Familysearch

By: Katy Rowe-Schurwanz

An overview of Family Finder test reports provided by FamilyTreeDNA

Editor’s Note: This is part three of a seven-part series about what autosomal DNA is, what autosomal DNA can tell you, and how to apply autosomal DNA results to your genealogy. Continue reading the series here:

Your autosomal DNA matches

With the Family Finder, you’ll receive a list of autosomal DNA matches. We compare your autosomal DNA to everyone else who has an autosomal test in our database and based on a proprietary algorithm that calculates the amount of DNA shared (both the longest block of DNA and the amount of centimorgans) between you and each person, we find and report to you other testers who share a common ancestor with you within about five to six generations on any ancestral line.

There is a typical amount of DNA shared between specific relationships. Some relationships may share the same typical amount of DNA as other Family tree dna login page.