Making AncestryDNA useful
Great tool Sometimes The Legal Genealogist is the last to know. But oh boy… what a wonderful tool was sent my way last night! And AncestryDNA users who don’t have it are really missing out. A DNA cousin who found me via Gedmatch sent me a list of her...Who’s the mama?
Verifying Aunt Mom Reader Linda Bell Pollard has a major mystery in her family history. “My father, now deceased, was told he was adopted,” Linda writes. “After he passed away, a member of his adoptive family told me that he was adopted, but his biological mother was...What AncestryDNA doesn’t provide
On beyond AncestryDNA NOTE: This blog’s recommendation of GEDmatch has been withdrawn due to privacy issues. See “Withdrawing a recommendation,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 15 May 2019). Reader Ida French is having...DNA Day at Jamboree
Last day for early bird registration There’s something very new, and very exciting, at this year’s Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in June. An entire day devoted to DNA and its use in family history. And today is the last day to register in advance...Going raw and banking DNA
Downloading Ancestry’s raw data During Tuesday night’s webinar on autosomal DNA testing, sponsored by the Association of Professional Genealogists, one question came up that needed a little longer answer than the format allowed:...DNA webinar tonight!
Tonight: free APG webinar on autosomal DNA One last chance for the procrastinators to register: Tonight, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (8:00 Central, 7:00 Mountain and 6:00 Pacific), I’ll be presenting a webinar sponsored by the...DNA webinar Tuesday!
Free APG webinar: Autosomal DNA Still wondering about autosomal DNA? Not sure if you’re ready to take that plunge and get tested, or whether it’s worth it to start nagging that cousin for a DNA sample? Join The Legal Genealogist for an introduction to this...Protection for genetic privacy
Expansion of genetic privacy Tucked away in the hundred-plus pages of a new federal privacy rule that took effect last month is expanded federal protection of our right to privacy in our genetic information that may help ease the minds of our cousins when we ask them...Widen the net
Testing the cousins One piece of advice you hear over and over in autosomal DNA testing: test as many relatives as you can afford to test. And boy did The Legal Genealogist get handed the best evidence in the world as to why that’s good advice this past week....Subscribe by Email
