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Finding Birth Parents of Adoptee | DNA Skills Workshop

Finding Birth Parents of Adoptee | DNA Skills Workshop

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...
Finding Birth Parents of a Foundling Ancestor

Finding Birth Parents of a Foundling Ancestor

by Diahan Southard | Sep 30, 2021 | DNA Testing Stories

Finding birth parents of a foundling ancestor is a challenge DNA can often help with. See step-by-step how one researcher is finding answers for an Italian “brick wall” ancestor on his wife’s family tree. Guest author Greg Clarke was always interested in family...
Splitting Genetic Networks | Find Brick Wall Ancestors Using DNA

Splitting Genetic Networks | Find Brick Wall Ancestors Using DNA

by Diahan Southard | Sep 16, 2021 | DNA Testing Stories

Splitting genetic networks sorts your DNA match list into different sides of your family tree. See the reaction on video as this helped one researcher confirm the identity of her 3x great grandparents. Dividing genetic networks CAN help you identify your brick wall...
How to Download Your DNA Match List | Export DNA Matches

How to Download Your DNA Match List | Export DNA Matches

by Diahan Southard | Sep 2, 2021 | Working with DNA Matches

Last updated: August 27, 2024   Want to know how to download your DNA match list? You can’t do it directly from your DNA testing companies anymore. Here are strategies some people use for AncestryDNA and Living DNA. NOTE: As of 2024, for security reasons,...
Finding Great Grandfather | How I Finally Found Out Who I Am

Finding Great Grandfather | How I Finally Found Out Who I Am

by Diahan Southard | Aug 18, 2021 | DNA Testing Stories

Finding her great grandfather wasn’t easy, but she did it. See how this DNA detective is learning to use genealogy to fill in gaps on her family tree. This guest blog post is written by Pamela Sue Hinton, whom we met when she took the YDNA for Genealogy Course. Thank...
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