What to Do with Your Raw DNA

What to Do with Your Raw DNA

Your raw DNA doesn’t just need to stay on your testing website. Download it and learn more from it at websites such as these ones. With AncestryDNA’s recent announcement that their database is over 2 million participants strong, it is clear that many of you have...
Family Health History and DNA Testing

Family Health History and DNA Testing

Learn your family health history through DNA testing. These stories show just how vital information about your hereditary health risks can be. My sister and I both live in different states than my parents. While we talk regularly and have a good relationship, we have...
FAQ on DNA Ethnicity Results

FAQ on DNA Ethnicity Results

Are DNA ethnicity results influenced by your online tree? And how do DNA testing companies choose what geographic regions to report? Your DNA Guide has answers. Many genealogists have taken autosomal DNA tests at one of the three major DNA testing companies with the...
Open Letter to DNA Testing Companies

Open Letter to DNA Testing Companies

Competition in DNA testing can only be good for the genetic genealogy world. Please, someone come up with a product to rival AncestryDNA! AncestryDNA recently began selling DNA test kits in Canada and Australia. That’s great—but I’m not ready for Ancestry to literally...
23andMe and DNA Health Testing

23andMe and DNA Health Testing

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...