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Ancestry hints are at least 35% TOTALLY INCORRECT and unrelated to my family
Hints were useful since Ancestry started providing them. However, several weeks ago, Ancestry obviously updated their search algorithms that generate HINTS. They really messed up the whole HINTS feature. An example: Say I have a girl names Mary Jane Jones in my tree and she marries John Smith. I open hints and got to Smith where I find hints for Mary Smith, M Smith, M J Smith, J Smith, HJane Smith and sometimes just plain old Smith. In addition, I also get hints for Mary Jones, Mary Jane Jones, Jane Jones, J Jones, and just palin old Jones. And, some of the various Mary, Mary Jane, Jane and J Jones hints are highschool yearbooks. While highly doubtful that Mary Jane Smith would have been amrries in the 9th grade in highschool, it is possible I suppose. Bottom line here is that the Ancestry software development team has really overextended their "reach" in their recent search algorithm updates. I get so many hints now that I am honestly thinking of dropping my Ancestry subscription.