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Ancestry_SharedJourneys Table

The Ancestry_SharedJourneys table records the migration “journeys” — A*’s genetic-community paths — that a test kit shares with a match. Each row is one journey shared between your kit and one match. A pair can share several journeys, so a single match may contribute several rows.

Column Reference

ColumnTypeSourceDescription
Idint (PK)AutoAuto-incrementing primary key
testGuidstringMatch CompareThe test kit GUID (your kit, stored uppercase)
matchGuidstringMatch CompareThe matched person’s GUID (stored uppercase)
journeyIdstringMatch CompareA*’s identifier for the shared journey / genetic community
displayNamestringMatch CompareHuman-readable journey name
created_datestringAppDate the row was captured (yyyy-MM-dd)
A unique index on (testGuid, matchGuid, journeyId) keeps a shared journey from being duplicated. Re-gathering upserts each journey rather than adding a second copy.

How It’s Populated

This data is captured from the shared-journeys response on a match’s compare page, so it is only gathered when tree or ICW gathering is enabled. Each journey returned for the pair is upserted into the table.

Related Tables

  • Ancestry_matchGroups — the parent match record, keyed by matchGuid.
  • Ancestry_SharedBirthLocations — the related shared ancestral birth-location data captured on the same compare page.