02 February 2018
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MyHeritage DNA announce free DNA matches
MyHeritage DNA has announced both managers of MyHeritage DNA kits and uploaders of DNA data from other companies can contact DNA matches for free.
MyHeritage DNA has announced both managers of MyHeritage DNA kits and uploaders of DNA data from other companies can contact DNA matches for free. Top five reasons to contact your DNA matches.
A spokesperson for the company said: 'We made this feature free in response to many requests by our users and because we believe it will benefit the community, fostering greater collaboration between newfound relatives.'
What is a DNA match?
In simple terms, DNA match is a person with whom a person who shares segements of DNA, which indicates a possible ancestral link. Family history researchers who get in touch with a DNA match would work with that person to establish whether they have a common ancestry and if so, who is their earliest common ancestor.
The two researchers can then exchange family history information, as different branches of a family tree may be in possession of documents, photographs and family stories of which the other party is not aware.
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