Your genetic family tree is different than your genealogically-researched family tree. Here’s how, and why understanding this helps your family history. A key concept in genetic genealogy is that your genetic pedigree is different than your genealogical pedigree. Let...
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is now accepting limited autosomal DNA test results, as well as Y DNA evidence for lineage society applications. Membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has been a holy grail for genealogists for 125...
A comparison of DNA ethnicity results for four members of the same family reveals unexpected variety! Here’s how genetic phasing affects ethnicity. Your DNA ethnicity results from the various DNA testing companies, also called admixture results, are like the short...
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...
Not all DNA cousin matches are equally valuable! Here’s what to do with those hundreds of fourth cousin matches on your list. I have always enjoyed math for its absolutes. No matter what, two plus two always equals four. That is comforting somehow when in almost all...
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