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Month: July 2018

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July 27, 2018 thednageek 34d Comments

What can you do when you find out your parents were closely related?

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: adoptees, Are Your Parents Related, AYPR, GEDmatch, incest, ROH, Runs of homozygosity, segment mapping, simulations

AncestryUK Sale!

July 20, 2018 thednageek

For our friends in the UK, AncestryDNA is offering a July DNA sale.  Tests are only £63 (not including postage).…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: Ancestry UK, sales

Getting Started with Genome Mate Pro, Part 22 — Updating Your GMP Version

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New releases to GMP are published several times per year, so updating your copy of the program should become a…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: data management, Genome Mate Pro, software

Update to the DNA Processing Times Survey

July 18, 2018 thednageek 2d Comments

AncestryDNA recently started reporting processing status in finer detail. They now let us know when the DNA was extracted and…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, processing time

Win a Trip Around the World Based on Your DNA!

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23andMe announces their Golden 23 Sweepstakes.  They’re giving away 23 trips around the world with locations based on your DNA results. …

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Lagniappe

Amazon Prime Day: AncestryDNA at It’s Best Price of the Year!

July 17, 2018 thednageek

The AncestryDNA test is a Prime Day Special for only $54.99 with free shipping!  The sale lasts for the next…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, sales

Amazon Prime Day: 23andMe is Half Price!

July 16, 2018 thednageek 1 Comment

23andMe’s Health + Ancestry test is half price for Amazon Prime Day ($99 + free shipping, compared to the normal…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, Amazon Prime Day, sales

MyHeritage Flash Sale!

thednageek 6d Comments

MyHeritage has announced a 3-day flash sale.  Their DNA tests are only US$59 through July 18.    

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: MyHeritage, sales

Science the Heck Out of Your DNA — Part 7

July 9, 2018 thednageek 32d Comments

This is my 100th post! A special thanks to all of my readers for making blogging so much fun. Scroll…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: adoptees, autosomal DNA, hypothesis testing, probability, relationship prediction, unknown parentage

Getting Started with Genome Mate Pro, Part 11 — Install the DNAGedcom Client

July 6, 2018 thednageek 12d Comments

In coming lessons, we will will import match data from Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), 23andMe, and AncestryDNA.  But first, we need…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: data management, DNAGedcom Client, Family Tree DNA, Genome Mate Pro, software

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