Last updated: January 6, 2025 Sharing your AncestryDNA test results—ethnicity or match list or BOTH—can pique your relatives’ curiosity or help you and your DNA match figure out how you’re related. Here’s how to share your AncestryDNA results. If you’re one of...
Say you took a DNA test with AncestryDNA but your cousin tested at 23andMe, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA or Living DNA. How can you compare your DNA test results to each other? Recently, we heard from a woman who is trying to identify her birth father. She tested at...
Last updated: March 25, 2025 A good DNA testing plan can help you solve family history mysteries and discover more about your biological family tree. Here are three steps for how to create a DNA testing plan for family history. Most people pursue DNA testing...
Why don’t you have any DNA matches on your father’s side? Or maybe it’s your mother’s side without matches. Here are four reasons you may be missing matches you expect to see. Recently I got a VERY GOOD question from a man I’ll call Etienne: “Hi there! I recently...
How does Irish DNA ethnicity show up in your AncestryDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage DNA, Living DNA or FamilyTreeDNA test results? Here’s a comparison. How well your DNA testing company represents your known family history is based on a lot of factors. But one of those is...
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