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Is He Really My Biological Grandfather?

Is He Really My Biological Grandfather?

by Melanie Mohler | Jan 25, 2023 | DNA testing stories, Uncategorized, Working with DNA matches

Is my grandfather really my biological grandfather? Vicky’s DNA test results made her ask this intriguing question. Here are strategies she learned to use her DNA to look for answers. While looking at her DNA results, Vicky Grover noticed she had no apparent...
Half-Siblings On Your Family Tree? Try This DNA Strategy

Half-Siblings On Your Family Tree? Try This DNA Strategy

by Melanie Mohler | Jan 23, 2023 | DNA testing stories, Uncategorized, Working with DNA matches

How can half-siblings of your relatives be “better” than whole ones (at least, from a genetic genealogy perspective?) Here’s what Joy learned about using descendants of half-siblings to cluster the shared matches she wanted. How can half-siblings be...
AncestryDNA ThruLines in 2022 | Tips and Strategies

AncestryDNA ThruLines in 2022 | Tips and Strategies

by Kelli Jo Bergheimer | Jun 16, 2022 | Family Tree Basics - DNA

Use AncestryDNA’s ThruLines tool to help you visualize your possible ancestral lines and explore your relationships to your DNA matches. Here are some tips for using this powerful tool in 2022. AncestryDNA testers have many powerful tools available to help identify...
How Am I Related to My DNA Matches?

How Am I Related to My DNA Matches?

by Diahan Southard | Feb 8, 2021 | DNA testing for beginners

How you’re related to your DNA matches is increasingly possible to puzzle out in 2021! Here are tools at 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, Living DNA and MyHeritage to help you build your family tree with genetic genealogy. Online tools for helping identify your...
Finding All Children of an Ancestral Couple

Finding All Children of an Ancestral Couple

by Sunny Morton | Dec 17, 2020 | Family Tree Basics - DNA

Finding all children of an ancestral couple can help you build a DNA-friendly family tree for your DNA matching experience. Use this collateral research strategy on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch or MyHeritage. A couple years ago, my friend (let’s call him Steve) got a...
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