Ancestry always opens your DNA match list sorted by “Closest” (the strongest matches first), which is often not the view you want. If you are watching for new matches, you would rather open the list sorted by “Newest”. There is no way to change that default. Ancestry Match List Sorting lets you pick either sort order from the pop-up panel and applies it every time you open the match list.
Ancestry’s shared matches page is always sorted by how much DNA each person shares with the tester, so the shared matches that share the most with the match you opened are mixed in everywhere. There is no built-in way to change that sort. Ancestry Shared Matches Sorting lets you pick the default sort order for every shared matches page from the pop-up panel.
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When you are trying to work out how a DNA match connects to you, the quickest clue is usually a shared surname between your trees. There is no built-in way on Ancestry to compare surnames across multiple matches at once. You end up opening each tree, reading the surname list, and trying to remember what you saw on the last one. Surname Comparison Tool gives you a single panel that shows every...
Ancestry’s DNA matches list has no built-in way to tick every match on the page at once. If you want to bulk-assign a group or custom label, you have to click every checkbox one at a time. Add Select All Button to Matches List adds a single button above the match list that ticks them all for you.
When you are grouping shared matches on an AncestryDNA match’s shared matches page, Ancestry makes you tick the checkbox on every match one at a time. If there are fifty shared matches, that is fifty clicks before you can assign them to a group. Select All Button for Shared Matches ticks every checkbox on the page for you with a single click.
On the AncestryDNA match list, every match looks the same until you read the cM value, and the side assignment (Maternal, Paternal, Both) is buried in small grey text. Finding your strongest matches or scanning for a specific side takes more effort than it should. Highlight DNA Matches by cM paints the cM value in red when it crosses your threshold and tints each match card by which side it...
When you open a DNA match’s shared matches page, Ancestry shows two cM values for every person: how much they share with you and how much they share with the match. Scanning those two numbers down a long list to find the strongest shared matches is slow. Highlight Shared Matches by cM paints both values in bold red whenever they cross your thresholds so the best shared matches jump off...
Ancestry does not let you export your DNA match list. If you want to sort, filter, or keep an offline copy, you have to copy the data off the screen one row at a time. Download Matches Pages as CSV File adds a single button that walks through your match list and saves every match to a spreadsheet-ready CSV file.
