Can law enforcement access AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, Living DNA and MyHeritage DNA test results? Here’s where each DNA testing company stands on law enforcement matching for forensic samples. Editor’s note: This post has been updated intermittently, most recently...
Your mtDNA results are reported differently by different DNA testing companies. Why? Which results are better? As you may already know, mtDNA testing provides genetic information specific to your maternal line: your mother’s mother’s mother’s mother, etc. This can be...
A chromosome browser can help you understand how you are related to your DNA matches—and it’s a very cool visual! Before we start, let me be very clear: 98% of the time, you do NOT need a chromosome browser to do successful genetic genetic genealogy work. Most of the...
DNA triangulation can help you figure out how you’re related to your DNA matches or identify an unknown ancestor on your family tree. Here’s how it can help you with your shared matches and genealogy. I always loved math, but not geometry. Too many complicated...
Chromosome mapping can be a fun way to compare your shared DNA with known matches and assign genetic strands to specific shared ancestors. Here’s how to do this with DNA Painter. Chromosome mapping is one of those “DNA tangents” some people love. It’s a fun way to...
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