Finding a female ancestor can be challenging! Here’s how DNA helped break this Scottish genealogy brick wall. Lisa Porter has been an avid genealogist since she was a young mom in the early 1990s. She’d find herself sitting amidst much-older patrons at the Family...
Family history software that syncs with online trees—especially those linked to your DNA test results—can keep your genealogy research organized and, well, in synch. In a recent session of Diahan Southard’s DNA Skills Workshop, students learned strategies for building...
Use WikiTree to identify potential DNA matches—genetic cousins. This variation on targeted testing can help you explore whether you’re related to a specific ancestor. In the opening scene of the animated movie Aladdin, a traveling salesman is trying to sell us a...
Have you considered learning DNA in a genealogy society DNA special interest group? Here are tips and inspiration for anyone who may want to join a DNA SIG—or even start one. Meet Susan from Florida, USA. She volunteers in a DNA SIG, or special interest group, within...
A sudden interest in family history leads James into DNA testing—and hopes of building the tree of his immigrant ancestors back into Ireland. James McGrail of Steubenville, Ohio, had never taken an interest in his family history. Then about eight years ago, two things...
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