Finding birth parents of an adoptee isn’t always easy. This concept from the DNA Skills Workshop helped this woman identify the biological parents of a DNA match who was adopted. Recently, Jo Roth completed the DNA Skills Workshop and she wrote in to thank us—with a...
Need to download your DNA match list? Here’s how to export your DNA matches from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA and Living DNA. Sometimes you need to download your DNA match list from your testing company website. I recommend this strategy for...
This XDNA case study shows how XDNA may give you clues about how you’re related to your DNA matches and who your common ancestor might be. Trying to use autosomal DNA to identify ancestral connections further back than 3X great grandparents can be tricky (at best). I...
Sharing your AncestryDNA test results—ethnicity or match list or BOTH—can pique your relatives’ curiosity or help you and your DNA match figure out how you’re related. Here’s how to do it. If you’re one of the millions who has taken an AncestryDNA test to learn more...
To successfully contact DNA matches, here’s EXACTLY what one researcher did. The outcome (spoiler alert!) included actually MEETING some of her newfound Jewish and Eastern European cousins. Julie wrote me a while back to report a successful experience with contacting...
