The best DNA ethnicity results—most accurate and specific—vary across testing companies. Here’s some hard data for 23andMe and AncestryDNA. In my most recent post, I explained two key metrics in DNA ethnicity estimates: precision and recall. (The M&M analogy I...
Last updated: January 13, 2025 The unlinked tree of your AncestryDNA match may have the family history answers you need. Here’s how to get to an unlinked tree. A DNA match without a family tree linked to his or her test results can be frustrating because it’s...
This case study shows you how to sort and communicate with your DNA matches on AncestryDNA to identify an unknown birth parent. In the first part of this 2-part series on identifying a birth parent via DNA testing, I introduced the case study of Lora. She was raised...
Do you have an unknown birth father OR mother? Here’s what to do to use DNA testing to identify your unknown biological parent, or at least to learn more about that parent’s family tree. If you have one known parent and one unknown parent, you may be able to use a...
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...
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