Should you take an mtDNA test for genetic genealogy? Here’s a free video tutorial and 3 scenarios when mtDNA testing can help your family history. DNA testing is becoming more and more integrated into our traditional genealogical research. Millions of people have...
Combine DNA tests to help find birth parents or identify ancestors! This tasty example for an adoptee combines autosomal plus mtDNA testing to help identify a DNA match on her maternal line. My family recently visited the Jelly Belly Factory in northern California. Of...
Why take a Y DNA test? Here’s why YDNA testing is so popular—and 3 reasons to consider why you should do it (or have a male relative test) for your family history. The Y chromosome DNA test, more affectionately referred to as the Y DNA test, is the darling of the DNA...
Are DNA ethnicity results influenced by your online tree? And how do DNA testing companies choose what geographic regions to report? Your DNA Guide has answers. Many genealogists have taken autosomal DNA tests at one of the three major DNA testing companies with the...
Competition in DNA testing can only be good for the genetic genealogy world. Please, someone come up with a product to rival AncestryDNA! AncestryDNA recently began selling DNA test kits in Canada and Australia. That’s great—but I’m not ready for Ancestry to literally...
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