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And I know that the raw AncestryDNA from my friend was indeed downloaded in 2017. I am no expert here, so must be missing something!

So... you are saying that DMT can't use Ancestry DNA data because it can't be downloaded. But two weeks later you say "At AncestryDNA, you need a 3rd party tool to get your DNA matches downloaded. I used the the DNAGedcom client tool.". So, if you can download it, can DMT use it?

I went through the complete original list (not looked at the ones that missed your first pass yet) and the only one that went 'pow' for me and my workflow was VyTräd - how to truly organise your electronic genealogy documents in a truly expandible hierarchy. Pity it didn't make the final ten.

Hi Louis - I've used the exact same PDF program (firstly the free reader and then the editor) as it was the only one I found that could easily custom scale when printing a PDF. So an A3 to A4 print at exactly 71% rather than a 'fit to page' would retain exact scale when printing architectural plans (assuming ...

Although, again, not directly relevant to DNA, there does seem to be a bit of reinventing the wheel on how to record complex 'transverse' relationships here. My favourite is Mark Forkheim's system from over ten years ago... http://www.forkheim.ca/family/num3.html http://www.forkheim.ca/family/num2.html

Interesting thoughts, as usual My solution is to record and process all my sources and reasoning in a dedicated program (I'm actually using GenQuiry, but did look at Evidentia as well). Such a program can be used in so many different workflows, but my aim is to end up with a single 'conclusion' document that ...

Well, you are both right, you are both wrong! Bad design does hold back otherwise good feature enhancements and lead to allegations of bloatware. But... extending your argument, you might as well have one MS Office program that does EVERYTHING!!! so long as it has a Ribbon to just show the most common ...