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Person

What it's for: one match in depth. The Person workspace follows the selected match — open it by clicking a row in Matches, Search, or an ICW list.

The header

Shows the person's name, source, status, side/relationship, haplogroups, and contact email, with Edit and Delete buttons. Delete asks for confirmation (“Delete this person?”) and backs up the database first. A person that is a profile's own test kit can't be deleted.

The seven tabs

  • Overview — all the person's detail; click Edit to set Status, Side (? / P / M / B), Relationship (with a green Suggested hint from shared cM), haplogroups, and contact info.
  • Notes — timestamped research notes; add and delete freely.
  • Links — labelled URLs (tree, profile, document).
  • Segments — the shared segments: Chr, Start (Mbp), End (Mbp), cM, SNPs, Source.
  • ICW — who this person is in-common-with (In common with, Shared, Segs); double-click to open that person.
  • Ahnentafel — this person's ancestor tree (#, Gen, Side, Name, Life, Birthplace, Group).
  • MRCA — record a most-recent common ancestor; see Confirm & document an MRCA.
The Person workspace — header, the top-bar Match chip, and the seven tabs.
The Person workspace — header, the top-bar Match chip, and the seven tabs.

Merge duplicates

Expand Merge this person into another, enter the survivor's person Id, and click Merge. The person's matches and notes move to the survivor; a backup and undo record are kept.

Assigning a Side is high-value. Marking a match paternal or maternal feeds triangulation and segment analysis. When you know a side, set it on the Overview tab.

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