AncestryDNA doings
A sale and privacy changes AncestryDNA has two things going on that genealogists need to know about this fine Sunday morning. A sale. And some changes in the privacy terms and conditions that users have to go along with if they want to test with AncestryDNA and/or...Today’s DNA sale
Today, right now In case you woke up on another planet this morning, it’s Father’s Day today. The day to celebrate all of the fathers in all of our families. Which means we’re down to a matter of hours to get Just the Right Gift for all of the...Term of the day: STR
STR-ing along The Legal Genealogist is on the road, so the blog during this extended trip is featuring terms we all need to understand and use as genealogists. Today’s term, for DNA Sunday, is STR. It’s an acronym, short for Short Tandem Repeat, and...Term of the day: SNP
Getting SNP’y with DNA The Legal Genealogist is on the road, so the blog during this extended trip is featuring terms we all need to understand and use as genealogists. Today’s term, for DNA Sunday, is SNP. Pronounced “snip.” It’s an acronym, short...An ominous report
Faulty science? The opening sentence in the news report is ominous. According to a by-lined article by Spencer S. Hsu in the Washington Post, “The FBI has notified crime labs across the country that it has discovered errors in data used by forensic scientists in...Circling the Shews
Not a “potential descendant” Dear AncestryDNA, No, actually, I’m not a “potential descendant” of Simon Shew. I don’t know how I can make it any clearer in my family tree — and I don’t know that you’d care if I did — but Simon...Of babies and bathwater
Overreaction It was probably inevitable the moment the very first headline appeared online, inaccurately accusing Ancestry of handing over DNA data without a court order. That never happened, but the mere accusation that it did was enough. And the entire genealogical...The hands of time
No words needed This is, by far, The Legal Genealogist’s favorite photograph, ever. My mother and her granddaughter Hannah. Since it’s DNA Sunday, the subtitle can be “my mitochondrial DNA…” Happy Mother’s...Facts matter!
Reporting DNA issues accurately In genealogy, we get this point: facts matter. In genealogy, the point shouldn’t have to be repeated: facts matter. And in genetic genealogy, the point really shouldn’t have to be repeated: facts matter. Particularly when...Subscribe by Email
