLa671Jayi72a3PdjkJAY6xtxlh1zsmCfMddOKRCwz8r9JaD_/s1600-h/image3&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;164&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfTEjCT6WdQamuzNw8csxN9JJmCrdk4Whdm2xMlIRkXHHe1a0_UVXDivcufKdO-97ZG3tVTUOzWp-BkbeM_M1mxW_Z0zFZsoMRIUB47QVTlnk4wMQBrSnxrtJX3Wj3n3YwZgUPPg1Xr-d/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is some repetition here, but it will give us flexibility to do other things later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you import the file (&lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon, &lt;strong&gt;Import &lt;/strong&gt;button, &lt;strong&gt;From Open Workbook…. &lt;/strong&gt;option) choose the following options:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Columns have headers&lt;/strong&gt; box should be ticked.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Under &lt;strong&gt;Is Edge Column &lt;/strong&gt;select these (and no others)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;matchid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex2&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Edge type&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Under &lt;strong&gt;Is Vertex 2 Property Column &lt;/strong&gt;select these (and no others)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Name&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex Type&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visibility (not necessary if you don’t need to update the ‘Skip’ lines for anyone)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ancestor label&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 1? &lt;/strong&gt;dropdown ‘matchid’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 2?&lt;/strong&gt; dropdown ‘Vertex 2’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rerun the grouping and refresh the graph to see the new elements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Method 2: Direct entry method&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;To add points to the graph manually you will need to add a row on the &lt;strong&gt;Edges &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet for each DNA connection you want to make. That row needs two identifiers: one for the match and one for the ancestor(s).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Move to the bottom of the &lt;strong&gt;Edges&lt;/strong&gt; worksheet (see tip below)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enter the Ancestry ID for your DNA match in a new row under the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex 1 &lt;/strong&gt;column. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The second identifier (&lt;strong&gt;Vertex 2 &lt;/strong&gt;column) should be an identifier for the known ancestor(s). Since they don’t already have an identifier just use their names – eg ‘John Tregonning and Mary Isaac’. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;It doesn’t matter which identifier is Vertex 1 and which is Vertex 2, this just happens to be the convention I’ve settled on. That’s enough to create the relationship. When you refresh the graph a new row will automatically be created on the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A little extra information will help us find those lines again if we need to and will give us more flexibility later. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the &lt;strong&gt;Edges &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add a column called &lt;strong&gt;Edge Type&lt;/strong&gt;, and set the value to ‘Ancestor’ for these matches.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCazsgDrQlf3UEEDdHyVM_gnqWVQZeBBM0dNEr7pDRUnAehBqbAjaiYr2LMUBvp7fxchkZQmnnbx1WqhYPVANtEVWBJoP6ay6GeLBEPEDTF4CTLnjX6rt6hxuPVhnopslKI3mNSbSdRxQ4/s1600-h/image5&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;126&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eXTscupkPI_TCrb7qPWnW2GDTV7-QBSq5x4LLhFEdg9N4fJaA1_SMU8nPmnmgLmzaUl1Ww91eaj5f_6CgV6N_meqXOh0B6uzY_jqw0rOBBvHFIKG1zHUMVcsxi9XRJ2l2FNLD2v1cNE6/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you haven’t refreshed the graph yet create a line for each Ancestral pair, then&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add the ancestor identifier (ie their names) to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex &lt;/strong&gt;column AND the &lt;strong&gt;Name &lt;/strong&gt;column.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add a column called &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Type&lt;/strong&gt; and set the value to ‘Ancestor’ for the appropriate rows.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you would like to be able to apply labels for only ancestors (not for everyone) then add &lt;em&gt;another &lt;/em&gt;column called &lt;strong&gt;Ancestor Label &lt;/strong&gt;to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet and enter the ancestor identifier (ie their names) there as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHUtVJaxmrx7reMCJ-TE3DzK7xQaOtVGweeBqak3UJe9kW8RSrWcjLWZFvLy0fV862syvEJteZG-9K7oeJ2IZJDqdhAelklIjTn9sIoYJJpxrmGSggg5tvuntrt-pAc0Qx83rtlMnyAy5/s1600-h/image9&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;94&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrV4aryQE1Ux9_6qI5lgRBavkJ5toRXvtDZzgvIA7-cdBazNVysIGugNIBgboRu7Dgz1qcv39e0NGlIC80ixzawAnia5MFYNFhbR6BcqMGoijt3UQv4VbJUhM4LiGStaqdvFFpASjjj0L/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you’re trying to link data, spelling and punctuation matter! Make sure that you enter the ancestor names 100% consistently across your matches and the two sheets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rerun the grouping and refresh the graph to see the new elements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excel tips:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To add a column, just type a label that will become the column header in the first empty cell in row 2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To quickly move all the way to the bottom of a full column: Select any cell in the column. On your keyboard tap the &lt;strong&gt;End&lt;/strong&gt; button and then the &lt;strong&gt;down arrow&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Shortcut for assembling Ancestry match IDs&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I find that the hardest part is assembling all those Ancestry match IDs. You may be able to speed up the process by extracting the list of match IDs from your match list. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;If using the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file (or refer to Part 2 to create one), open it up so that it is ready and waiting.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open the matches file “m_YourName.csv”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select any cell within the table area. On the &lt;strong&gt;Insert &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon, click &lt;strong&gt;Table.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCct5DWTC0QDZdoYwQdjM_z8FUTbuW3ChHjCc_0jKUOU4BK6ATJTD9HEa-H-WjSWmTW-iaOMkmbW2aWtn6S-ifTaj_c_qab9sXXa-_QifReY8-gw1sAcLs7Yn-RR9Z4JwwlGXY4vRjGYl6/s1600-h/image25&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;553&quot; height=&quot;228&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMCJ4tt0WQ0YyUhHqe78Zx1ti3VoOz3H0qNX-Mj2T-hvXeHM9CCTX19uqo9JbToxQ19UkdrPLRz_gKG1cqqvzsY45PT7B_Mng7yoNU21F5fWQ1lj8Bjqpv7pdpF7eecsqXCPMrMZobBGd/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The appropriate range will be automatically selected. Make sure &lt;strong&gt;My table has headers &lt;/strong&gt;is checked, and click &lt;strong&gt;OK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjescpSq-037WrtX7kThXeXT_VhmUNGKyHg3_0t-7nefj_TBQJ1HaK2BCVi2nueoUynJLGgQQQjtqEFwe8dlnJSNl9ZQzn54G9qvbq7ZUNYu2O5brnSwrxZHrZrbnl10SGTbn334eoRJgT/s1600-h/image32&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;248&quot; height=&quot;162&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zzbWbCoyfdTJsJx5zx7WDyYnBJcHs7XxH0fdv-AaHctlUJN6muxtB75h5FffP_0Y7m2g5Ay6il_r6esrsLZ0SU-ZNt_cp_l87vuq1psTSlNf5lYcgLrUyE1ZdlhctNELQnTma7rklYhS/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The appearance of the table will change and drop down filters will appear on each column header.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the drop down on the &lt;strong&gt;Hint &lt;/strong&gt;column to filter for matches with a shared ancestor hint.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Xl7aZRni4xJt7VRBC3ODdzMINR1_KBIey8B8Ta52Maxqzzy4mr-7TLNuGEEyaLGjfvytFKPK9HKiWG0xEAMxrjYp9ITJacWXfFQXYS5S_8cKpyuYtw-x4W9CcoIinmPVUx76byGb49Fl/s1600-h/image36&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;448&quot; height=&quot;519&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiJVKJrQGOp01_i9xBMthzg5QxNnYZtF068upI3MU3kkepXXSV7ilRs5NY2bX2SzkF6in9Z2SdL72G9hj8Of_VcWLRS-4SREdyTC67xoiJNLO6Z76fLU7zYYirzwIbA2WSsvipIQdPi2p/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click and drag (or click and Shift-Click) to highlight all the visible rows for the &lt;strong&gt;matchid&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;name&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;admin&lt;/strong&gt; columns. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB65hKRFd5-gNv7DFIyrWOXbzLkGhgxWVLvIvcAHmQL3pvLqcnVbDSWKqwipa-qHa0s8KfZiC-zl5N2_Tpg24rukbVKR0-ofpd3Xy7VOXphMBV12kjrWb3tD03HShaEVgKWGULI2iZJqaW/s1600-h/image44&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;651&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP16QE_bo1ataJzp5iNHc5b1Gl82eQO0dGVPey9xQr13s8-2XcYocdeBapDuho80hNi8jOOgkqgsOiqEfyPZBJ8S-J3aFaXC91AYhzLqZywKnRMZ915TYLD-7WkM4Wv4DIv_0K5oUZ2wQ/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Switch back to the &lt;strong&gt;Additional input &lt;/strong&gt;file and &lt;strong&gt;Paste &lt;/strong&gt;these into the first available empty cell under matchid.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwk-o1uNEQ5eeHxMyXDJb0phyphenhyphenM-QvB0dIt6pAGpFgwcDwIWoQIQSJZGovtMfkCKtgplJutGtskN-KtHMalWkvyOr_iEKysH_6X8GF2R8DfvtpTBk2K5Cj1vOkMn2qB-owQ7UrBKiWm_Xs2/s1600-h/image6&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;208&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHzMrtKCCwcqTItWIgVREmmZbEQQm3AAgVq93X2s71E4tZpkJSzdjd7taI3fGY4vj-tO-j2bpmrHycE2Hikmc4qbEke3VsgUl-nIUMeahDp0BP2J3UUHNGojvSpZ9IAgYGDwLHblyR0Fc/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fill in the other columns as above.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional tip: &lt;/strong&gt;You could filter the list to see details for people with notes, or who have the value TRUE in the ‘starred’ column, depending on how you’ve been using these.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Formatting and labelling&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;We added a column called &lt;strong&gt;Ancestor Label &lt;/strong&gt;which contained duplicated name information. The purpose of this was to allow you to leave name labels off for your matches, but show them for ancestors if you wish.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;To apply the name labels use the &lt;strong&gt;Autofill Columns &lt;/strong&gt;button. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Labelling tip: &lt;/strong&gt;If you want to remove existing labels, click the arrow next to the drop down and you will find an option to clear the label column (you won’t see the change until you refresh the graph). &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eujBECyOiYXPrvs7Z0D7XDeGFMu4mEBV5AwUKSbo-eYHk_udo_IpS7qMyg1tCr51RSqkRl1Oj_00WOyCaPFemVthsqbcn91vZEx-EOurK29hb6N2C2odU91KRdZaGQdXBcOKDOWzOovn/s1600-h/image4&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;416&quot; height=&quot;49&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqnUyuaX_NK4SzKaN34EyoWIjcD3-SyWiX-V_kSa045wyfMOYoW0FOzneCp60NN31G4KTBAM_WyUndMe6x6YvRrs8u6WTgIcTKiyAIc5a-5K37AassIp-87DyrE9qFc44PcB_PXa91n6m/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve applied different formatting to the Ancestor markers and lines so that it will be clear to me what they are. We’ll go into other methods in a future post – but for now you can alter them using the same method as described in the previous post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select any rows on the Vertices worksheet that contain ancestors (it may be helpful to sort the &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Type &lt;/strong&gt;column if they are not all together). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Right click a highlighted &lt;strong&gt;line&lt;/strong&gt; on the chart to access the right click menu.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Edit Selected Edge Properties… &lt;/strong&gt;for line formatting options.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the rows again if you need to.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Right click a highlighted &lt;strong&gt;dot &lt;/strong&gt;to access the right click menu again and click &lt;strong&gt;Edit Selected Vertex Properties… &lt;/strong&gt;for marker formatting options &lt;br&gt;OR &lt;br&gt;Make the changes using buttons on the NodeXL ribbon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeqXW9EXW3mvqQTS9LuFXzVH_n_MXL0hQmBmTpeEmNeSBnCRRhNt_EJcEjuBUOYFLYOUS_uU8c1RnRcUxE6UmgsDxigX6ROmw246jQECe7hbyLoHrkj4lQfcTGnu59m5wZSIR3CrQvEFU/s1600-h/image%255B4%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;474&quot; height=&quot;141&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvVRbrZMF3Nicg_R3aErAWeFZuv0hKeVxsR_TL0zYH28D4RHd14ZDIkWJk_BvIO621FQltTGLNpBDNNEkDujdKuW8vxx4U_qjYLLKvMCeaqhJo_5ULsgyzORwvsNqjQanWBwSYnqLidP6/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I set the edge &lt;strong&gt;Style &lt;/strong&gt;to ‘dot’, and the vertex &lt;strong&gt;Shape &lt;/strong&gt;to ‘label’ in the example at the start of this post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Applying the marker changes&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you’ve been following along, you’ll find that the Edge colour changes work, but Vertex colour and shape changes don’t. There’s a setting that will fix that. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To use your selected Vertex colours and shapes:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the Groups dropdown on the NodeXL Basic ribbon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEvxRntl9Fvy-FCWFSZ4OmgoxFR3MDViBP3u4A0yVPZQ-l7bk8ONvLp5e8Wp-oZh2gELivpAQpBPPl1zwPjSOcM7LjO4ZIC7Xy6FsMjStCqNPqbGfkYjbAPN4wtJijNfdWgHRLVGY7v36/s1600-h/image11&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;362&quot; height=&quot;489&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfr6vj8JRRc91h3znNr_07A0P2vrgEJ-A4aNucbml9ppul3rFAQO-ba45t9jjQPAmPtHHsp0_p0i168RvPCdv979JYNtbeCc-_AVBbp3CXmk7GXpu-xVaY2Jr9u0FKdrTghqUAsVrkBiF/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You’ll see an options box that directs NodeXL Basic whether to use colours and shapes from the &lt;strong&gt;Groups &lt;/strong&gt;sheet, or to take them from the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet. If you use colours from the Vertices worksheet you’ll lose the rainbow of group colours but gain the ability to choose your own colours point by point. Shapes work similarly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I elected to keep the bright group colours for now.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I wanted to change the shape of the marker so I changed the option under &lt;strong&gt;What shapes should be used for the groups’ vertices? &lt;/strong&gt;and clicked &lt;strong&gt;OK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WPwctUGtoUquVUg9gAEPbzhyT79gi6O4E1qDSzNm2N1Y_FS2dLpVGMRuEuw7nbz_-ZIqgyKsdDMffdOsBD0Ez0gst7T1LaDdEVz-iY3Ss4TGlSguxMb_SZE3ESgZJT2yDGco18gqpp7o/s1600-h/image23&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;446&quot; height=&quot;405&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgJDSN17g9KC1GvOBaPuJ-Zoy9714O4afGHQStDHqmphC4WJ3Ca9R2BXgxUgSvnzQ93PSFAY62IExpTLYK3Zv2_vrpF_W_DSSd_rfpD2HIi23edGr099-kQqTZgK05cq8EFfIwgEyoyVr/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;More ideas, and next steps&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you’re feeling adventurous, you might like to try adding points for non-person information such as a particular place, an unusual surname, or even an ethnicity. I’ve played with doing this. It worked quite well if the value being linked was uncommon&amp;nbsp; (‘Smith’ was a disaster!!) but ultimately I decided that colour coding these values (coming soon!) worked better for me. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next posts are the ones that I’m &lt;em&gt;really &lt;/em&gt;excited about showing you! They’re what I’ve been building to all this time. First we’re going to think about combining the kits we manage. Then we’ll move on to colour coding – I’ll show you how to set up colour coding schemes and switch between them at will.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/1299240377711231740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/08/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-8.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/1299240377711231740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/1299240377711231740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/08/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-8.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 8-Adding known ancestors'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgn92l89MmbXjVhSaig0swgz7vOAxb2mDC0WcIdFAw-DSFhVmqF07fvi36Z4s3pUk1TroYfW8h2sN7dcj8EPnheMpCt6tWWXG_mstJepCzedKsGRgJZS_VBmunxJ9jyn-T7wlqsYEHeoR/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-4184511567155911885</id><published>2017-07-28T12:22:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-08-04T22:25:59.142+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 7-Adding shared admin lines</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I’ve loved seeing the comments on this blog, and posts on Facebook, describing success with these methods. Thank you for the positive feedback, and congratulations on your finds! We’re not finished yet… &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you&#39;re new to this series, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;index&lt;/a&gt; will steer you through the previous posts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this post we’re going to squeeze more information from the match list. I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily see groups of kits that share the same administrator. I’m aware that Ancestry has &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2017/07/13/enhancing-collaboration-and-roles-on-dna-results/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;recently made changes&lt;/a&gt; and in future each new adult’s kit will be registered in a separate account. I don’t know what this means for ‘admin’ data – but for now we have the information so let’s make the most of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The potential benefits of linking people with the same administrator are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify clusters of closely related people within a busy graph.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add relationship lines between distant (to you) matches who are closely related to each other. These connections may improve clustering calculations on a busy graph that uses distant cousins.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add additional distant matches (who are not related to a fourth or closer cousin) to the graph.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is one of my groups. The newly created/identified edge lines are highlighted in red. I’ve had some success in asking kit administrators about the common ancestor of matches whose kits they manage. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEYJN4MNEQWPPD8Wqti9nRMSL5arljYdbTLq3Zz5_0YKo0WzPo3PVCFhTAT7xh1Z7PCrjMO6-SwA0S8B96V4R8cjJX_pkTVpIvv06RtqqOn49D8kiJdoH3xkafWlL7vzmbnkHEUiyC5eV/s1600-h/image21&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;373&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrnlzgohAcxRDir5NXI1YLdMD9xWl5o_BNQYVP36lPk9gBDXLTni2gnUjyQAtOrcnMZMEyFPTXkukeBuWUPdvztGZqm6iO3W19RAN6-8KVQ5UuMAsOMWjYEF-CNaGIM3tu3_Xukjq58sL/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Assumptions&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The assumptions that we make matter. We need to be aware of the assumptions we’re making, because a wrong assumption can lead to a wrong interpretation. In this post, we’re assuming:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Each instance of the &lt;strong&gt;same administrator name&lt;/strong&gt; is the&lt;strong&gt; same person.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All of our matches who are managed by the same administrator &lt;strong&gt;are related to each other.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;These seem to be reasonable assumptions for my relatively sparse matches. As I investigate the groupings revealed, I can ‘skip’ lines if I think they’re not appropriate. So far I haven’t had to. This may not be the case for your kit – take due care. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moving on – how to do this!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Add/identify shared matches with the same administrator&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once again, a few point and clicks on the right menus, and the job is done. There aren’t too many steps. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Graph Metrics&lt;/strong&gt; button on the NodeXL Basic ribbon.&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaRS3E1Gz7nL4JDDbcw1Ebxr5ExtdIZVuWtM4yNACcxtHAInU4zXfqQOG2kqbXZsbAaTudF9re_OiZv60OVIgIfJORo5-Cx_gj2KmrfctI_YQkvinKBhqH94j3dh8HOntgsnKz-y2wr5R/s1600-h/image3&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;401&quot; height=&quot;137&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEjuSA0i1BrY1JAudGI3RD6U_UxkFSI1bR1y7thmuw6j2_zX7DNFG8SNmOWrS-1p2Y3D2ld3-xlqZ0Zmd95pLyoV7o5BxHVF7E9i8nPJuUYPu0D3k0aeGY8D4uIs8metoeXbsH1hNoIoC/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clear the &lt;strong&gt;Overall graph metrics&lt;/strong&gt; check box (it doesn’t matter if you don’t, but we’re not using them)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tick the &lt;strong&gt;Edge creation by shared content similarity&lt;/strong&gt; box&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the &lt;strong&gt;Options…&lt;/strong&gt; button&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0M_JtdFyTKur95XmN2nzlEBSuP8aWhlW80-stfK5XmcleO8ZujwqDPK8P2D5BbpWPXPX6_S1e5CMMW3bB87rWfdJCKiFJqAtfVDAECH9-u_sWQOCpmG31eC3WD4krJfV4JGSYYug_d02J/s1600-h/image7&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;503&quot; height=&quot;539&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIl_3M-sBqbSiRECQ1wRgxUPRVYy_vBcrPhHnZC8Pmqm-U1Q29Ogj9Yf_1DdRIPrEar4lcBT88GIXky_5nt0uGa39cXlwnDACv5SizWhL5CoVj6oQkRqkvtuc47MkdHJPn9phFEtVbWoGB/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;An options box should appear. Select &lt;strong&gt;admin&lt;/strong&gt; from the &lt;strong&gt;Analyze the contents of this column &lt;/strong&gt;dropdown box&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set the &lt;strong&gt;Strength threshold for edge creation &lt;/strong&gt;to &lt;strong&gt;100% &lt;/strong&gt;(we only want exact admin name matches)&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgon9aB9sypHuS_Bo30PU3o77YMr7n7g0pAaJIzD67m46QAIUsHUX0j6SUHoDHB5W_SlapwnzpWr1gR759bfTCRWW6ZSdI_-7jrf-iL5f0V_PA9MrG8mvhyNgOIIRNGZMotqbQ6jCTXHgjg/s1600-h/image11&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;544&quot; height=&quot;248&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJxUADspSwYssRm84ExHKojdHIUqDIHmFMtt5EzoJJRJy5Uss4i6JBHDraZQpaSzXVdwtZN9Q06G_omotwOg2v2JZE7NXxplBZMlfDNc95Mp0F4_Bcrhyphenhyphena0oLou06v7PkGel4AAWc6lus/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;OK &lt;/strong&gt;to accept the Edge Creation Metrics settings you have entered.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Calculate Metrics &lt;/strong&gt;on the Graph Metrics dialog to start processing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new edges will take some time to process. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;View the shared admin links&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;When processing finishes, &lt;strong&gt;Refresh&lt;/strong&gt; the graph to apply the changes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To see the new lines, move to the &lt;strong&gt;Edges &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet. You will see a new column titled &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content&lt;/strong&gt;. The newly created edges will be at the bottom of the sheet, with the relevant administrator’s name in the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column. Select all the new lines and you’ll see them highlighted in red on the graph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a graph with a lot of linkages between groups make sure that the between group links are set to show. If there are highlighted lines running between groups (and you think the assumptions we have made about administrators hold) this suggests that the clustering of matches could be improved. You may get a better result if you rerun your preferred grouping algorithm now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Colour the new lines&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The colouring instructions below are a quick fix. There are different ways to apply colour and we’ll do more with colour in a later post. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For now, highlight the rows with entries in the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content&lt;/strong&gt; column, then:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Right click&lt;/strong&gt; any of the &lt;strong&gt;highlighted&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;lines &lt;/strong&gt;on the chart to access the right click menu. &lt;br&gt;This can be a bit tricky. If you click a dot all the lines connected to that match will also be selected. Whoops! We don’t want that. If it happens, go back a step. Highlight the rows on the edges sheet, and try again. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Edit Selected Edge Properties…&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gASYAtcJ93rV9BDpCbVLtSKvUogrTaqpX4UPqUZZ9zPY-_-ZUuarFn6hyN9_J2y7ztR9PxbVEP94MaF9cCmFoxWFSzZBLd1cf0GvEFboC-faFX40VAkWUZTbAc3oUcrwSQ51hgcirfUl/s1600-h/image81&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;532&quot; height=&quot;519&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKHMkOMURplVRHkG770Dn6ZLRPFxCRnNRTyWOtIML45OgaV6NKlxMDqrFnRD1TSnq9mFf0mJcc4K5bNC3t8QCuqPNsZz9_beSP9He8qHITXvOdwQKDpznSFMvHhK9kW5sTNfSocf6PQO2/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the colour you prefer and click &lt;strong&gt;OK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3p84aGb9qRMHHu-ehfdfgO7GocTFKPECB0FDOkVx7yGG59wYDomp8eb0jkwKLN8SnFhWbwkYROL8nDRnQYtutH8UJw85OBpmLsjD7YwbM3-aOV_rZfOnXXd9Zyun8qKRvXRdVNqPon4ll/s1600-h/image12&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;367&quot; height=&quot;370&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGoccBaqTk4v-vyQMaBh1cGZvbBINzLK3pYSa3cgyvIL2OPizugxVdOLPHvFcJhdS0RfaLgsSQLZeuTgs2Z15MpCegheNsZ2wsAslqo9HDO8ettz-xPBj8RhT7zUZzmUDVQo63nsYjUj0/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may not be able to see the colour on the graph at first. Duplicate lines in the standard grey will be sitting on top of them. This is easily fixed – just sort the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column from &lt;strong&gt;Z to A &lt;/strong&gt;so that the new entries move to the top of the page. &lt;strong&gt;Refresh &lt;/strong&gt;the graph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Remove unwanted lines &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Skipping&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you administer kits for cousins from different branches of your family then new, incorrect lines will have been added. These can be dealt with by finding your name in the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column and ‘Skipping’ the offending lines (enter ‘Skip’ in the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column on the &lt;strong&gt;Edge &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet). Deleting the edge line entirely will also work. You will need to delete the lines again each time you recreate the shared admin links.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternative:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;You can use a formula to specify the lines that should be skipped. The template uses Excel tables, which have special properties. If the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column is all clear and you enter a formula it will automatically be entered into every row &lt;strong&gt;including&lt;/strong&gt; new rows that are added later. No updating required. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might have already noticed that some cells have a red triangle in the corner. When you hover over these cells a comment box will appear. The comment boxes contain useful information about use of each column and what the possible values mean. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLihVJ8_fxJ1YrJdXappVnkjV4bPQ5jaS-aN6IMjdnaBVZN04S2shnjoRfzqvKO95fBgLyi-2JjThF6fNA32GAN7hQjRxmhM_APgCdesy7FIGrWkK3X3xRcR1D6VwJHqxEgcZs-VX36Ssq/s1600-h/image4%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;449&quot; height=&quot;522&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdutYrU5rjmpuCZLa8qkSZGie0NBG-O92P1knc4hrLNZvDAMK1NaWOznQmW2ix2iAJs78JVukIb-aK4X-RduKQABUk6l1wChLaxPP865Ze514EiCc9FLdVT0WcLjezqZifpTzTtEE6AUrd/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taking a simple case where “YOURNAME” is the only value in the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column that you want to skip, a formula that will do the job is:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;=IF([@[Shared Content]]=&quot;YOURNAME&quot;,0,1)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;This formula tells Excel that if the value in the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column is ‘YOURNAME’ the value should be ‘0’ (which we can see from the comment box means ‘Skip’). Otherwise, the value is ‘1’ (which means ‘Show’).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Deleting&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you find that the shared admin lines are not suitable for your situation at all, simply delete the lines entirely. You won’t need the now empty &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column – it can also be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excel tip:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;To remove the lines select any cell(s) in the row(s) you want to remove. On the &lt;strong&gt;Home &lt;/strong&gt;ribbon click &lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Delete Sheet Rows. &lt;/strong&gt;This won’t work if you have filtered the table to find the rows. &lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia20OXl_p9OSvl8mjLMXTVbAisUx2AwV2iVAXAuwBw7NHB65xkGOHBlus5-L8P4QiTqLeh7-UkAbljKl6_tRPM5qLLnDB_31-kH-Cb1J6U8xfTgtzP0_tt_Tu2u93hKXv51igfHMCvxIUw/s1600-h/image16&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;486&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib365QcsLvKetKn16WYaGzSVThYyWeti2Zoa78bshig7M_Ksd6K3-aHpH5nAe9H3JvYFHDv8cLiHl5DRffY1hdZDRSG686ydUrRdfweRwdsRBW5T3J4Ps0ifQKQmXCu0AUqklWf2weQEIW/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Retain wanted information&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you ‘count and merge duplicate edges’ the first instance of an edge (starting from the top) is kept. Duplicates further down the sheet will be deleted – even if they add information such as &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;or &#39;skip’ instructions. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To make sure you retain the new admin lines when removing duplicates send them to the top of the worksheet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sort the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content &lt;/strong&gt;column from &lt;strong&gt;largest to smallest, &lt;/strong&gt;then&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sort the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column so that skip instructions are at the top&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;If using words in the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column, sort from &lt;strong&gt;largest to smallest &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If using a formula that results in a number, sort from &lt;strong&gt;smallest to largest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then remove duplicates as usual.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;You can also use the &lt;strong&gt;Shared Content&lt;/strong&gt; column (or any other column) in addition to the vertices to determine if two edges match. This is useful to tell the difference between relationships from the ICW data, and relationships that were created only through having a shared administrator.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1SMzvUrisSHAEVbJ3JG5yGl4OJsGgJShQXh4CgtSWcWJJp5aIEckNOIJgTDEBGOCcorRUPmaRmZFW_3tZgxGAd5uZTNiGqIsebEDymx7AP8RgZcWKG-WDKnf2eCXnK-vDfWXgOdxV3eJ/s1600-h/image4&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;433&quot; height=&quot;258&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HG5MpCuK4cwek-etdQ1nnwr2CoNDt_sUVr-xZIM5crb41yBN4r1pAK12dwU9LpobV5F2TudLj5cqwPF7b0dbrodqu5RiBvesfxamHy0kp-vemYAWb3jj5see64raEncLhBQsrEJm6mlm/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Coming up….&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the next post, we’ll supplement the graph with known ancestry information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/4184511567155911885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-7.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4184511567155911885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4184511567155911885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-7.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 7-Adding shared admin lines'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrnlzgohAcxRDir5NXI1YLdMD9xWl5o_BNQYVP36lPk9gBDXLTni2gnUjyQAtOrcnMZMEyFPTXkukeBuWUPdvztGZqm6iO3W19RAN6-8KVQ5UuMAsOMWjYEF-CNaGIM3tu3_Xukjq58sL/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-305682491593177596</id><published>2017-07-23T12:25:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-07-28T12:30:08.488+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 6-Busy graph treatments</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;In the last post we cast an appraising eye over the graphs we made using &lt;a href=&quot;https://nodexl.codeplex.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NodeXL Basic&lt;/a&gt; (a product of the ‘Social Media Research Foundation’). In this post, you’ll see some of the features of that may help calm a busy graph. Pick and choose from them as appropriate to you tree, research aims and aesthetic preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you haven’t made a graph yet, see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;index to this series&lt;/a&gt; for earlier posts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Display settings&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Take it one group at a time&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you’ve made groups, you can move to the &lt;strong&gt;Groups &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet and enter ‘skip’ in the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column for each group except the one(s) that you’re interested in. Click &lt;strong&gt;Refresh&lt;/strong&gt;, and only the unskipped groups will be shown. You can also view a few groups at a time as I did in the previous post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Reduce edge opacity&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If there are a lot of crossing lines it might be easier to work with the graph if you reduce the line opacity. You can change the defaults used for the graph, including the edge opacity via the &lt;strong&gt;Graph Options &lt;/strong&gt;button. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Graph Options &lt;/strong&gt;button&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QIiX436JbsmJBjUP3nN5i97jEql4F3s3nGDcOY0EsoJZ0ab1iEOf5I6hX4aMt2M8dsslXAF_qEnpFnYp70izwHd2Ku19S8vwJLMScGZDWYrfWMVbtEnKzP_HO_CN4rkiltipTX4fT5ih/s1600-h/image15&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;637&quot; height=&quot;105&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpg2ehU2ZpOIJUaXQ1HXVL7hZo2InGLThrdRU9E4HJSNR-8DjkAiFI7n4TyzOj7mLwNvkP0lYbJNmX-PT6lauz41q2VhL8shyphenhyphenIkBZD1q2bStxqqFsYj2YJT9Y4yiOBQg5Vux_N404L1_Un/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lower the default &lt;strong&gt;Edges Opacity – &lt;/strong&gt;the lower the opacity, the more transparent the line. &lt;br&gt;This may not remove as much visual clutter as you want, but if the dots appear to be sitting on a blanket of grey it may help you see some structure. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1Sjlxs7pbzXl9m4iPxdHt3goFZl8f62FGdABMfU1CmjKFjK-ovT32W95LwQT5yJjEYXP1KuSIWhwDc5i1rOGIW9kaXup2hdtefMHRA_HOQM-jRYcrw0reTmqYIQln0bKwsSa0YzGav5W/s1600-h/image19&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;431&quot; height=&quot;529&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_B1uvPuzF9sMOnSi6YJBdRYsKa5jmhMm7ZBigqtYM1uxwlDEEwNrqMakqyqbjyfC2scwc2u5pntju7xjNTnBR6tSbpbJ4GjeyUWuYqNPOlkEdEi-ixyeBSpRZBex8FmucUZnTu9C4DBz/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Swap labels for tooltips&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-3.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 3&lt;/a&gt; we used the &lt;strong&gt;Autofill columns &lt;/strong&gt;button on the NodeXL ribbon to add labels to the graph. For a busy graph you may prefer to use same button to clear the labels column and set the tooltip to ‘name’. That way you’ll see the match’s name by hovering over their dot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Grouping&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt; If your groups don’t break up nicely, try a different clustering algorithm. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the NodeXL Ribbon select &lt;strong&gt;Groups&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Group by Cluster…&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQMvFwim-oALOomm5nXr2I3Exf9z2MbT78IwOn3Gskqjf7goPZjIk9sxO4Ty1Wz32CqTK6B13tiiCVQiqqiezA_C6OX-uV3mzhwoCSoqJvp7v8LbEsSLjrUr41EWiu0CfGcpvQlTRc3wI/s1600-h/image%255B12%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;189&quot; height=&quot;244&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuJ93wpudHbWRUrum8CFdBu3m7u-G6qkv6dBOoeYTriGOYx9qxRH2OhGd5PIDlKk1rAtKk_Q-Jdf9W8j-d_4LG-aY7Fb1jTcgnkQzbvAdnUZON_W_f_hstLNcvzlaMrYUzENTJxkXKtsK/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select an option from those presented and click OK. The calculations may take some time for a complex graph.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refresh Graph &lt;/strong&gt;to apply the new groupings.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREexwBA9fJUwy94bEl-Bk8xhmlbjOR8jcicERAZ9ZhhNId88uKKINvR08Hsfqnb8piUWU3WVR11WEw_HaTWIR415_ygFR6x3WeARouYISOToHlTd9zLEBygRL48Zl2R_m8BkZDo3CWIpu/s1600-h/image%255B5%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;369&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNJqw3l0c__XORlUujdQubEi8tTURBc_N5TnKJ-Jq1IeiBRtI44CQ8L87QFqkEwqncmlAJSdGmcgigRkC3YHftHJCk8LL8gGXi3JblwrdVPZopG-Sp_Hjq_ljD4_21HMARpqMqHL5Uz-k/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Clauset-Newman-Moore clustering algorithm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfqngk1tXj7HEIMIrBd5P5UK-4G_HlWpAIzBI12pp9Hkjr0XJrZsez1Ag2l9_YoFRY230Puh9pPRRymIuMbyjB2mDqAjmuvNHMI5sp2nOKhcwjHe2_I82d04XTUgvK4cU5fG8phDzCe7d/s1600-h/image%255B9%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;372&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Mc1G8NQSC5yseO8TkUW8yuu4pfqJBjF_UucvvlG4wpwvCxGMIup6ZQLu_5FP0xTMP5xjmQ7MeA3hVM8_BHQbwF5VLzjMbQoo1eo7rQKQRk-oE4C_bWR0khfjNUfJ1gT5eKzDT-QsqX-k/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;Same graph with Wakita-Tsurumi clustering algorithm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Remember that these algorithms were not created with your DNA results in mind! Hopefully one of them will work well with your data – but don’t assume that because it sounds scientific it must be right. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Try a different group box layout – or none at all&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Different group box layout options are available under ‘Layout Options’ on the graph area or main NodeXL ribbon, bottom item &lt;strong&gt;Layout Options…&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecmaWpkH-egQ3XhYCfA6CcTbsawicaFGmKUsOZGgJ-KmIRIgQIz40xTcPduAXsbQqNcmF-p1J0dB_AN15qJMBgyySMk06ATj82xcg15I47RtYyOvJemVwXsF4PRD3124FQ6CkiCji4ZAp/s1600-h/image%255B31%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;399&quot; height=&quot;389&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNw5JLY_qWYFuBNl2tlU2Y332jqR6K99PLY7rX3cNSFd0D-Ii6PQdM3jwHiK3P7H78lj-1A7isewnx1b19qRdGz4xANQWbxtWPppJSAiCuGcAy0c7rvdcn4e8TcUnbIjXsIOYI2G71LN_/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKM91YYedjh-ptjTvOeQ8sgVFkbi8x_zhG8BrWXpplPXxNda-N4i78DE7MRs1JJNE9pBLoPYfQ0qpDMHMv-duWl72X-PLFK0uf7yUCRIVaHSd1XX_F7NGyI7Rbhm9SVbBjYQLbeKNMJ7z/s1600-h/image%255B23%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;377&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5TDhOSC935WdWFtwxlNiAeGy8fs4coC7zyf6iANhnYY8v2r9wZKhI4apucpJnynYT70Z0tsIex8sj7Eiu-MCj1yAO7m6wdLJ7boL6z-V6Md-d4dBLlxDEjkganfs9W59VO6YQch9yVfD/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Force-directed’ box layout algorithm used, box edge width 0 (I.e. no line)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Hide intergroup connections&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s possible to hide &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the the lines that run between different groups. This instantly cleans up a graph and makes connections within a group easier to see, but does so at the expense of between-group information. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Layout options &lt;/strong&gt;dropdown on the NodeXL Ribbon or the graph area toolbar.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Change &lt;strong&gt;Intergroup edges &lt;/strong&gt;to ‘Hide’. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WK8NgF3Uyd2t8dNbNiHL7tPZBDbYFPR02VMO46l-KusmQbe5yPU9uqc2P_DNdMybOmmemgjh3CtrmJ3T47ioYiFhOnb0SubQzkh94d6E-WyoV_NjlSMKXKTNRiP4fkVaBAz_zshjlExf/s1600-h/image39&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;389&quot; height=&quot;556&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJzOaQnK8-NGxSyp7cHw6DYkgfNE8PJhVS3zvk9U5E9siPHP6eDCfmwSGlAWfGJceajcNViNgPX47HNuCvSg9M8xvKDJz3v5o8IKnqrd8FaL9ZJAPy7IMBzYPVFjbkjSveFLv7TGWZohe/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87WIe2CofScZEl8KYlXEqcf5KL-YQw6XoBvE1VAZB7Prgm7liXdoRN0uE63vImAPDT3XTzsdHzAwh_jwl68LJtcOcUoKW6b7EHZpD5zPe391uw192n-ZYSmD2ZTf68lGOoCAdYcfdFkf2/s1600-h/image%255B27%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;374&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEceGoTIVkR6WFSgegjZpSMBFYaMOO0lSx1ZRzy4bmGgwGc17cAYg90a6CtdVS9ivuXOTg0us27Fbi5Knlnh37a25Qzm69PyN6kH79G-9NlZJqUtJQoJtHYGHqQaggnNG7xmia8fvzYAz/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Intragroup edges hidden&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The graph with between group edges hidden is clean and pretty. It’s easier to see relationships within groups – &lt;strong&gt;but &lt;/strong&gt;relationships between groups are not visible. Again, that reminder that the grouping algorithms were not designed for your DNA data. Those between group connections may be the clue that points you in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternative:&lt;/strong&gt; ‘Combine’ is an interesting option to try. It will draw a single, thick line between groups that interlink with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Removing relatives&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Skipping close relatives&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;When we created the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file we added the word ‘Skip’ to the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column for you and your very close family. The ‘Skip’ direction tells NodeXL not to include that person in the graph, &lt;strong&gt;or &lt;/strong&gt;in the clustering calculations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It may be helpful to ‘Skip’ some more of your close relatives, especially if PC performance is an issue. Take care though – skipping a relative means the graph loses information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Your closest relatives are probably at the top of the the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices&lt;/strong&gt; worksheet. If not, sort the &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM&lt;/strong&gt; column from largest to smallest using the dropdown. Your closest relatives will move to the top of the list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8_hSLFueohOgARFlzhJzVADOaruq_KsDygUAVhULw8u2pRTMo_wlsY8_jJuZ2x4TtpyqbXjV9bgcCr1OiwnqYN-xu7ZsX7u2ZG2v-UmYN7Ys8mFPmZbo3chJzvtIzLMaxj2LiXyO0eOx/s1600-h/image23&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;327&quot; height=&quot;496&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucIuMQCnURWyfvghOUr4r3wOojNNaaep42NhjOV_MZ63tbj0dO5TCSIyFxLEuwnZIw0gLdEAlGqDAdet-j2RbCIrBKn1-i8ACCvlDjbyaKZNjov3YsiFJRDjmeXB5AjAR7HN-Q3Qp2ICH/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When you click on the row for a match, the dot that represents that person, and all the lines representing their relationships, will be highlighted in red. This will give you a sense of how widely spread their linkages are, and how much clutter will be cleared (or information lost) by skipping them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;There’s no magic number for the relationship distance or number of links that should be the threshold for skipping people. If I had an aunt and a second cousin who had the same number of links, I &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; skip the aunt, since theoretically her links are spread over half my tree. I would be much more likely to leave in the second cousin whose matches theoretically sit in a quarter of my tree.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As many readers have realised, you can ‘Skip’ people manually by entering ‘Skip’ in the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column. However, I suggest that you also add the new ‘skip’ line to the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file as explained in &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt; (note that the directions on this point have been revised since first posting). If something goes wrong, troubleshooting a large file with complex relationships can be difficult. Keeping the information in a smaller external file makes it easier remember what you’ve done, and allows you to reload or start again if necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: After skipping people you might want to rerun your preferred grouping algorithm and refresh the graph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Skipping children of known matches&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s not a quick fix, but another category of person that you may want to ‘Skip’ is anyone who is known to be the child of another match. If they are only connected to you on the matching parent’s side you can safely ‘skip’ the child as they, at best, duplicate the parent’s relationship information. Take care that the relationship really is parent-child and not niece or nephew – the information visible to you may look the same in those cases.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Again, I suggest that you at least keep a record of these ‘skips’ outside your main file - the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file is made for this! If something goes wrong with the graph file, will you really want to track down those relationships again?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Filtering&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dynamic Filters &lt;/strong&gt;allow you to hide your most distant and/or closest relatives. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;Dynamic Filters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9PsvQHaG_HaIgABTcEPXaNEn25RVmeN3TdQUhykKTKTpl60EIJOObCZkZphxPRAQn_4mBJ6QSaDMOPbjlAfyuRpa71Rvht2Yhd8oNsAHBwcZm_XGIDgpaVRDYiugsMv9ezjxz0TbDcZC/s1600-h/image27&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;625&quot; height=&quot;115&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1H636yHaMrAM7RRSJos8suPCdqyQ2UUGllwQZSC5Xxp3StxDrSGqzDoAEKX4FeBcZBv43eD17h0gobVqvkTbRvXZi0NCmt-fCkRGySL66wTOTQCvdFO7Sm6sbkfML0XL5WqOB9zS0sJs/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scroll down or expand the window to find the &lt;strong&gt;sharedCM &lt;/strong&gt;slider&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPVAvkNJxUjEGjyzyr4xjmnlf3EN13Hd4_XE21uaivdaAUoasL7qV0qb3tRE3W2YrUUCHLs04hgfHYcxaPIjZArrHdCGE0tbc8AFpAzVCrl6hYUGd0vs-dCzAxeQr7FbWcDi9dpfulzQh/s1600-h/image35&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;423&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlKadYC-7kJ-nS4u0mpWzAWQumC6Kju5DCqqOZVj5jyC0E2qtHRcmyoZB1nk-WXgOWPSYggKTiX0_o-mF8kOkWc_tHwNeeV1gd5d3iiRGdYjrWXC2Z7VYEIXlWtbAgOHD4INcbF5N-Rtc/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;As you adjust the slider’s lower value, your most distant cousins will disappear.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adjusting the slider’s upper value will hide your closest cousins (you may need to slide it down a long way).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you want to still see the filtered information, but make it less prominent, adjust the &lt;strong&gt;filter opacity &lt;/strong&gt;to your liking.&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAR_AAvs_ATIMqEcenylErbiPblKObxy3jpE3veNU_5oedFZ9UQWPatjeyBAcSuxj0fTUwLH5LlsH0NT8aITcMsZ9OdEtJGglHc9vTh9y7px8yDo-ulwy1zlW442tVE5qBtek5XQbDMOs/s1600-h/image%255B16%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;374&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGc4_vqLGJc9dN-Kzv7TD6P-K4mtWqY8SPjeADZFHhmEPQ3a3_b1NZfgZ9cP1mDPFFHMlqMWXHlSav9N5Ln3HDD4ZIVYTCwE2CVWDCMGyMsAArYGzXF3C4_okMYbbRGbP1UUg2VGtRwFD1/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wakita-Tsurumi grouping with matches below 15CM filtered out&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Excluding matches &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a very large number of matches you may decide not to work with distant cousins at all. In this case you could enter ‘Skip’ next to each one, or you could save some time when downloading by using the &lt;strong&gt;Filter: 4th Cousin &lt;/strong&gt;option in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://dnagedcom.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DNAGedcom&lt;/a&gt; client.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deleting smaller matches from the match list, whether before or after importing to NodeXL, &lt;strong&gt;won’t &lt;/strong&gt;help. Matches listed in the in-common-with file will still be included in the graph, you just won’t know who they are!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to go a bit past fourth cousins, but not all the way to those speculative distant matches, filtering or skipping may be a better option than excluding entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excel tips:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;1) If you copy a cell then select multiple cells and paste, the paste value (e.g. ‘Skip’) will be entered into all of the selected cells.&lt;br&gt;2) Double click on the square at the bottom right corner of a cell to copy it down the page automatically to the next filled box, or the end of the table whichever comes first. It can be a bit fiddly to get the right spot – the curser should change into a black plus sign + without any arrows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KjrqvtbbjKiA8FY1YpZAkmkeIS_ffSLDF1PvJKtQSvdvZKUIY_VNw0IcL_9r3a8H3yQwulYJM7fyjFK2c9Dhy7vt-_xGM6E3aTIMVN_oImZ5ocq1QXuPbH59GTfTMU4TZYBPjiJucBFd/s1600-h/image2&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;148&quot; height=&quot;244&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGDnQUdR6Ci2-E_PRoKPvm47D5jy-7kCe3e7QXtprlZM-geY_QXv8LoQwdY_BPFVGKnykj-UhaZZT-sWN4hL-WksjrDW8InQv1Tkq12YE3B5yoq2NtqSM5NyYqOe20VwKvd4fYjwlUedn/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DNAGedcom Note:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;There are two versions of the DNAGedcom client being used at present. Version 2 is necessary if you have FTDNA matches, but it doesn’t have the filter option for Ancestry DNA matches (I’m told the option will be reinstated in future). The version linked to in the first post of this series &lt;strong&gt;does &lt;/strong&gt;have the option.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Coming up&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-7.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;next post&lt;/a&gt;, we’re going to extract &lt;strong&gt;more &lt;/strong&gt;information from the files we already have.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/305682491593177596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-6.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/305682491593177596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/305682491593177596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-6.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 6-Busy graph treatments'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpg2ehU2ZpOIJUaXQ1HXVL7hZo2InGLThrdRU9E4HJSNR-8DjkAiFI7n4TyzOj7mLwNvkP0lYbJNmX-PT6lauz41q2VhL8shyphenhyphenIkBZD1q2bStxqqFsYj2YJT9Y4yiOBQg5Vux_N404L1_Un/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-4170776676920687395</id><published>2017-07-19T23:22:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2018-02-13T21:50:16.572+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 5-Busy graph diagnosis</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Our computers have to crunch a lot of numbers to make up these graphs. Even more so for a busy one. If you haven’t cleared duplicate relationships since you last loaded data (or ever!) head back to &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart-4.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Post 4&lt;/a&gt; and do this step now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In writing these posts I’ve tried to choose a path that will be both useful and accessible to as many people as possible. The options I’ve chosen and methods I’ve used may not be the ones that work best for you. The choices you make should be driven by the nature of your tree and your research goals. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before you try and clean up a busy graph, you need to understand &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; it’s busy. You’ll have a big head start on both understanding the relationships it shows, and what you would lose or gain by removing certain elements from the graph. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sincere thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blaine Bettinger&lt;/a&gt;, Joan Hanlon and Richard Rubin who allowed me to use their data to test the suggestions in this post. Thank you also to the several other people who offered me their data for the same purpose. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Why is the graph busy?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have used one of Joan’s kits for demonstration purposes. The kit has 469 fourth cousin or closer matches. Below is the point reached, having followed the steps in earlier parts of this series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_tWtTQrzOTiJ5zI2GnHOH6_jkF6zHIe-aUivNALO97XOCnYaJMo8kKGC9xU5HVMrbDxBj8DCjGnVKDuxao2LOh64MdV1TqiZguQbsHPU1gIVZ21FUinLGzKud4viCOq56ynLSj6BNOCI/s1600-h/image%255B7%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLLwllUTrGmXKorK5bdh5AUS6lMinyuJ5k-2IMV1RHbk6w2sNxXTjCzgTnyg8NKmasqZuPNQmW9Ef3x-W56tUL0Wy8cIbo5aDKabO9E8tYsxIbXUWG2BShdc8KHQ7fusVPuDx4B4WizdN/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;The start point&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let’s take a closer look.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Distant relatives&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many of the groups have a cluster of interconnected closer relatives with a fringe of distant relatives. You can see the fringes quite clearly on the left of this group. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT752q3k7iiT5L3-hoIZ91kQlIZIPh4x7QUUji3YoOmPvZq3W1iYGN84Agyb1bnp1ut_GUqGl3aa1Ieb_Cdsj5DCvbsahJ24SUSc_Te0ySyPT9OmmVziOv_N-0FgZ5UMr95cHmSDURLjZE/s1600-h/image%255B3%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;409&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0wMQI7KojoGmP28aYexeusx-tNPIj_44Kladq5-Q0suz7uOiL4eBosfheiVQTj2vsl97pi-ZwUuXS6LgRJ4Y_HPAFw2aBVJKCUKTOoqSwsh8e9uaUMqyJiketoYHIO_GEXE7d3SbC3SX/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;A group with a fringe of distant relatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Group interconnections&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;There’s a network of between-group streaks across the graph. In areas where these are thicker, it’s hard to tell where the streaks start and end. They obscure the relationships within groupings. We can work out where those linkages are coming from.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Interconnections from close cousins&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I click on each row of the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet, that person’s relationship lines are highlighted in red. I can see that some of the strong streaks between groups are due to a small number of closer relatives. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Connections from a third cousin are highlighted in the image below. This is gold! If Joan knows how that third cousin is related to the focus person, it will suggest what part of the tree those two groups are connected to. It works the other way around too. Clues from those two groups could lead to discovering how the predicted third cousin fits in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbb3dPwmJLoucY_k0MHj1g9XBEc_1Z1_PKXFdY7vtGCm8f2PgTExqsauEhZ04h4njFoDsAHt7gIiazOYKkPy04hrtWZ1gNWXdKHfY09rNWsihHe0TyeGAUojFg9tp7fxJ7rVgFOr-iScQA/s1600-h/image_thumb3%255B4%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;371&quot; title=&quot;image_thumb3&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image_thumb3&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd04rJ0AXWbGRtb-7JFMgNwVeQJAQek9mxozn4mJitS1yDusfdnRK-6oDeYs_LPXPiow1VjPfmb0w_RsveU3-dPoBpSu0Nr2zSwwBnrOpzmdJyOCHNG5dhVGv-QX3ZHAD1VhDrL62uExDd/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;This third cousin has strong connections to two other groups&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The number of lines from even a few first or second cousins, who will probably match with multiple people in other groups, may be enough to obscure what is going on in a graph. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Group interconnections – other linkages&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I move to the &lt;strong&gt;Groups&lt;/strong&gt; worksheet, I can now click on each group in turn. All the people in the group and each of their relationships with other people, will be highlighted. The group below has linkages spread out to many other groups. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the relationship between two of your DNA matches may have &lt;strong&gt;nothing to do with your tree&lt;/strong&gt;. It’s very likely that some of your DNA matches will be related to each other on other lines. While there are slightly more connections to the dark blue group, there’s nothing here that screams of a strong relationship between groups.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBp-lC1YOfoYx6dKjNYBh81Gi44hT4vtNfMU5Ru5oFvab0RHr-yKjVHgOtsEzvGjYwEqyP1hJgS2esALZOyaDRYWJ7R1I7Kxy5QqAtZtwrpG5Ic-KmKvttvhDjtRv359vSppb_lavdLMl/s1600-h/image_thumb7%255B1%255D%255B5%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;370&quot; title=&quot;image_thumb7[1]&quot; style=&quot;border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image_thumb7[1]&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUGAPWmJDI7YEsKD0iQWUA6FttdTgb5-n5p0XreP0-rUhUOmeBPNEE-PXm8JBjQIIqfpM6KWwawLR3BvI7MqFeBvxKJyakiXEWxgaEsk6LNuAgChkDu2NVSrPVdMrg11UufnKTnptqxl0/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the group at the top has multiple connections to the green group in the lower left hand corner (see below). It’s easy to imagine that the division of people between those two groups could change with a few new cousins added, or a slightly different grouping algorithm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigkbgOqG6wLtfetRDtbMoarK7eFDeE9DUNiwsUBid3gONsbgCx5vAxWiGw0uXPvYwAuhgzPzwFDRj4UrrPrm_5PxFWbkC8BpuQLRXvPm1qgB7Mhyw1UEk8v9ks0TX3DPcuA95w6pXV6xH/s1600-h/image%255B31%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;377&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEHH82Usfe6gHK-uRPxQAVcNBMqcxR2NXfF8atG6_ytE5ixsaO-gt3kMdMBT7C6A-9Hmn51VKyeO4DdEkU5m8cxJJzNpafr47GBijVy8FRx0kFnTBvEHKiWWR3P5h9anM7ycY_AuHmROv/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;A prolific branch?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;strong&gt;Groups &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet I marked the &lt;strong&gt;Visibility &lt;/strong&gt;column for all of the groups, except the two mentioned above, with the word ‘skip’. I &lt;strong&gt;Refreshed &lt;/strong&gt;the graph and adjusted the &lt;strong&gt;Scale &lt;/strong&gt;slider to see this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4qeJxrNQ2p7MLFdGd7ysIF-In_Vz6WaoBdPEHtQB85iTk-l_Xg-Y5w7AGv_NcCEVbnIeCy7EB5JWAuRKqOMM3dRQR1bakxj_cq78dKC2N5lIYyJ5SUK9zyAN4mY2lUzuEaQwh4TMeC0u/s1600-h/image%255B35%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlX5DJrFIswomB9UpuNg8IbDu-gf9o_taaNVpcxZX5OD0Z71TNhao-d49wpDFNHZZJeSbKgRGvHfv9oy_mraWjx-Ncet1Kdk5icOsxF2YPyd-bpQCEu7xL20fOg7P4-lSTGkQf2DLrUwXt/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s a bit hard to show it here – you’ll have to take my word for it – but it appears that there are perhaps half a dozen people at the furthest end of the the fourth cousin range with multiple connections to both groups. I found it interesting that the strong connection &lt;strong&gt;wasn’t&lt;/strong&gt; driven by closer cousins. The group on the right also are more distantly related to the focus person, on average, than the group on the left. Perhaps a more distant, but prolific, line of descent from the same branch? Only research will tell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Endogamy&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are from an endogamous population, and your computer survives the journey to making a graph, you will find yourself with dots on a solid mat of grey. The following graph is from a person known to have some endogamy. Only fourth cousins and closer have been included in the graph. Almost any vertex I click on connects to multiple groups – I’m not at all sure that the groupings are meaningful in this case. In the bottom right hand corner, a few clusters from the less endogamous portions of the tree peek out. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTaupHDEcHA0rMycDleJBWDP_O-l0L01wWHYUiPbR6YsBuTn6a6qXfHdhgAolxhRjmdX0U8pVg1vgurhYfwj1gCrMSihxL0oZ3Q-ej9OH8zPSHSQ8fpeoMZ5M29u_CsxI__DzBFYdl-mv/s1600-h/image%255B39%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;376&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrVSAPsmDBW4u5TihZPWginu9bCaW3XjfZE7pO9MWBwCdnwu06gASaXqRRv73IiNbEV2LvJadQlg25oqMAISQwjncxZn43V5fTM7gSQrc4fx3am8QV7OIbLwfPB1XatevJJJaPscQWNAi/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you looked at graphs in earlier post, you’ll know this is far removed from my own. I take back any complaint I may have made about not having enough matches!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Cleaning the clutter&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;So we’ve rummaged around in the clutter and found some items that should go, and a few we’d like to keep. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What next? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-6.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;next post&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4qeJxrNQ2p7MLFdGd7ysIF-In_Vz6WaoBdPEHtQB85iTk-l_Xg-Y5w7AGv_NcCEVbnIeCy7EB5JWAuRKqOMM3dRQR1bakxj_cq78dKC2N5lIYyJ5SUK9zyAN4mY2lUzuEaQwh4TMeC0u/s1600-h/image%255B35%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/4170776676920687395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-5.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4170776676920687395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4170776676920687395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-5.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 5-Busy graph diagnosis'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLLwllUTrGmXKorK5bdh5AUS6lMinyuJ5k-2IMV1RHbk6w2sNxXTjCzgTnyg8NKmasqZuPNQmW9Ef3x-W56tUL0Wy8cIbo5aDKabO9E8tYsxIbXUWG2BShdc8KHQ7fusVPuDx4B4WizdN/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-648847862280693779</id><published>2017-07-18T22:46:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-07-18T22:46:59.885+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Roadshow"/><title type='text'>Researching Abroad Roadshow is coming to Canberra</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Coming up next month (August 2017) is a fantastic opportunity for Australians with British or European ancestry. I’m talking about Unlock the Past’s ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ on the subject &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/events/researching-abroad-finding-british-isles-and-european-ancestors&quot;&gt;Researching Abroad: Finding British Isles and European Ancestors&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The roadshow features two very well regarded international speakers – Chris Paton from Scotland and Dirk Weissleder from Germany. If you haven’t been to a genealogy event before, this would be a great one to start with. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/events/researching-abroad-finding-british-isles-and-european-ancestors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;255&quot; title=&quot;Researching Abroad banner&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;Researching abroad: 8-26 August. Brisbane, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOF4jxTrXjx7mybf06cWNSnZ5_DJFCWj1eRufdreCRMOoS-y-7cH2f6keeuT_7F7R4qmDodWXalIBSJ3IftcMnqOhA3xE5kbzEQpLEE1OMw2rZqZ4wIoPUf-92Le18zs19ck3ue-lp5an/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve followed Chris Paton’s &lt;a href=&quot;http://britishgenes.blogspot.com.au/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; for years. When I learned that he was going to be speaking in Canberra, I jumped at the chance to attend. I’ve had this in my calendar since February! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More recently, I signed up as a Roadshow Ambassador. I’m more than happy to support the Roadshow’s success as I would love to see more events like it. Tickets are available on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/events/researching-abroad-finding-british-isles-and-european-ancestors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unlock the Past site&lt;/a&gt; (scroll down to the city list). There’s a small discount for pre-booking, and by pre-booking you’ll also be entered into a rather substantial prize draw of genealogy goodies. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure: &lt;/strong&gt;In return for acting as a Roadshow Ambassador I have received free entry to the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/648847862280693779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/researching-abroad-roadshow-is-coming.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/648847862280693779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/648847862280693779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/researching-abroad-roadshow-is-coming.html' title='Researching Abroad Roadshow is coming to Canberra'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOF4jxTrXjx7mybf06cWNSnZ5_DJFCWj1eRufdreCRMOoS-y-7cH2f6keeuT_7F7R4qmDodWXalIBSJ3IftcMnqOhA3xE5kbzEQpLEE1OMw2rZqZ4wIoPUf-92Le18zs19ck3ue-lp5an/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-8316849714376668204</id><published>2017-07-15T23:36:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-08-04T22:26:16.825+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches–Part 4-Updating</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This is the fourth part of a series about using a free Excel template, &lt;a href=&quot;https://nodexl.codeplex.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NodeXL Basic&lt;/a&gt;, to visualise Ancestry DNA match lists. For previous posts, see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;index to the series&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So you’ve made a chart and it’s just the way you want it. The next thing you know you have brand new interesting DNA matches and you’re dying to know how they fit in. Once you get used to it, creating a new graph is quite quick and easy. Or…. you could save a little time and upload more information into the same chart. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;How new data is treated&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before you load more information into an existing chart it’s useful to understand what will happen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matches&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;New matches are appended to the end of the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;sheet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Data for existing matches is overwritten (where the columns have the same name). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Columns that were not present before are added.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Columns that were present before that are&lt;strong&gt; not&lt;/strong&gt; re-imported are unaffected. The existing data will still be there. New matches will have no values in that column.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matches who don’t appear in the new data are unaffected – you won’t lose them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Relationships&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;All the relationships in the new file will be added to the end of the list on the &lt;strong&gt;Edges&lt;/strong&gt; sheet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;This will duplicate existing relationships. Clean up is necessary.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;This has some exciting implications for the kinds of things we will be able to do with the charts. I’m dying to get up to the posts where I’ll show them to you! One thing at a time… &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Clearing duplicates&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;To make things easier on your computer, you should clear away duplicate relationship entries (edges) each time you reload data into an existing worksheet:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the NodeXL ribbon select &lt;strong&gt;Prepare Data&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Count and Merge Duplicate Edges&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxzX8rVUDMjiHgZMXXX1mTyV3ONnIP48xE8cTGBtqJv0Cpsh2uHDgFhhounAcgjO1iwsfcU7cBeZX-n9sNG6EoQpKGf-7ib64-Th-PZ0tUwqjngePfbnfdLmNUtqyTAdwE2uCiM9Cvjiy/s1600-h/image%255B6%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;364&quot; height=&quot;236&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AJCoIIt-uT_v2JIAjOOZmKVnL4jpfiCnGJJ6hQUGFL7qW_nu_yt6Vr-PB1dinorEJncgzgwBUHx-HHPU2D0DZVRqOx2r82Swr1gtcltg276bbi2W2EITgq5dagDzgUX76CJJ1Tkw2mX1/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clear the &lt;strong&gt;Count duplicate edges &lt;/strong&gt;box &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tick the &lt;strong&gt;Merge duplicate edges &lt;/strong&gt;box&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;Vertex 1 and Vertex 2 &lt;/strong&gt;as the columns that contain duplicates.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCXhc1psBbCnwL1zKp6EvzkmlAL4pK-KpH5eYXnVAdQKV9jAOCDLHJqIu1tpF0DuIl7Rrfa3MDeLe8Ee2tPj7pAcitoJ8SpkSQEkoF8e4rrMMp1Ndi03-INslYzdpbZJ1gkEwjDnyrYnm/s1600-h/image%255B7%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;433&quot; height=&quot;258&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1fJLS75X17zNcJhIpRlGmf907WTGBnensOl-ktiMMBWwCPRTjfZ-EKHrGzTP_0VKh9vKUFGI9AEuK84dWB_2Yks5UsDSvYpAHInDPF20yTKBSjkXyDCkJAPbOkd0yIVXMpPhNbtJq4DW/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;OK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a long in-common-with list you should take this step now, even if you haven’t reimported data. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you first import data, one ‘Vertex’ row is created for each person, and one ‘Edge’ for each relationship. For fourth and closer cousins who match each other, two relationships are recorded: ‘A matches B’ and ‘B matches&amp;nbsp; A’. Excel’s &lt;strong&gt;Remove duplicates &lt;/strong&gt;button won’t help because it doesn’t recognise these pairs of reciprocal relationships as duplicates. Each duplicated relationship adds a little to the processing load for your computer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you clear duplicates, the first duplicate entry starting from the top is kept and any others discarded. Keep this in mind if you use any of the other edge columns – you may want to choose “Vertex 1, Vertex 2 and this column”, or to sort the edges before clean up so that the ones you want to retain are at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Updating data – the process&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;To update a worksheet with fresh data, use the following steps. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Save&lt;/strong&gt; a copy first in case something goes wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Import new &lt;strong&gt;in-common-with &lt;/strong&gt;file – see &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Import new &lt;strong&gt;match &lt;/strong&gt;file – see &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clear duplicates&lt;/strong&gt; – see above.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recreate &lt;strong&gt;groups &lt;/strong&gt;– see &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Autofill columns&lt;/strong&gt; – see &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-3.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the autofill process hasn’t caused your graph to refresh, then &lt;strong&gt;Refresh Graph &lt;/strong&gt;now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;If one or more of your new matches has a very close relationship to you and should be ‘skipped’, add them to the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input file &lt;/strong&gt;and reload that as well (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt; for a reminder how to load it). Do so any time before step 3 above. Alternatively you can enter ‘Skip’ manually on the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;sheet. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Coming up…&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know a lot of people are interested in ways to work with a busy chart – that post will be next, I promise! &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/8316849714376668204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart-4.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8316849714376668204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/8316849714376668204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart-4.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches–Part 4-Updating'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AJCoIIt-uT_v2JIAjOOZmKVnL4jpfiCnGJJ6hQUGFL7qW_nu_yt6Vr-PB1dinorEJncgzgwBUHx-HHPU2D0DZVRqOx2r82Swr1gtcltg276bbi2W2EITgq5dagDzgUX76CJJ1Tkw2mX1/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-4804474435962874658</id><published>2017-07-10T09:37:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2018-01-03T13:13:34.471+11:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches–Index</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This series of posts describes how you can use a free Excel template (Windows only, I’m afraid) to draw a network graph of your Ancestry DNA matches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Published posts&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 1: Getting ready&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;NodeXL&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;DNAGedcom&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 2: Loading files the first time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Additional input file (‘skip’ close relatives)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Load in-common-with&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Load matches&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Load additional input&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-3.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 3: Navigation and presentation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hiding columns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zooming in&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Changing layouts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dot sizes and labels&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scale the features&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart-4.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 4: Updating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How new data is treated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clearing duplicates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Updating – the process&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-5.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 5: Busy graph diagnosis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-6.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 6: Busy graph treatments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-7.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 7: Adding shared administrator lines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-8.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 8: Adding known ancestors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-9.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 9: Combining kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Loading more kits into the same graph&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using a formula to adjust dot sizes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Part 10: Colour coding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Show colour per vertex&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Colour one node at a time&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply colour codes in bulk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Colour coding examples – Branch, Side, Place, Heat map&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/4804474435962874658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html#comment-form' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4804474435962874658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/4804474435962874658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches–Index'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-2751885422222980110</id><published>2017-07-08T14:03:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-07-08T14:03:17.026+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches–First aid for complicated graphs</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;If you have tried the instructions in this series and found that no matter how carefully you followed the instructions, all you had was a big blob, it’s probably because your very close relatives have tested. Lucky you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will be providing a post with ideas to help with complicated charts including those with many family relationships, but in the meantime you can apply some simple first aid.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add an extra line with the ‘Skip’ instruction to the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file for each &lt;strong&gt;parent&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;child&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;sibling&lt;/strong&gt; who has also taken a test.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Post 2&lt;/a&gt; has been updated to reflect this instruction.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/2751885422222980110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesfirst.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/2751885422222980110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/2751885422222980110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesfirst.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches–First aid for complicated graphs'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-688953927287481567</id><published>2017-07-07T20:18:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2017-07-07T20:18:06.789+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 3-Navigation and Presentation</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This is the third post in a series about Visualising Ancestry DNA Matches. In previous posts we &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;got ready&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html#comment-form&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;loaded the files&lt;/a&gt;. In this post I’ll show you how to get around your graph, and provide some options to adjust the appearance of the chart so that it can be more easily understood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To begin, open up the file you saved at the end of the last post. You won’t see the graph you created.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don’t Panic&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Show Graph&lt;/strong&gt; and your work will reappear with your last settings intact. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEo1ATHRZnULOuxLsnr9CcwpZ3Z29KnKkIbH9EJMRBVwWjfp-k3wCCNHxXQNMYUUPBYtKPS2Hlf4vC2kjLYNPGQ73DueYk7yJfUo48gZt1-66igektayDtm36fchgUogyKC2W4MOCehIm/s1600-h/image5&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;614&quot; height=&quot;105&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhem88srowl4-knYNjz541ypOa4UfmzGJBtZHRzD8Z2vQKnFHTo6Vfhs-jDoBWzLhayyl7PMMUQLVIqmAS9Xgzkz-yyO8UxIFfJxGJldZTIH_6uDF8T0knFuOuFsUn_oeRC7df64tOE7A7u/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Navigation&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Jump to a person&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I suggested previously that you should move back to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet and try clicking on some dots. If you haven’t done so, try it now. You’ll find that when you click on a dot the appropriate line on the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices&lt;/strong&gt; worksheet is highlighted. If you scroll right on that worksheet you will see the person’s name, kit administrator and shared cM. You will also find that the ‘matchURL’ field contains a clickable hyperlink to your match page with that person. Very handy! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It works the other way as well. If you select a line or lines on the worksheet, the corresponding dot (or dots) will highlight in red. Note: You may have to click a few times to see this. Only a small proportion of all your matches are on the graph as it only displays people who have shared match information. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Hide excess columns&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scrolling to the right every time can be a bit annoying. We can quickly hide some of those excess columns. On the NodeXL Ribbon, click the Workbook Columns button. Here you hide and show the ‘Visual Properties’ and ‘Labels’ columns if you wish. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn70OgwDdhXywSR6CPZwy5znTK8bobZUjfmxJAgLB-GNw85JXtHutD3qLnt2AfQG_p4KO21r0scFP_Wi_7TLKXolac9shQLNZMeIQ6SjAglVscXlRPTgOJY6Y3IK8pu8NZD_Dl_IH4sSL3/s1600-h/image14&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;606&quot; height=&quot;136&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQqae4EvcO66nD_WmqHlecmWIrD6ZLWj6c4uc7upYkeLaZ1AekrCWwWYvW0vRuGH20OrK_5HF4U_Giz3vRxFSXGXDSYDX6QXVzxzib_zEqSIOkbknACD2Q71bID2luHoAuU8l_7ZoqTwE/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Take a closer look&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The controls that will help you get around the chart itself are at the top of the graph display area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGUGgSf1P_3FflWdUywsr-Z7MKn4T2tWW7ktb3tSnhQispIFmzKgMHgQBqUk0wb35SKDyE6XDrykvODRKSoHVpB-tuKVe4RYVlQyPfI-yXcHmYjEw-Sr4C-JmaxzL9bFGdxYACyalpIY_/s1600-h/image18&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;633&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlIVRB2Gl6E32JC4HiC9bgGXdjHGnyIRwrexIt4AsP4Q1MJmykuiZWtgu5KTQx31uouBmO7oda8aLw55k2_Vry_isEW1sSMmptF6MxR21rQ3FdKhull-9QsKzpK6iiwe3eFl2XZF_8yZb/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The A&lt;strong&gt;rrow &lt;/strong&gt;button allow you to make selections on the chart.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The + and – M&lt;strong&gt;agnifying glasses&lt;/strong&gt; will zoom the image in or out, as will the &lt;strong&gt;Zoom slider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When you are zoomed in, the&lt;strong&gt; Hand&lt;/strong&gt; button will let you move to different parts of the graph. If you can’t select dots, it’s probably because you’ve left the hand button active.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The&lt;strong&gt; Scale&lt;/strong&gt; slider leaves the graph the same size, but will make everything on it (dots, line width, labels) smaller. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Notice most buttons have usage tips that will appear when you hover over them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a play with the controls. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Presentation&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;NodeXL allows for a lot of customisation. We’re going to give our graphs a makeover! We’re going to try on different layouts, emphasise our closer cousins and accessorise with carefully chosen labels. By the time we’re finished those frumpy scribbles will be elegant figures wearing designer labels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We’re aiming for before and after shots something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYZxKa3Z49KyAHCVV28K6184HlFEQbPbJN-9eIsNXo9X759itwnFJrqQM_X5vz_IEjhNTPAQIDoP1YA6S9CIffP3o1YEfVVTM9U8P4xbOXJ6OTpahOBtWN6SdqRlzRc0fPGSTWeLN2pgl/s1600-h/image30&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;341&quot; height=&quot;441&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i8s0TxuJyijSU8u9Vky3AprPegudOpphbVVTkVHCF7vMZ_Le6humMQREfuISlF43LQymcy1dnRGaAFFo57OcYOnyXUdGSbbuUTCX-Nv8xuOiMO2X3lImHxTeMlOG0GwLjy0KB1hvWTES/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAj21Q57OiUamwEtSGL243AVFGev0v-0GhW066ZoYXhJCo7m7DVBci_enlw70V7liQcdjzWiz7Oq5LsyWJDV_LzMzEAIQgsD0XefRSXH0_5_jAeqK2nnHsxWuIVlDEUppIjZfSIZ1PcPo/s1600-h/image31&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;342&quot; height=&quot;444&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1N6PALmQc-SGm0xvfGc3m1rtlH7MTzPM1dp6S-H0uUH4dYiNZGqXTBUzTFzt4wyNvK7uhCz0NwLyrSjfrTMqF7DxFmzJak95fIYZwQLQvaQPkt-_04c4OKCpVEqSlNl15dsXpAS6BRqOU/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Layouts&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;So far we’ve stuck with the default layout algorithm. There are other layouts to choose from. When I first tried NodeXL I was suffering from a bad case of DNA circle envy, so I choose circle layouts. They worked well with small groups of matches. Since then I’ve acquired more matches and have settled on the ‘Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale’ option (used in the ‘after’ image above). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Layout options&lt;/strong&gt; are available on the graph area toolbar and on the NodeXL Ribbon. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy13OL2NWLMI4XX1b4LKRmQv3_2C3d8Gha7ClbYzZBCvnVlfJsNEQ94kPiUvJZ1SBfBO1H8vq95t-GDheJNpG53hELwXYJZBGlRDq7uAo_W72XROVst_JUGFv4zhHoC6PHe8gOlC4Omef/s1600-h/image39&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;620&quot; height=&quot;103&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivBWAoLEUDNmPd6LNV5lmp0IjYpbJb83nr75lNcMTPT3hYR1FtIf4Y54X_7E7P-pnB29bwzKIHj8toLowHByP1yQ6gLOGB0VI_tooea78tNf9sZBbemuDv_4G5H4X1VGDETAyoD2ivegB/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select a &lt;strong&gt;layout option&lt;/strong&gt; from the drop down list.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Each time you select a different layout option NodeXL forgets that you want to keep your groups in separate boxes. Remind it by opening up &lt;strong&gt;Layout options…&lt;/strong&gt; (same menu, bottom item). It seems to retain the options you last set, so just click &lt;strong&gt;OK&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To apply the new layout, click &lt;strong&gt;Lay Out Again&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go ahead and try different layouts out until you find one that works well with your data. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Dot size and labels&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve adjusted the dot &lt;strong&gt;sizes &lt;/strong&gt;on my charts to correspond with the sharedCM value – bigger dots are closer cousins. I’ve also applied &lt;strong&gt;labels &lt;/strong&gt;so I can see who is who without moving back to the vertices worksheet. When I hover over a dot, a &lt;strong&gt;tooltip &lt;/strong&gt;appears with whatever note I had entered on the person’s Ancestry match page at the time I downloaded the file. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All this can be done very easily using options found under just one button. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click the&lt;strong&gt; Autofill Columns&lt;/strong&gt; button on the NodeXL Ribbon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkktfvpG8VpGX2ZAJIkNOg0L8hO4uNsTv7fZKrzzSc0Z_Xha6nS72umKqplDvGqefoh0vjYuCjf4ul1km3hgwlUFpKkddGDzEioghZvVdVemDN0zMuWN-qPCF_rkLN3sR89p29_3oDr_7H/s1600-h/image43&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;568&quot; height=&quot;142&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3rV4W4pdffzCJBK92gBJg2E_gkFC0vOutVLxM2gH3lF8sA2Jf1WJj769uiqoxtcaZXN3dzNTzYud4OqgYzH7cXPxBu5hyphenhyphenwIrEZs2CwaRrYR2auMLlkK8gOgM6u5ytR2I6yPA_TgFHyN3/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The dialog below will appear. This dialog will write values in the ‘Visual Properties’ columns and ‘Labels’ column based on the columns you choose. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set&lt;strong&gt; Vertex Label&lt;/strong&gt; to ‘name’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Tooltip&lt;/strong&gt; to ‘note’&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Size&lt;/strong&gt; to ‘sharedCM’ – then click on the Options button on the right.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqEG6NG53vbXAL1xbng1QjjABKDUAZ9anGlwRpcGycziTDDh9eMtG6Ap1Am6t_t-tN1NDbbLurqpcb7HUjVjtTX0qgfWUsn-EKyrsmOuvb-56cNLWfia05wIfPGDPU4qNlvBMsuQIY1Yh/s1600-h/image10%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;474&quot; height=&quot;602&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6brxLdJhsKQPF-v2Z-m8jLkIaXRN9AK0D4-1DUvTU-Pn89t33KQtmHEwYXJE0p8ENGzUlYz7tsnKRMd9uCzbl12HnGNSlk3n5z5WuXYc6MFJjNOIKtcDcQ_w4BhELsyhutNTgdOExH3r/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Vertex Size&lt;/strong&gt; options let you decide how big or small the dot representing each person should be based on numerical values in the column you select. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The settings shown below worked for well me. You may be quite happy to leave the smallest number as “The smallest number in the column”. I increased the number to 10 so that I could tell the difference between my closer cousins and everyone else more easily. The number 30 worked well for me as the upper limit (anyone with shared CM of 30 or more will be drawn at the maximum size). Experiment and see what works for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To get out and apply the settings:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;
161. <li>Click <strong>OK </strong>on the ‘Vertex Size Options’ box</li>
162. <li>Click <strong>Autofill </strong>on the ‘Autofill Columns’ box. <br>The
163. information will be written into the appropriate columns and the settings
164. applied immediately.</li>
165. &lt;li&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Close &lt;/strong&gt;on the ‘Autofill Columns’ box&lt;/li&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZ90iI0VHyym4x4xlF2DXjrI0Gn3-K-M0CVC9ezSwBPB-kkXRzm19EyI79pkyLw7hlVjotm8pMCL8LitUXlCapF6t3cQUce0MzWV936mBLjQiXBHK4XO5NeyQRPSG7o1ekD-vnxCwZEOO/s1600-h/image21&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;275&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15lf2JgNUZ8ZBDDkrdALHhfocWmk4_qW_CZnviHPapePx9I7DK-1jRWb6mRu-VPh2fhn9vOnUYhMdEoe5dMp1j25OHplpQ8gx11rSeYc41WZbf1W5tRpiafv4wkxwfy3pBcoGTu6r5YXf/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Scale the features&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;By now you should have graphs that look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-h5FbCwGkyrhualQb13JO-Xsb8YvRcqVqgI8VCf0gt2A5f0iH0IgoSfULZjk-RF9zcdxRehzLCMhmcvX5ps6DcBHLil1Ac9SEUV5aMg8l93BTMdynWiQ-wlvY1FTXAdJJkmWWi-rqY_3/s1600-h/image17&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;190&quot; height=&quot;244&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jmJWB1DeV1mzxaSjU8LSfDYAkHIhQ9B564uUGJ_gSTNM3CBBPpuumzUX36lm1_BggtVeyNtLP2q0LYY7Dy3r9P4KcjLmMkfAo-vxg-6bKnVb1sTYzSbhArq73Il9jl_zVS3a31s3yeD4/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s a bit cluttered and hard to see what’s going on. Use the &lt;strong&gt;Scale slider &lt;/strong&gt;to adjust the dots and labels to suit the &lt;strong&gt;Zoom&lt;/strong&gt; level you are using.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEagu-bY2eys5DngDE7mtfm-EkWD8D0yd8w2JZlXRDtYc6PGTvdRrECTQcdHdmsn9y7lc8RW5kwSRurnHQUwHLpeiHSi1RfXRus9PXm57Ay0I3p0x0F2-GrI2-nnBBJbHu3p5WseEobMiy/s1600-h/image%255B3%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;632&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwsKxzMNW6L0-KRgwAs7kj8kJ6Lned7wnkh6VMZkRRi4smpMBj3xThyMd2rLX3N56ysPAmftpZMrxU-pQZWlOG1Yf-BireIHuAdk5Y2zJ1TAz1UCJ-pEXk8FLe1NLm3rMmaw49jSCgEUQ/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here’s a closer look at the same group with a &lt;strong&gt;Zoom&lt;/strong&gt; of 200 and a &lt;strong&gt;Scale&lt;/strong&gt; of 40.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlL_TDZyjFYQajIIDpISt16RPnCfS-Lv71GoxesDgiUObfNE845F92TtDBh87gyce_AlSYjEIXAFsVHY_XyPfwEM-gYqw-8pDKqZQT7-wBK6tdknAjRMs2_AK9KCguWu8o0GIb_e7b2f9/s1600-h/image%255B7%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;477&quot; height=&quot;620&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ykQl_1056zbRGOrT7GYrGd4V-_oBHbsXR0Z51-qDIVphtwOZAOCkPUKwE04dQ_uhLLwBHXKmVKts2CfXc3beQ_T84Fd0PqfLjxedzINzOtvhvDNOLGqmPehK-M3rebhlXypB8AbiEA2l/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don’t forget to &lt;strong&gt;save&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;What can we do with this?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;These graphs show DNA matching relationships in the Ancestry DNA data. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Each &lt;em&gt;dot&lt;/em&gt; represents a &lt;strong&gt;person &lt;/strong&gt;on your DNA match list. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The bigger the dot, the more shared DNA they have with you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Each &lt;em&gt;line&lt;/em&gt; represents a &lt;strong&gt;relationship &lt;/strong&gt;between two people who are estimated to be &lt;strong&gt;fourth cousins or closer &lt;/strong&gt;to &lt;strong&gt;each other &lt;/strong&gt;(at least &lt;strong&gt;one &lt;/strong&gt;of the two people must be estimated fourth cousin or closer to you).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;When we look at it this way, we can see linkages that are &lt;strong&gt;not visible &lt;/strong&gt;on the Ancestry DNA shared match pages. I can think of dozens of scenarios where this sort of information could lead to valuable clues. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For example: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;On ‘Cousin K’s’ shared match page, I can see ‘Cousin O’ and ‘Cousin I’. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I&lt;em&gt; don’t&lt;/em&gt; see ‘Cousin S’ or ‘Cousin T’ who are distantly related to me, but more closely related to Cousin K.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;‘Cousin S’ is a (estimated) distant relative to me, but must be a fourth cousin or closer to both ‘Cousin K’ and ‘Cousin I’ for the connecting lines to show. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suppose the key to my connection with fourth Cousins ‘K’ and ‘I’ happens to lie with Cousin ‘S’? If Cousin ‘S’ doesn’t have a public tree linked to their DNA kit no amount of searching for names or places will find them. As I have thousands of DNA matches on Ancestry, I’m unlikely to make my way all the way to their page which will be well back in my results – let alone contact them if I have nothing else to go on. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether you’re taking a paper trail or a segment matching approach to your DNA matches, it helps to know which of your thousands of matches might be relevant to a particular problem. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now that I’ve visualised the relationships this way, I know that Cousin S exists and that it could be worthwhile contacting them. &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/688953927287481567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-3.html#comment-form' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/688953927287481567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/688953927287481567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-3.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 3-Navigation and Presentation'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhem88srowl4-knYNjz541ypOa4UfmzGJBtZHRzD8Z2vQKnFHTo6Vfhs-jDoBWzLhayyl7PMMUQLVIqmAS9Xgzkz-yyO8UxIFfJxGJldZTIH_6uDF8T0knFuOuFsUn_oeRC7df64tOE7A7u/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726802159327032874.post-3144137674088546228</id><published>2017-07-02T16:42:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2017-07-13T08:33:01.549+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic genealogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methods"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NodeXL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="visualising matches series"/><title type='text'>Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 2-Loading files the first time</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This post is part two of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;series&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchespart.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;first post&lt;/a&gt; I showed you the files and software you can use to visualise Ancestry DNA matches. Today we’re going to load&amp;nbsp; the &lt;strong&gt;match &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;in-common-with &lt;/strong&gt;files you downloaded using the DNAGedcom client, and have our first look at a graph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Getting set up and loading the files is not difficult, but there are a&lt;strong&gt; lot&lt;/strong&gt; of steps to follow and details to note. I’ve suggested some check points at which you should save your progress.&amp;nbsp; If you miss a detail you won’t have to start from the beginning. Just reopen the file and resume from the last save point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first time you try this, give yourself &lt;strong&gt;at least forty five minutes &lt;/strong&gt;at a time when you feel ready to concentrate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s much quicker when you get used to it. The entire process described below takes me less than five minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you to my husband and to Aillin O’Brien who tested these instructions and provided invaluable feedback. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An index to this series of posts is available &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matchesindex.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Preparation: Set up a Spreadsheet for Additional Input&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;There’s one final step of preparation before we load the data. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we load the information as it is, the chart will show connections between the test taker (I’ll call that person “you”) and &lt;em&gt;every one&lt;/em&gt; of their matches. All you will see is a mass of dots. It’s also likely to tie up your computer while it thinks about all those lines it has to draw. I’ve made this mistake more than once... The graph appears eventually, but it isn’t very useful. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This will also occur when a direct line relative who can be expected to share a substantial number of matches with you from across your tree has also tested - a sibling, parent, child or grandchild.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The most efficient way I have found to get around this is to load in a small additional spreadsheet. We can also use the new spreadsheet to add other information, but we’ll get to that later. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open Excel and create a new workbook:&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;File – &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New – &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blank Workbook&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB3yfPsSzKMHtcaQMt1qvG1sIpQcurKr-dT-GnP1bVo3ujQB-R6PiI8Lf8Mt3vEe1jOL_fxIdbPXFNJueOzYyyzMzQzWiYBNQ08Hxw-H42mN3ocKDoj8TvidinKuPMEEzD-k4Fhz3VjmN/s1600-h/image41&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;626&quot; height=&quot;522&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghig7-Sr6Op31iPkrCGv9sFqyjgcbIScMyWb-IIu_CelMIHwb_r2tq9m5C0uvNLsFBZyyhuxV4JFZuy7CGFCZHt5QQvQiAZNYwUAL5NtoQPq6e2pSVKZKJvWB8rVXFFGVE0h1egYeKvs7/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the first row of your new workbook, type in the following column headings:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;matchID&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Match name&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Match admin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex 2&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Name&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex Type&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Edge Type&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Comment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSwo4E6s1xCs8eyz3nU_ZLEXH4o9stufQSx_Z7N2aTFgqIswQ_b7mSXZBtkTNrNvlfWdG_Ls4OzULfjFugI-tiqnzTuH42mR2m73O-aDMI_8QNm9fZNa_Lg7jQ3pupCX2KVohoPekbEo0/s1600-h/image4&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;45&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQrs-3ZHUyzbSp9ll1qWHTFkbleCCWjgU0ljczfkk5gv_6ZbD-lE5AIHSSflel2X3OCFFmVCg8T4U9Q6nhQjJuHH8BW_pG8XAELIhBQWwbpOJgAr7RNHEZs70OFlEqRyfAhcp730kivCX/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We need to enter one line of information in this table for each person with a large number of matches. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under &lt;strong&gt;matchid &lt;/strong&gt;you will enter the test ID number that was assigned to that person’s test by Ancestry. For your own test you can the URL when you go to your DNA page on Ancestry. It will look something like this – you need the part marked red:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;https://www.ancestry.com.au/dna/insights/&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;AAAAAAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEEEEEEEEEE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Copy and paste your test ID number under both &lt;strong&gt;matchid&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Vertex 2.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Type the word “Skip” under &lt;strong&gt;Visibility&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Don’t miss this step!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;That’s all that’s strictly necessary for it to work, but a little extra information will remind you what this line is for later: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Put your name in three columns: &lt;strong&gt;Match name, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Match admin &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Name.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;comment&lt;/strong&gt; is for reminders to yourself. Put whatever you like there. I added a short explanatory note about what this line does.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegjOS8vvZ2qcKebAe9z1hmFs9D5xLVyxh-fsB5eX2y_MQor3Md3eLodU8M3pftJGKS78HBJkownzNakuy4bXDDAgU1gOvx1Icy9WjwhOaHgpcb-pne7tyYsvxYW3Yzrqe9Sa0P9bBocTn/s1600-h/image121&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;51&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghS97pc830JU0i4go3y-VGyESP3tsidaAXd59UPvU4vbwuc_VazBvO4pGVh-YsTW5zIO6dUVtE7JTTTDNfloLnQJ3YRCysGIQnQZ6YfKTSo7zs2STfBTRCkiEk6l6x18H6RfzH6UznKVVx/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Repeat the process&lt;/strong&gt; for each close relative (sibling, parent, child or grandchild) who has DNA tested. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;This time, use your own id as the &lt;strong&gt;matchid, &lt;/strong&gt;and your close relative’s id as &lt;strong&gt;Vertex 2.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;If you’re not the administrator for the test, you can find their match ID on your DNA match page. The red part is your ID, and the blue part is your relative.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;https://www.ancestry.com.au/dna/tests/&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;AAAAAAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEEEEEEEEEE&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/match/&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;VVVVVVVV-WWWW-XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Alternatively you can look up the match ID numbers in the matches files. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Save the file somewhere you will find it again.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;I’ll call this file the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input &lt;/strong&gt;file from now on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;OK, we’re all set. Now we create a NodeXL file and load the information in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Create a NodeXL Workbook&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The method required to use the template may vary with your version of Excel. &lt;br&gt;I have an Office 365 subscription. I select &lt;strong&gt;File &lt;/strong&gt;– &lt;strong&gt;New &lt;/strong&gt;– &lt;strong&gt;PERSONAL&lt;/strong&gt; – &lt;strong&gt;NodeXLGraph&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;If this method doesn’t work for you, try searching for “NodeXL” in the Windows “Search programs and files” field or equivalent on your system, and double click the “NodeXL Template” file returned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwic0mIdi1N9SRmOWNlJ9kDEr7bpfqZAZaYGCFiIPCqJupVcqLJkY7efAe520CJBDQvmIIalSHwRmayEIgKWT5HZ-XCZE0wdPAHiSBrz72uCrrPn99PmvbZll9gTR3mJK2w8q9wuFfmfY/s1600-h/image19&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;730&quot; height=&quot;530&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW0NcvIgc4kQxqcNDW_qWQ2hw5RK0hHytjiT9LzOGDC4J8ffPUv_z8jKWtl_pfDiYWsOwQ7j4sL-aV5UvB7lX03fnC-voRKP8gsU1gwvyy8U7lJLYbNfHiYeGnK0yuTK90iL4U2cjgBPm/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;A new spreadsheet will open. It may check for template updates as it opens, and you will need to wait for 20 seconds for the splash screen to close. Once it does, your screen should look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebQI4UKGcElNUrRXYby5bRznp1wvY6IvrumXX0V0QkY56EWV-4eWOzk7PCWYvKIxf6sEpn6Ubw7qkWekpfv0uQ1yQyGSx8z_GVsApST3GUWn-dlk1NhaIMPzeQu6kdh9sydp6m_DQooEa/s1600-h/image251&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;735&quot; height=&quot;403&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqMUwgnTLpV_A0sQqjLoOaZF9GK_9RNnPXqv0hDuM09IXWEsDiZGBQZwZoSZnmTnGG-f9y0YT020VYxFXRM7a4fUnYS_OS__UzO5YFHdUHiexu24OL76jo5SxC6vyDMO-JpiQF9xH4MP_/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;A new ribbon called &lt;strong&gt;NodeXL Basic&lt;/strong&gt; has appeared. It won’t be there when you open a normal file, it will only appear when you are using the special files created with the template. Click on the new ribbon and take a look. This is where most of the action will take place. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7l0khoum5JuaTrFp9onz9BaAcq80-64aitQHEeBe2LxetsGfN6sAPpSMuPsqQe9bgmlz-MmVvjNq0srDxr4t_9xo9IilW8XFnP33HLgxfQws490q5QC5IRucB5EBO-yYw-TwY3VrOLBL/s1600-h/image32&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;754&quot; height=&quot;82&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9kyuS2yXf6FYF30KhTdArhUNRqAHouJMoEst0vOU-xjUlszN8zWYDbt-9aOxALsL3fNqahWJpBnl1cyO36FiWZ2bD5J7kACZkHrKwTOcrOL44mrvHTYi6IbIAWjSB8lFONwLiy1lqGh9/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Load your files&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open&lt;/strong&gt; your &lt;strong&gt;match list &lt;/strong&gt;(m_yourname.csv), &lt;strong&gt;in-common-with list &lt;/strong&gt;(icw_yourname.csv), and &lt;strong&gt;additional input &lt;/strong&gt;file in the normal way then return to the new NodeXL sheet. With each load we have to tell the template which fields in the file hold information about people (‘vertices’) and relationships (‘edges’). I’ll tell you what to put in at each stage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;Important step before loading the first time:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;On the NodeXL ribbon, click the &lt;strong&gt;Import&lt;/strong&gt; button. It’s at the far left hand side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPr6HS9Z6Wkq4-E5B9kcP8a89rRweKlqw06Iku-D8cKqyu1jud2KN_DXmjIPo8IPNdfkIn3X91YCVA7dWOR8QLti9Jnq3ZrH5gCek4kGyVh9mxaY2VMCHsR6RNP6qVnJ3AtTqfE4kSaTz2/s1600-h/image37&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;754&quot; height=&quot;82&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGIs_rwR8oGMC0YjNuD2gxb7RvWQJn82aExZYmBfBFaDTmyAYKQEOd9Woai2ARBO_zmseH9yeXEiUBvJiR3J1Etf2E-lYY2jjLC3a-s9mXZ1FaCcxHJyceM3nvwR8m828YQIr9zXyBAam/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Choose &lt;strong&gt;Import Options… &lt;/strong&gt;(the bottom item on the menu). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clear&lt;/em&gt; the box next to “Clear the NodeXL workbook before data is imported”. There should be no tick in the box.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why:&lt;/strong&gt; Otherwise, no matter how many files you load only the last one loaded will be in the spreadsheet. We need all three files – &lt;strong&gt;matches&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;in-common-with&lt;/strong&gt;, and&lt;strong&gt; additional input&lt;/strong&gt; – to go in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Save&lt;/strong&gt; the file now that you’ve adjusted the setting. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;In-common-with file&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;Import&lt;/strong&gt; from the NodeXL ribbon and choose &lt;strong&gt;From Open Workbook…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgN5vNmnsaRSK0wq7R_Q3oNGZ2Ktz4bA5lNRBKvmmEfFk1vh3t4T2nbFu86alss0gRvlQIRs5TX9Ktv5rpCM_QVdR0RObmsDQ3dsBZUsjwXClmzV4QkXYppAvumcyR-fmriscwAgTITIj/s1600-h/image4%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;382&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICgrc_WbLfzi1U2tXr_49Ttrh55feG8AtzWX-cHhtccefQ_O1VmLC38XjAH0APYye2Kh1QRQ0MUgmNO1Ur1mky-w6DQhAlTHHaGThFDtFywPIT6Z2ZtIn5kyvztTBlorD2h66ZZ3AeaeJ/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Select the &lt;strong&gt;in-common-with &lt;/strong&gt;file (icw_yourname.csv) in the top box of the dialog that appears&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Leave &lt;strong&gt;“Columns have headers”&lt;/strong&gt; checked&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Tick the boxes for “match id” and “icwid” under &lt;strong&gt;Is Edge Column&lt;/strong&gt;. No other boxes should be ticked&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Confirm that “matchid” is selected in the&amp;nbsp; “&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 1?&lt;/strong&gt;” dropdown&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Under “&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 2?&lt;/strong&gt;” choose “icwid”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click import (say OK to the message about text wrapping if you get it.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqKnklh53Shed0l8iE4ByuuolDJOQqw1OYVoZcaIHjWBZylyAOSyRNvulIazuq8FgsV2Ia4wTNs9yDFQ7i2JNExSEEDREV16DyZsc_5t49vn9S9FgmJm-kyX0oBvwORtN9WiY5gKAMCoW/s1600-h/image45&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;556&quot; height=&quot;541&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3we9GD7lCRSD67Dk0rdiJbBnoRv9t1CSIcL3X4fuDYrJ03nVaRgvS7qqqw9P-cfTKv5HnGiBNhiPL6A6ipfkBDE_lQmYFV4h02E0h_e39jpOMfKILltH-ktyYaXrOzRfxGR8s-hlSgmy/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Check the import&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Navigate to the &lt;strong&gt;Edges &lt;/strong&gt;worksheet using the tabs at the bottom left of the screen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0tU7zbrWw-jST3UMvn_3Oj-Y0xPSKKX1Hq2QfBZo2MVBxnjGF731nsd4HnGjUEmr0hyphenhyphenLaNlcEru9xB_RGRdGgcevV0PFkr3m5rLRzkA3PJmUboQyLPLzq95XM_cC_5GZ_hrLefpOAwr3/s1600-h/image27&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;77&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7SCSZW20UufUOKF9vWkzdAtitvC7wNP3o1gAdSb76bYGXALBAzEmqgd5EYe3zEi9qs5ifimbiSWxVxXMYtuH1GJ30V30BlH-GoHqomBJ9gZajkvohH1S5x3mT7TJrxNmoOk2pzMLJ4pu/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;You should see lots of ID numbers in the “Vertex 1” and “Vertex 2” columns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The ID numbers will overlap each other and the other columns. That doesn’t matter. You should not see any other data entered in the sheet at this stage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;If the import looks correct, save your progress and carry on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Matches file&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Open the import dialog again:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-stF4kGgyKdmzuc8gvqKQ9tf1ij7YC3xHC53N9EwUFnZOpDaz7d7tta7j40Ktm4HSO_d11WgK1VVRjsHWyIpzjBdMs-pk0JfA-I40r852-llFhXP9fk5rPkvlUjDmepjqOq9WDbr9uQz/s1600-h/image8&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;382&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQt5Hi_zN9qWe6Zw327wy9g8ceOa0RWAkUgnZeKUrZUlHBAE8ccgotyFF91ri7rVJSFZg2haxmdn0mNOAhK3L64b6wbd3EtGS2vqSGdYxTwJUSWWZ7CzX0GwOgjDzfG_v5Z95Z8_AnY0Z/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click on the &lt;strong&gt;matches&lt;/strong&gt; file in the top box (m_yourname.csv)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Set “testid” and “matchid” as &lt;strong&gt;edge columns&lt;/strong&gt; (tick boxes). No other boxes in that column should be ticked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Under “&lt;strong&gt;Is Vertex 2 Property Column&lt;/strong&gt;” check the boxes for: &lt;br&gt;“name”, &lt;br&gt;“admin”&lt;br&gt;“SharedCM”, &lt;br&gt;“note” and &lt;br&gt;“matchurl”&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (you’ll need to scroll all the way to the bottom to find this). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Choose “testid” in the dropdown box under “&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 1”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Choose “matchid” for “&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 2&lt;/strong&gt;”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click import (say OK to the message about text wrapping if you get it.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEh2jmNatw5s3vUC2PXPAIw1EoIgQfXlltGxvcENsaduz2HE8Muw_6d1jIE5QKoFsnGTnQrNrZ1jmotsp7OPeYbJKszMzJIkYjJobLYZnzgn1ntaFgKhxO9c5lVpxt5L3GWUunQYQEU2R/s1600-h/image16%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;556&quot; height=&quot;541&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjv1ohFEeIBi3In5Ryzqcg_6ENZPhtpY2oX_dbpqAyg7QkoOmgyTLkFYaA1_OP9ebccgReTofqFS9kfAXeivpsc9b2tsmVQAkRqgYg1pRB5651NmXLuBnmrpR_EY9oChq-sCdG2pznFglC/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Check the import&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Navigate to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices worksheet.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxoodA3JGTdzPaSDUCtnSW2jJok1IaNzGy9wFNV4DtzWhLh4EAt91YX4xpXlIQofnEc3JkKMJIvRNEUY_8ip4LLfg3cwFN_pb2pmztI-8yrerGk0k84t8KDzh94n85khgftRpMnKZNeK5/s1600-h/image28&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;77&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgorIy6LiqZNaQu6z2a2v-zH89soZd-55UscVJQs202iUP_hyXExH45VdaVE8-dnW6UZvSOX4SGY-P9V3s2on7R7iGJGN9rb0UjGrVsx3APF1_a9L3lv6AzH4PrlFNv8_QmLXQB_FXl_t9/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Check that the first column “Vertex 1” contains ID numbers. You should not see any names or other information in that column.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Scroll right and check that the “names”, “admin”, “shared CM”, “note” and “matchurl” columns have appeared and have information in them. You may need to scroll right to see them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_g76NLxj4GI1m-Lpd0PDHJi-emibSBLAjvn1fMdJNWJbo_sB9a41t6wTbzehx8n85Ctne6xlEqvMZTl5C32r3dvk_dyP0jcRLpIfkK3bkwqFh_qIBidB37sa6XK8FWc9dIkm3MMlXY7W/s1600-h/image%255B4%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lrAQsFK1q5ubTRe50W2zQz83A6XmhQ22UAJMT84JBZcPf14XQKhNzYL6XnZwPSXEEXvPR445FbWUNChHpy1m6vDLsFhqIQorFxGhokibj6_e5hckZcQUhRuuCfu9HoFk1TVutaPJhhbI/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;If this looks right, save you progress and continue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Additional Input file&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;Important: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Don’t forget to load this file!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Open the import dialog again&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuEbXk7xVobvnuA0crsn-YsXPgxwJYJRho6smlW0XFQzees0KZI5CWTf33AjAiNYBCVCjebTG-z7OqovN7ycE8FvqcYzxWGfXHDbszncYyq1j_db2MrepJr66hZpsSQ6oO41PX-AA2O7y/s1600-h/image12%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;382&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPIs6q3DkuyBsBn78d6BHT8Bg9CbAvbKUM26zfjP-7qwGIh7S96vXI3A9mOyZ_XVMzRqOcEdTcXz7B_Oa89Z5hRDr3irHzYqLV-Xl9h6Yq1NdbmXs-zcvNn_AB564IiGh7FI3tOhrHqQA/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click on the Additional Input file in the top box&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Set “matchid” and “Vertex 2” as edge columns (no other boxes should be ticked)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Scroll down and tick “Name” and “Visibility” under &lt;strong&gt;Is Vertex 2 Property Column&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; Don’t miss this step&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Choose “matchid” in the dropdown box under “&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 1”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Choose “Vertex 2” in the dropdown box under “&lt;strong&gt;Which edge column is Vertex 2”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click import (and clear the text wrapping message if it appears)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nmEPdgwMGu7Tt8GTj4y3-igyZZNQghOdEscZoG4inN-KpCMzeDT8dNWIUEfa5wxYQdcwhP4D-ye54UXvf-B9KjdsHSbOL0DDZ_e_zF4q1C92793HPkyzABbldNECeJbghAGd8Ata_hyphenhyphen-/s1600-h/image20%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;556&quot; height=&quot;541&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxVOht6wUjWtjzgNWLkAMxcFZZSbXaVITQ7VyxUOP_NuAqddwbvwrwjonrNiMPZYkm7COCxj0a-Y3wgHgwD2Ovtox9pBdsuM2oZPiJMCNbEFoZ9RGG0k-_NVi-Wxc_jYYgTueCc9Q700i/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Check the import&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Move to the Vertices worksheet again and find the row with your own name (&lt;strong&gt;Control-F &lt;/strong&gt;will bring up a search box). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Confirm that the word “Skip” is in the Visibility column.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJ9grUjFeoU-0VemvRrYmExunp9_NLnidvWnTRVnIo-3d8HqCVLX6lhkmvo03IoT8pxbOlpIxh0qbfZ_7-GKoU6fHz05uZThG4oVNWB5g_PAVD3vIdW-8ZKtoz4LCZ5fjUnK18fckcjUK/s1600-h/image%255B12%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;667&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5U1wu_PQYbgiYq2MXHOfjqwOz-xIeEvBUD_dfZzfztsYtETXu_KfvrjZrpinRu4huiieGvJc6DYtycSTrjvoEvjXCNfWol7UIC4TdKGEacMdgImFaAnxzHS8aVywfFy_KPsnEgolgOb2/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;If this looks right, &lt;strong&gt;save &lt;/strong&gt;again and move to the next step.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Now make a chart!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Find the toolbar in the chart area, and click &lt;strong&gt;Show Graph.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;Troubleshooting:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;If it takes more than a few seconds, there was probably a problem with the additional input file. When Excel has finished drawing thousands of dots, go back and check the &lt;strong&gt;Additional Input&lt;/strong&gt; file instructions again and make sure you’ve loaded it. If it was missing and you’ve fixed it, click &lt;strong&gt;Refresh Graph &lt;/strong&gt;which will have appeared where you found &lt;strong&gt;Show Graph &lt;/strong&gt;before. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2BlZBFfTjWLesijYhS90LwZ7kzMp6QF1YU8Fei7klZWy9GxgAevOuRiN0uEIwDwsum7e7yt2bcXCucatV-E90Gt6e8tpXYCHrqgFCdd2hn0jsQUWg1bNGTSExWxCOGL9rgWLaZSnHS5H/s1600-h/image5&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;626&quot; height=&quot;106&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gp5765KdGX3Bzmszr5g0OqUBc75gY-nVSSjawXi5RDxZypFHSRO_nsfFImavmYiq5gUUPztyUS5uZFVx2TB6MV2RMeBxHUcVUm7ltkdVNtHrJtDdV5O3C0hS7cSd5YJDDqoRP57SI9DD/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Don’t be disappointed if your chart looks like the image below (and it probably will). It will get better with a few tweaks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloyUieS7D3QrrlwAM6wpB0_pcfy38QVFwBU7FocUydZTUucZ9Ln_BosEDChGtu8pzwvBY4Kg1YpLIf6EVzeLMAVV8rH7UYa-q0HPxZASHvl961jw1_3Br3q8aJImFHdFXnOXxE_dgN2d9/s1600-h/image91&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;584&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-2vIBEyUfAfsyKnBiaZUiIIiLngG2U-sNpS-F2bFChS1UBu0RuLYYt6eRr-nk79wIoPsYspC69VN37V_fx4CnwNE5IxPNnE6qpPMMpe0eywK-DWuwGeTGt4yoUskM9BNbZHRFyzYGUQH/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Identify groups&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;On the NodeXL ribbon, find the &lt;strong&gt;Groups&lt;/strong&gt; button. Click it and select “Group by connected component” from the option list.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;This option works well for me, but if you have a lot of very interconnected matches you might find that one of the choices under “Group by Cluster” works better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFHjGo4heBhBA1PQFpQX7tMR3-UqpYqOIJlU3kUClZsJYFOob06kUnzQZhktFgR5IYa0st19egGqJa1lmD-WVgYJ0BvYokaq6JpagfYkVTURCj_afs0CIVHTE6xF26-iiPV1ogfJd3WuL/s1600-h/image12&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;211&quot; height=&quot;138&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVLntDozkOteikTvq8BL7-iaPsMpK_x9iyh-hpVXu17H5v2CzCfsWSzWjrcb73S37SeguxA08d2PaAOP5-bZbgwiwaX_nHvS-FekCiIkt817EVhYIk4j1XavpjT45Fb0FQ7QWY4W33_KT/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refresh Graph &lt;/strong&gt;will add the newly created grouping information to the chart. Your chart will become more colourful but no more tidy. Just one more step, and you’ll have something more interesting to look at.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Separate groups in the chart&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;You can access layout options from both the NodeXL Ribbon, and the chart area. Click on the dropdown in either location and select Layout Options from the dropdown menu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Vzz6BiJ9ptS8FRDb-wzG1Ceozp3JybZkh3EmWttcL5bCFakV0mnY5UTlIBYyg6JIYD8DfCYmJFugZ4DkXXNHD30G1cLdVFgF7S5IcJeX1MMZOCoQ5AnLF34rb48m5pPNl4X5xho1wpJ/s1600-h/image16&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;619&quot; height=&quot;398&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnkyzVngZtNJGV4qSGhWnx-gACF04HORmth4SgdQ5qkJAnKc5rJIMjOgmov8lE9fHuXXAXc5OkvgKlYYjcz-_IC8CKNrZdSCHl_XvSiDb3iP_JlE5WC1DoFe1aRGB46rBDujMMbRLw36j/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Change the “Layout Style” option to “Lay out each of the graph’s groups in its own box” and click &lt;strong&gt;OK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGOzJ9hsHDY09tlRY0pyHECeB63N4zWM53IVy9st23kHpZMx25QZVUvnw6qg7PH5ohQk0n00kirwZ71pAAGON1efkPJPki-TLhyz0bvI2aNu-FCJ-oV21z20pDqCT03zVwbREULjWzOth/s1600-h/image201&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;389&quot; height=&quot;556&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnBPgLlyYtIthpthu2OXDpTUVkvam-qsVR3Z2qwOGddm4yc9pEjDk_6SAQfWQhINTHfL-IdxqUwYeTBl1F_y_6QqaECbpNUyI2sVRSuzAmSuGWpaTshboEypY5l0rDjUnieDIxmZGMqib/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;Lay Out Again&lt;/strong&gt; to apply that change to the chart. You didn’t need to refresh the graph a second time because the data itself didn’t change, only the layout instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aTqotGEhebN86c5T2fc-ymaMKpv5rYQRY8oIWn5jtaSg1Cq_0DGLJKRiWhmBG2biZ72pWr12EoYd8aAPb2b47-FW2PGWB5odU0pCvnhvk1C0ekRAOCrrx03jWsNFRP7lWR_eU6KC_vzQ/s1600-h/image24%255B1%255D&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;630&quot; height=&quot;106&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi59ARKxYLYFLrSVGH11g6jzvsZbUraYc89EwBBOMkJBcuPa309fk6vZytTNT51phdXCM5gPQ-V38lYsIJfKxYCuHNIqHqX6bXsudQOTp1SKO5p84QfNADOflhKetQGI-biJUqSMW-Eqi3/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;This is how mine looks now. Each dot represents a person I have a DNA match with. Each line represents a relationship between two of my matches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Move back to the &lt;strong&gt;Vertices&lt;/strong&gt; worksheet and see what happens when you click on the chart dots. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEqajr8bC_3lVMUDqlL1UknLJBO3htMn1bMMkKs4pi_po8fwA2V7xrmkXqA_uci3iMiDYZIferiNfbhK1-uu1aCZBGdyyM_XioVKyo0QgQKaTuJuno42lOwqH8WEo0KyPpvzKNzzif_ff/s1600-h/image29&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;704&quot; height=&quot;584&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;display: inline; background-image: none;&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3U9MYyorcgJqa-KYYaalEwfGE5qHDsE6cxmbjWQw6uULXRgim34Wu9h-_r3ujqxkNfGIAYCXcZBJY4k_N5mTDrzEffcrYUbimz8w37KWPNDA-VspS5zFDXV-OSvWnFdgCqG-ayblr6Dpq/?imgmax=800&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;That’s plenty for today. Don’t forget to save your file!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Go and get yourself a nice cup of tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) knowing that if you’ve made it this far you can definitely manage the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-3.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;next steps&lt;/a&gt; I have in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/feeds/3144137674088546228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html#comment-form' title='82 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/3144137674088546228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4726802159327032874/posts/default/3144137674088546228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/2017/07/visualising-ancestry-dna-matches-part-2.html' title='Visualising Ancestry DNA matches-Part 2-Loading files the first time'/><author><name>Shelley Crawford</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghig7-Sr6Op31iPkrCGv9sFqyjgcbIScMyWb-IIu_CelMIHwb_r2tq9m5C0uvNLsFBZyyhuxV4JFZuy7CGFCZHt5QQvQiAZNYwUAL5NtoQPq6e2pSVKZKJvWB8rVXFFGVE0h1egYeKvs7/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>82</thr:total></entry></feed>

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