Here’s how adoptees and others searching for birth families can use both DNA testing and the free WikiTree genealogy website to help reconstruct their biological family trees. Thanks to Emma MacBeath and Chris Whitten for co-authoring this guest article. See their...
Not sure how you are related to your DNA match? Use the free “What Are the Odds?” WATO tool at DNA Painter to explore the possibilities and to help build a more accurate family tree. WATO: What Are the Odds for DNA Matches WATO is a free tool that lets you draw a...
A world-traveling, 86-year old adoptee takes an emotional journey to explore her birth roots. Here’s how it went finding her biological mother and sharing the news with her adoptive family. This story and related pictures are shared with the family’s permission. Etta...
These DNA reunion stories remind us that DNA testing can bring newfound relatives to your holiday table—metaphorically or literally. Is it time to give the gift of DNA testing to someone you love? We’re coming to the time of year when many of us will spend more time...
This case study shows you how to sort and communicate with your DNA matches on AncestryDNA to identify an unknown birth parent. In the first part of this 2-part series on identifying a birth parent via DNA testing, I introduced the case study of Lora. She was raised...
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