Endogamy and you. Really.
Endogamy and DNA As we SPRING FORWARD today, let’s look at endogamy and you. Yes, this is about DNA. Really. No, actually, the word endogamy isn’t Latin and it has nothing to do with the law. Well, then again, it may have been the law in some cases that caused the...Who owns your DNA test results?
So… you’ve spent a ton of money on your DNA tests — YDNA,1 mtDNA2 and even the new autosomal DNA (atDNA)3 — and you’ve been waiting with bated breath for the results to arrive. You step off a curb on your way home from work and — pow! — a...Science and the “10th” cousin
Science and WDYTYA’s “10th” cousin Okay, this time it isn’t Ancestry’s commercials that annoyed me in Friday night’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? but rather the science used by Ancestry in the show itself. I have a bit of an issue with telling person A...DNA, Family and the 1940 Census
Here I go again. The DNA junkie with another family mystery. What do DNA, my family and the 1940 census have in common? I can only hope that what they end up having in common is help in solving a mystery. My brother and I have both done autosomal DNA testing. At...Oh, mama… a use for mtDNA
Oh, mama… mtDNA can be useful after all! I’ll admit it: I’m a DNA junkie. Throw out a test that I can take (or con, uh, convince a cousin to take), and I’m there — I’ve done as much testing of my own DNA as I can afford: Family Finder and the Full mtDNA...23andMe to FTDNA? YES!
Rather switch than fight? 23andMe transfers to FTDNA – yes! In genetic genealogy circles, when the subject of autosomal DNA testing comes up — the kind that works across genders and doesn’t have to be a son of a son of a son or a daughter of a daughter of...Wanted: Faure / Fore / Ford DNA
If you’re a male with the name Faure, Fore or Ford, and you’ve documented your descent from the Faure family of Manakin Town, Virginia, I want your DNA. If you know a male with the name Faure, Fore or Ford, with documented descent from the Faure family of Manakin...A relative match… or maybe not
DNA results are not always what they seem at first glance. I was walking through the exhibit hall at the National Genealogical Society conference in Salt Lake City in 2010 when I came across Bennett Greenspan, President of Family Tree DNA, explaining the...DNA and paranoia
To my paranoid cousin who let me take a DNA sample for genetic genealogy: Yes, dear, there’ve been some news stories lately about the police getting leads in a 20-year-old murder case using DNA that has been tested for genetic genealogy purposes. CNN carried the...Subscribe by Email
