Sorting your DNA matches by places—their current locations and/or your shared ancestral locations—can sometimes help you find DNA answers! Have you ever sorted your DNA matches by location? Either by the reported location of your matches themselves, or according to...
DNA testing outside the US is not as popular as inside the US. If your goal is finding DNA matches (or ancestors) outside the United States, what should your DNA testing strategy be? Updated in June 2022. In a webinar I gave recently, I was asked a super important...
Say you took a DNA test with AncestryDNA but your cousin tested at 23andMe, MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA or Living DNA. How can you compare your DNA test results to each other? Recently, we heard from a woman who is trying to identify her birth father. She tested at...
How does Irish DNA ethnicity show up in your AncestryDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage DNA, Living DNA or Family Tree DNA test results? Here’s a comparison. How well your DNA testing company represents your known family history is based on a lot of factors. But one of those is...
The best DNA tests for ancestry in 2023 include both ethnicity results AND DNA matches. Here are the top DNA test kit options for exploring family history. Taking a DNA test can help you discover more about your heritage and connect with biological relatives. An...
