Figuring it all out
DNA education It’s probably the one thing The Legal Genealogist hears most often about DNA testing and its use in genealogy. The frustrated wails. “It’s too complicated.” “I’m not a scientist.” “I don’t understand.” All of which I do...Admixture: not soup yet
And maybe never The Legal Genealogist wants everyone who’s ever taken a DNA test that provides a set of ethnicity or admixture estimate percentages to repeat after me: “It’s not soup yet.”1 And it may never be. So… while I was on the road (and coping...DNA ethics: speak up!
DNA and ethical standards In December 2013, co-editors Thomas W. Jones and Melinde Lutz Byrne of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly lamented in an editorial that: When genealogists began to apply DNA test results to family history, they had the opportunity...Last call for DNA sales
Don’t forget the sales Mitochondrial DNA is on The Legal Genealogist’s mind this morning. Because sitting across the coffee table from me is a representative of my mitochondrial line — my brother, who shares the same mtDNA that our mother received...Happy National DNA Day
Now get your testing done Exactly 61 years ago today, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announced they were sure that the structure of DNA was the double helix — an event “considered by many to be one of the most significant...Planning for the mystery parent
How to begin with DNA testing Reader Elizabeth and her half-brother share a mystery parent: a father who was absent from their lives and about whom they know next to nothing. And when Elizabeth finally found that birth father as an adult, she discovered that the...On with the Battles
One step closer Let there be no question about one fundamental fact: The Legal Genealogist loves cousins. First, second, third, fourth, doesn’t matter one bit, as long as (a) they are willing to donate just a little tiny bit of their DNA to the cause of family...2014: Most bang for DNA bucks
Making the most of your 2014 DNA testing dollars (NOTE: There’s an update for 2015 here!) In 2012, The Legal Genealogist led off a Sunday DNA blog by asking “how do you get the most bang for the DNA buck?”1 And then followed that up last year with an update...mtDNA Q&A
Questions and answers about mitochondrial DNA Q. So why an mtDNA Q&A today anyway? A. Because there’s a major sale going on — a March Madness sale — at Family Tree DNA that ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 1, that offers real savings on...Subscribe by Email
