Your generation of connection is key to learning how you’re related to your DNA matches. It’s where you’ll find your most recent common ancestor(s) (MRCA). You and your match may have two DIFFERENT generations of connection. Don’t worry, we’ve got an easy explanation!...
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, Family Tree DNA 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...
Pay it forward! It can feel just as rewarding to help your DNA matches break down their brick walls as it can be to solve your own family history mysteries. Check out this inspiring story—and how easy it was to help. We all come to DNA testing with OWN own family...
To successfully contact DNA matches, here’s EXACTLY what one researcher did. The outcome (spoiler alert!) included actually MEETING some of her newfound Jewish and Eastern European cousins. Julie wrote me a while back to report a successful experience with contacting...
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