by Diahan Southard | Dec 2, 2021 | DNA ethnicity - migration
Sorting your DNA matches by places—their current locations and/or your shared ancestral locations—can sometimes help you find DNA answers! Have you ever sorted your DNA matches by location? Either by the reported location of your matches themselves, or according to...
by Sunny Morton | Jun 2, 2021 | DNA testing news
AncestryDNA Genetic Communities are growing again! Read about why we’re ESPECIALLY excited to see these new communities for the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Western Asia and Eastern Africa. AncestryDNA has released new Genetic Communities! These ones are especially key...
by Jayne Ekins | Feb 2, 2021 | DNA ethnicity - migration
DNA testing for people with Asian ancestry is starting to provide more accurate ethnicity results. Here’s what’s been available—and what’s coming—for those with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Pakistani and other Asian roots. There are good things coming in the...
by Diahan Southard | Dec 23, 2020 | DNA testing news
MyHeritage DNA’s 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 ethnicity estimate is more powerful for genealogists. MyHeritage DNA has been teasing us...
by Sunny Morton | Dec 10, 2020 | DNA testing for beginners
DNA testing is part of exploring your Jewish family history. In celebration of Chanukah, here’s an 8-step guide to DNA testing for Jewish ancestry—and beginning Jewish genealogy—by expert Ellen Kowitt. Thanks to Jewish genealogy expert and guest author Ellen Kowitt...