[Hawthorn]

>> Ancestry has better tools to work with searches and matches <<

Ancestry certainly has more tools than does FTDNA or 23andMe. But the people in the DNA genealogy community whom I trust the most seem to think that Ancestry's tools give misleading and incorrect results in a high percentage of the cases.

For example, you might want to read some of the posts in Roberta Estes' blog, DNAeXplained, where she has very unfavorable comments about Ancestry's offerings.

[catfish1957]

I am a genealogy instructor, and can only comment based on my own experiences. My Ancestry matches tend to seem more consistent as far as relationship distance. Again, this is in my own case. However, as I mentioned earlier FTDNA were more pioneers in this field, and I much more trust their Ydna testing.

Have no experience on 23/Me, maybe just because of the bad press they have gotten.