is a great website that has lots of tools, most are usable with a free account. We have discussed parts of it here before.
Last week at our DNA Discussion group meeting, we had show-n-tells about various parts of DNA Painter by Terry Jackson and myself. I enjoyed Terry’s display of the new WATO Beta package so much that I decided to subscribe to the site so I could use it. A subscription only costs $5 per month, a bit less if you opt for 1 year.
The WATO Beta lets you upload a Gedcom to build your Wato tree! The Beta includes birthdate and gender as part of the logic. And there is an option to generate hypothesis. Watch out though, this option tends to create more hypothesis than are realistic. You can easily delete pointless ones!
Because I am a subscriber now, I can build multiple Wato trees. For the puzzle I am working on, I have created Wato trees for multiple potential ancestors (they are related in that their descendants join somewhere). Hopefully they will all point to the same hypothesis.
You can read the DNA Geek blog post about this Wato Beta update: CLICK HERE.
For other reviews about DNA Painter and Wato, check out these documents recommended by Terry Jackson:
Leah Larkin’s lecture at Rootstech 2020
CLICK HERE.
Andrew Millard’s presentation at Genetic Genealogy Ireland in 2019
CLICK HERE.
Video tutorial by Andy Lee
CLICK HERE.
Jonny Perl’s Legacy Family Tree Webinar June 3, 2020
CLICK HERE.
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