Y DNA and mtDNA just got better! The new mitoYDNA.org website promises free, crowdsourced DNA matching for YDNA and mtDNA tests, with options for research and law enforcement participation. A new website has launched for free sharing of Y DNA* and mitochondrial DNA...
Family Tree DNA’s Big Y DNA test can help you distinguish fine shades of relationship on the paternal side of your family tree using YDNA. What is Big Y, and when is it worth taking? In January 2019, FamilyTreeDNA* released the latest-and-greatest version of its Big Y...
Getting DNA from postage stamps, hair samples and other items is now sometimes possible. Here’s what you’ll want to know about this for your own genetic genealogy mysteries. A few years ago, I blogged about DNA to be extracted from hair samples purportedly belonging...
Organizing your DNA matches helps you make sense of them. From someone who organizes DNA results for a living, here’s the fastest, easiest way to organize them, whether you’ve tested at AncestryDNA, 23andMe or another company. When I was a kid I collected books. I...
Do DNA ethnicity test results perpetuate racism? My experience says the opposite is true. Do DNA ethnicity results perpetuate racist thinking? Recently, a few critics have complained that DNA testing—and the marketing surrounding it—reinforces negative ideas about...
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