Y no autosomal matches?
Why don’t the DNA matches match Julie Matthews is puzzled by her DNA test results: Why do none of my Y matches also match my autosomal matches? And why are all the Family Finder matches I’m finding ending up being tenth cousins using a paper trail rather...Up close: AncestryDNA
A closer look at AncestryDNA The exhibition hall at any genealogical conference is always a fun place to be and to hang out. So many goodies — new books, new products, new services — you almost don’t know where to look first. One thing I knew I...More bang for DNA test bucks
Making the most of your DNA testing dollars Here it is, DNA Sunday again at The Legal Genealogist. And the big news in genetic genealogy this week is the launch of autosomal DNA testing by Ancestry.com. That brings to three the number of major players in the DNA...Cousinly mismatches
An atDNA puzzlement It’s DNA Sunday here at The Legal Genealogist and I find myself convinced, as usual, that autosomal DNA testing — atDNA for short, the kind of testing called Family Finder by Family Tree DNA and Relative Finder by 23andMe — as the...National DNA Day and a sale on testing
DNA Day Comes Early… or Late… with a Sale! It depends on how you look at it, whether National DNA Day — being celebrated today by the National Human Genome Research Institute — is early or late. Either way, Family Tree DNA has an offer you...Surname or clan
Williams or McKenzie? Reader David Williams asks: “I have tested at family tree dna at 67 markers. I have two exact matches with my surname. Looking at the paper trail I believe our common ancestor was 250 years ago. The question pertains to the other matches. I have...Y no surname?
The downside of DNA testing Reader Beth Griffin has run into a snag in using DNA testing to help with her family history. She writes:I am completely new to DNA use in genealogy. I had my dad submit a DNA sample to ancestry.com paternal lineage testing, 46 marker test....A DNA test not to bother with
Save your money for a real DNA test Sundays are DNA days around The Legal Genealogist. Today, it’ll be short and sweet: if you’ve been tempted to stick your toes into the water of DNA testing with a new service called ConnectMyDNA (www.connectmydna.com),...Dear Genetic Cousin
An open letter to my genetic cousins Dear Genetic Cousin, I’m resigned to the fact that, no matter how long I live, there are going to be things in this world that I just don’t “get.” I don’t “get” heavy metal. (Note the deliberate absence of the word “music”...Subscribe by Email
