Family Tree DNA’s Big Y DNA test can help you distinguish fine shades of relationship on the paternal side of your family tree using YDNA. What is Big Y, and when is it worth taking? In January 2019, FamilyTreeDNA* released the latest-and-greatest version of its Big Y...
MyHeritage AutoClusters group your shared DNA matches into your own custom genetic genealogy family portrait. Here’s how they work. MyHeritage* released its new AutoClusters DNA tool several months ago at RootsTech 2019—the same day it introduced its popular Theory of...
Can law enforcement access AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, Living DNA and MyHeritage DNA test results? Here’s where each DNA testing company stands on law enforcement matching for forensic samples. Editor’s note: This post has been updated intermittently, most recently...
This family history storytelling activity at an 80th birthday party shared old memories—and made new ones. Try it at your next family reunion or gathering! DNA testing for family history is about family: finding family answers and creating family connections. So I was...
Your mtDNA results are reported differently by different DNA testing companies. Why? Which results are better? As you may already know, mtDNA testing provides genetic information specific to your maternal line: your mother’s mother’s mother’s mother, etc. This can be...
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