Mike's Rule #15 - Color code your DNA matches
Some family history sites like Ancestry and MyHeritage allow you to color code and tag your DNA matches. If you haven’t done this yet, stop and go do it.
OK, Ancestry and MyHeritage, if you are listening, I need more colors. I have a lot of branches to tag. All you other websites out there, git off yer ass and make color tagging available. As I figure out how a DNA match fits into my family history mystery, I tag it with a color and a surname. If I get a bunch of matches that share DNA with each other, but I can’t determine which surname they belong to, I mark them as a mystery group.
When I get a new match, I look at the Shared Matches and can quickly see based on color tags where they belong. Those mystery groups I’ve been collecting could come in handy later to solve non-parental events and uncover other hidden secrets.
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