Top 100 Common Ancestor Points Scoreboard

See which genealogists have identified the most ancestors through DNA triangulation. How are points calculated?

#	Name	Points
1	Michele Cragg	2292
2	Jay Fletcher	1181
3	Paul Rakow	997
4	Jill Schell	963
5	Samuel Boylan	768
6	Ruth Laverne Cattles	581
7	Douglas Husemann	541
8	Tony Allegra	531
9	Peggy Jude	412
10	Erik Granstrom	408
11	Tim Janzen	400
12	Max Gerald Heffler	382
13	James Smith	363
14	Andreas West	320
15	K Williams	305
16	Rodney Merrill	288
17	Tony Norris	284
18	Joseph Lawrence	193
19	John Roberts	173
	Evelyn Vinson	173
21	Kenneth Louis Jordan Jr	166
22	Marjorie Anderson	157
23	Steven Coker	133
	Pamela E Culy	133
25	James Arnold	119
26	Veronica Williams	116
27	Chase Clift	89
28	Robin Babou	83
29	Angela Townsend	74
	Ricardo Roffiel	74
31	Lynne Williamson	72
32	P Donley	69
33	Stephanie Payne	42
34	Lisa L.	35
35	Angie Kennedy	33
36	Pam Pennington	29
37	William Harvey	28
	Robert Warthen	28
39	David Cheney Conroyd	25
40	Carrie Loranger	23
41	william Watson	20
42	Deborah Dixon Walker	17
	Shari Jamieson	17
44	Angel Tai	11
45	Elisabeth Oosterink	10
46	Patrick Callaghan	9
47	Mike Alexander	7
	Lynda Crackett	7
49	Joanna Douglas	6
	Anna Castle-Byrne	6
51	Laura Barnes	4
	Carrol Fish	4
	Loretta Reich Rippee	4
54	Bryanna Hines	3
	Shawn Heyse	3
	Alfred Anheier	3
57	Zachary Kiyak	2
	Christine Diaz	2
	Susan Stoddard	2
	Kaitlyn Parker	2
	Robert Ralston	2
62	Stacy Hajarian	1
	Vanessa Ebert	1
	Lisa Marley	1
	Teneshia Baker-Lane	1
	Luiz Henrique Santana Souza	1
	John Matthews	1
	Michelle Stella	1
	michelle Bordonaro	1
	Miriam Engstrom	1
	Franz Oster	1
	Jo Anderson	1
	Alice Rockefeller	1
	Dave Lyons	1
	H Z	1
76	David Wagner	0
77	Betty Graham	-2
78	Christy Jordan-Frank	-39

How Common Ancestor Points Work

Identify each Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) between two of your DNA matches, or between a DNA match and yourself. The MRCA is the person or couple through whom you are related.

Examples:

In a parent/child relationship, the parent is the MRCA — the simplest case to identify.

For full siblings, the MRCAs are the parents. For half-siblings, it's the shared parent.

For 1st cousins, the MRCA is the grandparent couple. For 2nd cousins, it's the great-grandparent couple, and so on.

How points are calculated

For each DNA kit under your profile, we count all Triangulated Groups that have a confirmed MRCA. Each confirmed MRCA earns one point.

Example:

You have 2 DNA kits with 17 Triangulated Groups and 28 confirmed ancestors across them. Your score is 28 points. (If both kits are in the same group, it's only counted once.)

Research all DNA matches in each Triangulated Group — every member has inherited the same ancestral DNA. By confirming more ancestors, you strengthen the evidence and climb the scoreboard.