Your raw DNA doesn’t just need to stay on your testing website. Download it and learn more from it at websites such as these ones. With AncestryDNA’s recent announcement that their database is over 2 million participants strong, it is clear that many of you have...
Important 2023 update: As of January 2023, GEDmatch has a new owner. Verogen, a forensic testing company that works with law enforcement, purchased GEDmatch in 2019. Verogen has now been acquired by QIAGEN, a Dutch company. According to their website, QIAGEN helps...
Learn your family health history through DNA testing. These stories show just how vital information about your hereditary health risks can be. My sister and I both live in different states than my parents. While we talk regularly and have a good relationship, we have...
DNA newsflash: MyHeritage.com* will start selling DNA tests and offering DNA matches. I don’t think there is any dispute that the four major online resources for genealogy include Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast, and MyHeritage. Of those four, only Ancestry.com...
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is now accepting limited autosomal DNA test results, as well as Y DNA evidence for lineage society applications. Membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has been a holy grail for genealogists for 125...
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