What problem does MyHeritage Default Sort by Highest Mutual Matches solve?
By default, MyHeritage sorts shared matches by the cM you share with them, not the cM the match in front of you shares with them. The strongest mutual relationships are often hidden several pages down. MyHeritage Default Sort by Highest Mutual Matches flips the sort so the largest mutual matches always appear at the top.
How does MyHeritage Default Sort by Highest Mutual Matches work?
Whenever you open the shared matches list for any DNA match on MyHeritage, Genealogy Assistant updates the sort parameter in the URL so the list is ordered by the cM the other match shares with the person you are viewing. There is no button to click and no setting to adjust. As long as the feature is enabled in the pop-up panel, every shared matches list you open will be sorted this way.
How do I use MyHeritage Default Sort by Highest Mutual Matches?
- Ensure MyHeritage Default Sort by Highest Mutual Matches is enabled in the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel.
- Open any DNA match on MyHeritage and view their shared matches. The list will reload sorted by highest mutual cM.
MyHeritage Default Sort by Highest Mutual Matches is a feature of the software Genealogy Assistant.
Genealogy Assistant is an extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari which supercharges your family history research by adding over 100 custom features to popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA and more. You can watch a full video walkthrough on YouTube.
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