2013 look-back: DNA
2013 DNA retrospective Here we are, in the last days of 2013, and today is the last DNA Sunday of the year. So it’s time to stop for a moment, and reflect. What were the top DNA stories for the year? The Legal Genealogist submits that it will come as no surprise...All I want for Christmas: DNA
My DNA Christmas wish list Dear Santa, I’ve been good. Really good. I mean, seriously, really good. Okay, so I didn’t get caught. But you’re still going to at least consider my Christmas wish list, right? Especially if I don’t ask for too much?...Updated DNA tools
Who you are — and aren’t Both Family Tree DNA and 23andMe rolled out updated tools for reviewing autosomal DNA results this past week — a new matrix tool at Family Tree DNA and a modified Ancestry Composition at 23andMe. Both are well worth taking a...When DNA won’t work
Go for the paper trail Here’s a news flash from The Legal Genealogist, a/k/a the geek who never met a DNA test I wouldn’t take: DNA isn’t always the answer. Sometimes it just can’t answer the question you have. Case in point: which of three...23andMe suspends health tests
Bows to FDA demands; good for NY and MD? DNA testing company 23andMe yesterday suspended its health-related testing in compliance with an FDA directive issued last month. Ancestry-related DNA tests will continue without interruption and raw genetic data will continue...Help needed today
Native American YDNA None of us, The Legal Genealogist included, who count ourselves among the DNA geeks of genealogy are in this solely because of its utility in linking one generation to another in our own family trees. No, scratch any of us who’ve stuck our...A Black Friday DNA deal
One deal not to pass up The Legal Genealogist generally avoids Black Friday as if it were the Black Plague. Shopping is my least favorite chore under the best of circumstances, and the phrase “best of circumstances” really can’t be used in the same...Fooling with FDA
FDA blasts 23andMe So you remember that old commercial where a margarine company gave Mother Nature a taste of its product and she thought it was butter. The tagline of all the commercials — just before something bad happened — was: “It’s not...Playing with percentages
The numbers game So despite the fact that The Legal Genealogist keeps saying, over and over, that the admixture percentages we see in all the autosomal DNA test results are only good for cocktail party conversation, the fact is, hey, at this time of year there are a...Subscribe by Email
