Do Not Trust Ancestry Thru Lines

 

I can't say this enough, especially for those of you who are new to DNA genealogy research. Stop relying on and thinking that Ancestry Thru Lines is the end all be all. Do your own research. Use other trees only as a clue, but do NOT connect trees to your tree. 

In the image above you can see that Ancestry's AI connects this John Jenkins to my 5th great grandfather Jospeh Jenkins. There is no such connection. When you evaluate a very clear clue is that top line that says how many people who are connected by DNA have this connection in their tree, none! 

The clues and connections I'm receiving in Thru Lines these days are garbage, and I don't have time to contact all of these tree owners or research to find out who made bad connections in their trees. Honestly, what I'm seeing (no matter how much Ancestry says it's the tree owners) is that it's been more an issue with Ancestry's AI than with tree owners. 

So just be careful with what you rely on and certainly what you connect to your tree. Do your research!