Are you a genealogist who has not yet taken a DNA test? Here are three reasons to dive right in. If you’re interested in your family history but haven’t taken a DNA test yet, it’s time. Not just because “everyone’s doing it,” (well, actually there’s merit to that...
Here’s how DNA testing helped Paul Dodds discover the identity of his biological father, who was a WWII U.S serviceman stationed in Wales. His journey to his birth roots required Y DNA and autosomal DNA testing, old-fashioned genealogical research, patience and...
Thoughts about AncestryDNA advancements from genetic genealogist Diahan Southard. This past week I had the privilege of standing on an 8th story balcony in downtown San Francisco. To my left: towering downtown buildings bustling with enterprise. To my...
The National Genographic Project takes its massive DNA study to New Zealand to investigate a historic genetic collision of populations. Here’s how that impacts the everyday genetic genealogist. Update, May 2020: The National Genographic Project is coming to a close,...
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