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Month: January 2020

Autosomal DNA Database Growth

January 17, 2020 thednageek 25d Comments

New intel on database sizes has rolled in over the past 6 weeks, so it’s time to update the autosomal…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, MyHeritage

Congratulations New York!

January 16, 2020 thednageek 10d Comments

I want to share a quick story from R.S., who was born in New York City and adopted.  DNA easily…

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Posted in: Finding Family Filed under: adoptee rights, DNA matches, mitochondrial DNA, original birth certificate, orphan train rider, unknown parentage

Petition to Implement Informed Consent at GEDmatch

January 10, 2020 thednageek 24d Comments

The form to sign the petition is at the bottom of this post. Now that GEDmatch is owned by the…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: ethics, GEDmatch, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Terms of Service, Verogen

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