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Can AncestryDNA’s new origins segments help identify ancestral lines?

Post author By Jonny Perl
Post date October 30, 2026

AncestryDNA regions and segments and my grandmother's counties of origin

As you might have heard, AncestryDNA released a new regions update earlier this month. The most talked about feature is the ability to divide regions up by grandparent, but another key improvement is that the information in the chromosome painter is now much more refined. First introduced in 2022, Ancestry’s chromosome painter is essentially your

Testing site features

23andMe clustering

Post author By Jonny Perl
Post date February 26, 2026

Last month I found out 23andMe had launched a beta clustering tool, DNA Relatives Clustering. This is available to paid 23andme+ members who have opted in. Initially, there was no documentation beyond a Reddit post, but the feature is clearly powerful, with the ability to customize cM thresholds and target specific matches. There is now