You can do this by searching for records for the sibling of the oldest ancestor you've found and then looking through the sibling's records to find their parents.

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If you and one of your DNA matches have the same ancestor in your trees, we show you that person as a common ancestor. When a match has a common ancestor, you'll see it listed.

The higher a result is in the list of search results, the more likely it is to be about your ancestor, while lower results may be less relevant or less likely to be about your ancestor.

That chain of parents and children are your ancestors. This means that not every older relative is your ancestor. For example, your aunts and uncles are your relatives but not your ancestors, …