Ancestry Merge Trees
In the ever-evolving world of genealogy, merging trees is a crucial task that often comes up when working with Ancestry® and Family Tree Maker. Whether you're combining information from multiple family lines or updating your existing tree with new data, mastering the Ancestry Merge Trees feature can simplify your work and save you valuable time. Sign in Ancestry account What is Ancestry Merge? The Ancestry Merge Trees feature allows users to combine two or more family trees into one, helping you consolidate data and uncover relationships that may have previously been overlooked. It’s a powerful tool, especially when you've obtained parts of your family tree from other Ancestry users or discovered new ancestors you want to incorporate. When Should You Merge Trees? Before jumping into merging trees, it's important to evaluate whether merging is necessary. Here are a few scenarios when merging is ideal: You’ve received a tree from a relative with branches that overlap with y