Last updated: December 11, 2024 What is a first cousin once removed? We explain this relation, and how removed cousins on your family tree likely account for a TON of DNA matches. When you see a DNA match list on your DNA testing site, you also generally see a...
Use the shared matches tool at 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FTDNA, Living DNA or MyHeritage DNA to blow your family history mysteries wide open! Here’s how to use it to build your family tree and identify your DNA matches. The very day that AncestryDNA’s shared matches tool...
Do the family history books or stories you’re compiling include DNA discoveries? These ideas will help you think about the best ways for your tell your DNA stories, whatever they are. Many of us make meaningful discoveries about who we are through our DNA. Our...
In case you missed the news before the holidays, GEDmatch was recently bought by forensics company Verogen. Here’s why this matters to the DNA testing world, whether you use GEDmatch or not. In early December 2019, forensic company Verogen announced its acquisition of...
Free video tutorial on DNA testing for family history by Diahan Southard, a leading genetic genealogy educators. Learn how DNA results deliver ethnicity and matches in this fresh, fun presentation. Earlier this year, I was invited to Amsterdam to speak about DNA...
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