by Diahan Southard | Dec 23, 2020 | DNA testing news
MyHeritage Genetic Groups now reveal locations in which your ancestors lived within the past 400 years—based on their genetic migratory clusters. Here’s why this kind of DNA ethnicity estimate is more powerful for genealogists. MyHeritage DNA has been teasing us with...
by Diahan Southard | Sep 10, 2020 | DNA testing news
AncestryDNA shared matches have changed since they dropped smallest shared segments (below 8cM) and refined the matching algorithm. Here’s what I see and 2 things you can do about the changes. We blogged not long ago about changes coming to the AncestryDNA shared...
by Diahan Southard | Jun 22, 2020 | DNA ethics and privacy
Here’s how DNA can help combat racist thinking—along with my thoughts on my family’s journey out of racism and why trying to be “colorblind” doesn’t help. My grandmother, whom I loved, was a racist. My mother had fierce feelings that were just the opposite. I remember...
by Diahan Southard | Jun 18, 2020 | Working with DNA matches
What is CODIS and who can use it for forensic genealogy and DNA matching? Here are answers. The popular ABC series Genetic Detective is helping popularize the work of genetic genealogy. But just as many watching are probably wondering “What is genealogy?” (I just...
by Diahan Southard | May 22, 2019 | DNA testing news
DNA privacy matters—and so does catching criminals and identifying victims. How best to do all that is a back-and-forth debate across the genetic genealogy world and beyond. One of the biggest benefits of my job is the opportunity I have to interact with so many...
