Family Tree DNA’s latest genealogy tool has promise: global searching for fellow descendants of a common ancestor. Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has some of my very favorite genetic tools to help you make connections with your DNA matches when you can’t immediately find a...
A new DNA study details the origins of UK residents of European ancestry. Here’s why this matters to your genetic genealogy (even if that’s not your heritage). The key to learning about our ancestors from our own DNA is to have a lot of people tested who can all trace...
Human remains of enslaved Africans have been identified on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, thanks to DNA testing. It’s a win for genetic genealogy—and one step toward better honoring the lives of those who lived in slavery. Recently my children and I watched the...
23andMe now offers carrier status reports for Bloom Syndrome, a step toward the DNA health reports it provided previously. A direct-to-consumer genetic test is now the first of its kind to be available through 23andMe, according to letters recently received by 23andMe...
DNA can integrate with surname studies (aka one-name studies), which are a mainstay of traditional genealogical research. See how projects are incorporating DNA into their enormous files of data on individual surnames. Since the advent of surnames, our last names have...
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