Using DNA matches to find your father (or someone else) - FREE updated tool: What are the Odds +

it is a wonderful tool. Wish I had known about this when I started searching for my wife's biological parents. It could have possibly saved me lots of time.

I have watched this twice and could watch it again. So many nuggets of information that are useful. It seems like there is a lot you can get for free but at $55 for a year, you can't beat it. I'm going to give it a try, Aimee based on your interview. I first thought this is what I was getting in Ancestry but this is so much more. At least I think so.

I am a WATO user. Thank you so much for this video, as it explained why I might re-enter my data into the new WATO+!!

My pat grandfather was adopted in 1890s. I knew his biological surname was Griffin. My bro's Y-DNA test confirmed Griffin surname. I had one shared match that i couldn't place bc the match's surname didn't fit. I discovered that my pat great grandfather had been married twice, and that my shared match was a descendant of my great grandfather's daughter from first marriage. My match is 1/2 2C1R (185 cm). I worked up a tree on daughter from my great grandfather's first marriage and was able to identify other matches that i had had no clue who they were. I had tried Johnny's tool but didn't have enough info to use it in my situation.

Great vid

Loved the interview Aimee! I'm not dealing with any adoptees or illegitimate children in my tree but if I were I'd be on the fast train to using this tool!

Two great presenters! Aimee poses great questions and makes useful clarifications. Jonny is always a great presenter, managing to simplify complex problems as best as can be done. As far as the tool goes, I have used WATO many times to validate some hypothesis that I have cooked up. I suspect WATO+ will apply some more constraints and improve the suggestions. I have a relatively complex problem tying two trees together spread over 150 years that I am going to have to try. Jonny's content convinced me that it is likely worth the effort to set it up.

I'm freakin out LOL

That's cool as hell..... I'm aware of a couple of illegitimate children in parts of my family tree associated to inlaws. This could help some of my nieces and nephews find Aunt, Uncle and cousins. The family stories are rumor more than anything.

Aimee will this help me determine who my 5th G grandfather is? I know who the 4th is but it’s a brick wall between the 4th & 5th. Thanks Randy

I have dna linked tree in ancestry and am trying to find my grandma biological parents where do I start w wato plus?

I just used this tool 2 days ago to help identify the grandfather of a DNA match whose mother was adopted. It targeted (89%) one of three brothers as the father of his mother but it did say that it was based on the ages of the brothers and the DNA shared between the match and the brother's sister and her child and me and 4 of my siblings (we are half nieces and nephews to the brother's sister). The next step, per your video, is to try and pinpoint where each brother lived at the time our match's mother was born. Problem is: with adoptions the child could come from anywhere depending on the registry:(

Could you do a video on comparing the difference between two different scenarios. Scenario 1: 2nd cousins with the MRCA being identical twins. Scenario 2: instead of being 2nd cousins, they are instead half 1st cousins? I have all the shared match data in a Wato tree, but there doesnt seem to be a way to designate identical twins.

Seems like a tool I would want to try but I have three questions: 1. How much is the tool? 2. How limited is it in terms of how far back it can trace DNA matches (since it sounds like he stated he currently is relying heavily on census data only back to 1936)? 3. In the same vein as before, how limiting is it for people of African American ancestry in terms of going past the 1870 "brick wall"? We're you at a genealogy conference of some sort? Thanks so much for the video. This tool sounds very promising!😊

i have found out i might have 2 daughters what do i do

I have dna linked tree in ancestry and am trying to find my grandma biological parents where do I start w wato plus?