The truth about our DNA
Musings on a sad Sunday The Legal Genealogist rarely deviates from genealogy into politics, and even more rarely on a Sunday — a day this blog sets aside for discussions of how genealogists can use DNA to help prove relationships. So, in one sense, this is going...The winds of change
Good news, bad news, mixed news There’s good news and bad news in the genetic genealogy world this week. The good news is, things are changing. The bad news is, thing are changing. Good good news Unabashedly good news came from AncestryDNA, which finally started...Those percentages
Why they’re not better… What they’re good for In case you’ve lived on the Dark Side of the moon for the past few years, here’s a “news” flash: the Legal Genealogist is not a fan of ethnicity estimates. Those percentages...The changes at 23andMe
A mixed bag for genealogy Let’s get this out of the way up front: The Legal Genealogist has never been much of a fan of 23andMe for genetic genealogy testing. I know there are genealogists who swear by it, and who’ve had all of their family members tested...The joys of the early adopter
The operative words: free and beta There is, we all should know by now, a new sandbox for DNA geeks to play in. It’s called DNA.Land, and it’s a not-for-profit crowd-sourcing research site run by the Erlich and Pickrell labs affiliated with Columbia...The rules of DNA.Land
The new kid on the block There’s a new place to play with our DNA results right now. It’s called DNA.Land, it’s at https://dna.land/ — and that’s a complete address, no dot com or dot org involved, and it’s not a testing company but...About that sharing button…
Enough with the hype You knew it was coming. You knew it was inevitable. You knew that sooner or later somebody was going to come up with the idea of adding that little button somewhere in the vicinity of AncestryDNA’s ethnicity estimates. The little button that...DNA in the Top 100
GenealogyInTime’s 2015 list Still wondering if DNA is really part of mainstream genealogy? Wonder no longer. GenealogyInTime Magazine just published its list of Top 100 Genealogy Websites of 2015.1 This is a list that “profiles and ranks the best ancestral...DNA: coming on strong
Not an outlier any more In case you’ve been living on the dark side of the moon in recent years, DNA isn’t the new kid on the block any more. It’s not an outlier in the genealogical community. It’s part and parcel of what every genealogist...Subscribe by Email
