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Month: December 2017

What’s Coming Down the Pike: 23andMe

December 19, 2017 thednageek 11d Comments

Learn what 23andMe has to say at the i4GG conference.

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: 23andMe, i4GG, mitochondrial DNA, scientific papers

What’s Coming Down the Pike: AncestryDNA

December 17, 2017 thednageek 3d Comments

Learn what AncestryDNA had to say at the i4GG conference

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: AncestryDNA, conferences, Genetic Communities, i4GG

Now With 300% More Larkin!

December 15, 2017 thednageek 12d Comments

I wrote about the brick wall on my Larkin line a few months ago in a post titled “Sometimes the Wall…

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Posted in: Busting Brick Walls Filed under: Big Y, Family Tree DNA, Larkin, STRs, yDNA

What’s Coming Down the Pike: Family Tree DNA

December 14, 2017 thednageek 11d Comments

Learn what Family Tree DNA has to offer in the coming months.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: Big Y, Family Tree DNA, STRs

What’s Coming Down the Pike: MyHeritage

thednageek 9d Comments

Learn what MyHeritage has to offer in the coming months.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: big data, i4GG, MyHeritage, relative matching

What’s Coming Down the Pike: Living DNA

December 13, 2017 thednageek 10d Comments

Learn what Living DNA has to offer in the coming months.

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: chromosome browser, conferences, i4GG

H.R. 1313 Rears Its Ugly Head Again

December 12, 2017 thednageek 5d Comments

Hot on the heels of Senator Schumer raising undue alarm about the privacy protections at the genetic genealogy testing companies, a real threat has reemerged in the United States: House Resolution 1313.

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, genetic privacy, health insurance, House Resolution 1313 (HR1313)

Who Owns Your Genetic Information?

December 3, 2017 thednageek 14d Comments

The main genetic genealogy companies give you complete control over whether they share your data with third parties, and you can withdraw your consent at any time.

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Lagniappe Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, genetic ownership, genetic privacy, informed consent, MyHeritage

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