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DNA Info and Matching Segments Help

Downloading 23andMe Matching DNA Segments

After logging in to 23andMe, access Ancestry, then DNA Relatives from the menu and scroll to the bottom.





There you will find a button for "Request DNA Relatives Data Download" - click this to begin to the process for getting the data. Once the download is prepared, the button will change and say "Download DNA Relatives Data" - then you can click to start the download. If you have not downloaded data before, you may be directed to an approval screen. The data download is a CSV file (a Text file which can also be opened in Excel). This file can be sent to me to prepare and upload to the tool webiste, adding your matches to the database.




Initially, new match segment data in the database is marked with "U" (for undefined) in the family "Line" field which will show up with Black colored segment bars in the tool. Once segments are tagged with a known family Line, like PPP, M, MM, etc., the appropriate colors will show on the bars.

Go to the details for preparing the downloaded 23andMe data into a file for upload on this website here.

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