Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.    More innovation from the folks at Ancestry in helping you learn more about relationships and your family history.   Senior Population Geneticist Aaron Wolf says AI is assisting in what the company calls its Match Relationship Predictor…

“This is based on trying to give members the clearest and most precise information about their relationship.  We know that interested genealogists will peruse through their match list and try and identify how they are connected to any of these individuals.  What we’ve done in the past is we’ve relied on the amount of DNA you share with any to give you a sense of how you may be related.  Whether that’s a first cousin, an aunt or uncle, grandparent, etc.”

And AI can help to make the prediction more precise.  Also new is the Region Match Filter.  Check out our full interview and head to Ancestry.com for more.

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