by Kelli Jo Bergheimer | Jul 19, 2022 | DNA testing for beginners
Wondering about 23andMe v AncestryDNA? Both offer useful tools to understand your DNA. Here’s a quick comparison of the two DNA testing companies (ethnicity, matches, genealogy tools and health information). You’ll be able to decide which is best for you!...
by Kelli Jo Bergheimer | Jun 16, 2022 | Family Tree Basics - DNA
Use AncestryDNA’s ThruLines tool to help you visualize your possible ancestral lines and explore your relationships to your DNA matches. Here are some tips for using this powerful tool in 2022. AncestryDNA testers have many powerful tools available to help identify...
by Diahan Southard | Feb 17, 2022 | Working with DNA matches
Use labels to organize your MyHeritage DNA matches so you can make more family history discoveries! Here’s how–and here’s a tip for finding a Best Known Match using the Theory of Family Relativity so you can create genetic networks. Do you have a DNA test...
by Sunny Morton | Dec 15, 2021 | Working with DNA matches
I just got invited to a family reunion by a DNA match! Here’s how to find fellow descendants of common ancestors on your DNA match list. (Whether to invite them to a party, sight-unseen, is up to you.) You never know who you’re going to meet in your DNA match list....
by Sunny Morton | Oct 4, 2021 | DNA testing stories
Finding birth parents of an adoptee isn’t always easy. This concept from the DNA Skills Workshop helped this woman identify the biological parents of a DNA match who was adopted. Recently, Jo Roth completed the DNA Skills Workshop and she wrote in to thank us—with a...
