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MeAnd23W_ICW Table

The MeAnd23W_ICW table stores 23andMe “In Common With” (ICW) relationships — pairs of people who both appear as DNA relatives of each other. Each row records one ordered pair, identified by id1 and id2 (each is a 23andMe profile ID), along with how much DNA the two share.

Both directions stored: ICW pairs are written in both directions — one row with (id1, id2) and one with the IDs reversed — so a query starting from either person finds the relationship. Indexes exist on (id1, id2) and (id2, id1) to support lookups from either side.

Column Reference

ColumnTypeDescription
Idint (PK)Auto-incrementing primary key
id1string23andMe profile ID of the first person in the in-common pair
id2string23andMe profile ID of the second person in the in-common pair
totalCMdecimalTotal shared DNA between the pair in centimorgans (cM). Populated from the clustering / relative-sharing data; may be null when only percent-shared is known.
percent_shareddecimalProportion of DNA the pair shares (from 23andMe’s IBD proportion). May be null when only the cM total is known.
GF_SyncstringSync status flag used when uploading this table to DNAGedcom.
Two data sources: A pair can be discovered two ways. The per-match relatives-in-common page provides percent_shared, while the clustering page provides the exact totalCM. When a pair already exists, the application merges — filling in a missing totalCM or percent_shared without overwriting a value that is already present.

Related Tables

  • MeAnd23W_Relatives — the relative list. Its ehid profile IDs are the values joined against id1 and id2 here.
  • MeAnd23W_FIANew — the shared DNA segments behind a shared-cM total.
  • MeAnd23W_Triag — triangulation flags indicating which in-common pairs share an overlapping segment.