Whose DNA it is anyway?
Access to results A question arrived by email a couple of days ago that left The Legal Genealogist simply shaking her head. “My cousin bought two DNA test kits and asked if I would like to use one,” the reader wrote. “I did so. However, when the tests came back, she...DNA: good news, bad news
Yes and no DNA is so often a matter of bad news mixed in with the good, isn’t it? And this past week’s news out of Salt Lake City has been no exception. The bad news Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: There isn’t going to be a...DNA resolutions for 2015
Starting the New Year off right So here we are on the first Sunday of 2015, and The Legal Genealogist stops to take stock on the DNA side of genealogy. What am I doing right, what am I doing wrong, and what could I be doing better in 2015? And judging from reader...2014 top posts: DNA
2014 DNA retrospective Here we are, in the last days of 2014, so it’s time to stop for a moment, and reflect. And, yes, The Legal Genealogist really does know it’s Monday and not Sunday, but hey… I had something else that I just had to write about...Angels among us
Thanks to the searchers The Legal Genealogist isn’t seeing too well this morning. Perhaps there’s a bit of the residue of sleep in my eyes. Perhaps there’s a bleary remnant of the mulled cider my family shared last night. Most likely, it’s just...2014 holiday wish list: DNA
All I want for Christmas Dear Santa, I’ve been good. Really good. I mean, really seriously good. Trust me! Okay, okay, so I didn’t get caught this year either. But seriously, Santa, there are a few things I would love to have that you somehow forgot to...It isn’t so
DNA testing and reliability Reader Wilma Bittinger was dismayed when her daughter sent her a link to an article on DNA testing that was published online in 2013. Originally titled “DNA Ancestry Tests Are Meaningless for Your Genealogy Search,” the article in the...DNA Q&A: what test
Every one you can! There are always a lot of reader questions about what DNA test to take and who to test for the best results for genealogy. The Legal Genealogist’s standard answer is: test everyone you can afford to test, with every test that might provide the...Case closed … and another opened
The winter of our discontent It was nearly two years ago, in February 2013, that genetic genealogists and history buffs everywhere — The Legal Genealogist among them — held their collective breath. Would it be…? Could it be…? Was it true that...Subscribe by Email
