- GEDMatch has a tool that provides the family tree for your DNA matches so you can compare their tree to yours to find the connections
- The 23andMe testing service has a new tool that triangulates your DNA matches, i.e. you select a DNA match and 23andMe provides a list of third parties that match both you and the person you selected. The benefit of triangulation is that if three persons match on the same segment of DNA there's over a 90% chance they have the same common ancestor. Less false positives and wild goose chases.
It would be great if several Skaggs descendants on GEDMatch and 23andMe would use these tools to match other descendants and trace back to a common ancestor. We might be able to find out from the DNA of current descendants how old Skaggs ancestors were related.
