Nancy Jane (Newman) Rampley–born 1843 Rush County, Indiana. Picture probably taken in 1910s/1920s when Nancy lived in West Point, Hancock County, Illinois.
AncestryDNA Circles are apparently in flux. I’ve been removed from the circles for Riley Rampley (born 1835 Coshocton County, Ohio) and his wife Nancy Jane (Newman) Rampley (born 1843 Rush County, Indiana). I didn’t get an email and was not notified that I was no longer welcome at the family reunion <grin!>.
I was in their AncestryDNA circles on on 27 July.
I’m now in six circles as of the date of this post:
- Christianna (DeMoss) Rampley (born in the early 1770s probably in Harford County, Maryland.
- Hinrich Janssen Ufkes (born 1797 Ostfriesland, Germany) and the circle for his wife Trientje Eilts (Post) Ufkes(born 1803 Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany)
- Johann Friederichs Hinrichs Ufkes (born 1838 Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany)
- Johann Luken Jurgens Ehmen Goldenstein (born 1814 Wrisse, Ostfriesland, Germany and his wife Tjade Anna Focken (Tammen) Goldenstein (born 1824 Buhren, Ostfriesland, Germany)
Interesting as it still puts me in the circle for Christianna (DeMoss) Rampley–grandmother of Riley Rampley. I’m not certain what’s changed. I’ve made no modifications to my tree and my matches still include several other known descendants of Riley and Nancy.
Apparently the circles are still in beta. It’s possible they are even in alpha.
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I have also been moved from dna circles only to later be put back in the same circle. This has been going on for a few years. I don’t know exactly what triggers these changes for some of the circles. I can see losing maybe a small circle which is contingent on each person’s staying with Ancestry and keeping the tree public. In a few weeks you may be returned to your missing circles.