Picking your Battles
The Wright Battles connection Poor little mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The red-headed foster stepchild of the DNA testing world. Nowhere near as easy and obvious a genealogical tool as YDNA. Nowhere near as glamorous and enthusiasm-gathering as autosomal DNA. So often...An Irish DNA St. Patrick’s proposal
Paying up, paying it forward So here we are, once again, staring St. Patrick’s Day in the face. The day on which we see parades and pride and green beer. The day on which the flag being waved isn’t red, white and blue, but green, white and orange. The day...Sibling rivalry
Maximizing autosomal matches There is a reason why The Legal Genealogist occasionally sounds like a broken record when it comes to autosomal DNA testing. “Test as many people as you can,” the song goes, before the needle skips and it repeats: “Test as many people as...Whence the X
Confusion on X inheritance Reader Judy is having some trouble figuring out what an X-chromosome match means at the third-party DNA website Gedmatch.com. “I’ve read most of the documentation listed under the ‘DNA for Dummies’ link provided on the GEDmatch.com website,”...DNA: bringing them home
Where DNA, the military and genealogy meet Yesterday morning, in a broad sun-lit corridor inside the Pentagon building just outside Washington, D.C., the past and the present met… and breathed a deep sigh of appreciation and satisfaction. The Legal Genealogist...Baiting the hook
Should I test with somebody else… Anyone who even dabbles in genetic genealogy — DNA testing — hears the questions all the time. “Should I test with somebody else now that 23andMe has had problems with the FDA?” “Should I test with somebody else...Oh, Charlie!
The X match One of the most exciting things about working with DNA testing in genealogy is how fast things are changing, and how much we can learn with new tools that are becoming available. And boy did that make The Legal Genealogist’s heart glad this past...Understanding the Y match
We get Y with a little help from our friends With all the attention paid to autosomal DNA testing these days — with good reason, since it’s the newest, most complicated, most difficult (and most fun!) DNA test to work with — we sometimes forget that...A full day of DNA!
Back by popular demand One big question in the genetic genealogy community in 2013 was: “if we hold it, will they come?” The Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) and the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) took a big risk last year, adding a...Subscribe by Email
