In this post I will explain how you can import GEDCOM and segment data into the site. As a reminder, DNA Painter does not use raw DNA data.
Category: Trees
Within your ancestral tree at DNA Painter, ‘Show genetic ancestors’ will highlight those ancestors you’ve marked in this way. In this short article, I’ll discuss what ‘genetic ancestors’ are and explain how you can track them in your tree.
Here’s a summary of new features at DNA Painter that I’ve released in the last couple of weeks.
I am pleased to announce the launch of dimensions, a new feature within ancestral trees at DNA Painter. Ancestral trees allow you to extract and visualise your direct line in a tree, fan chart and text pedigree, all within one searchable page.
WikiTree is a collaborative family tree. I was honoured to be featured in the WikiTree challenge in January. As well as being fascinating, this experience has helped me to recalibrate how I plan to document future research.
A quick post to announce two updates to DNA Painter trees. These include mitoYDNA.org integration and the ability to view your tree with additional display options. Display options Under the settings cog/gear on the right there are now a number of display options. These give you the ability to view additional information within the tree
DNA Painter is known for chromosome mapping, but also includes ancestral trees, a useful interface for visualizing your family line (aka pedigree). To create your ancestral tree, you can select your GEDCOM file and have DNA Painter extract your direct line. Or if you prefer, you can enter it manually. Trees are private by default