23andMe has declared bankruptcy, but now is not the time for genealogists to panic. As a publicly traded company, it will be many months before a resolution is clear. In the meantime, our data has the same protections as before.
A biology lesson wrapped up in a history lesson wrapped up in a nerdy experiment.
Informed consent is critical for the ethical practice of forensic genetic genealogy.
A class action lawsuit alleges that FamilyTreeDNA has been sharing user details with Facebook.
GEDmatch, the much beloved “free” site for genetic genealogy, is now the target of two class-action lawsuits that could make…
Take your genetic genealogy to the next level using shared match information in BanyanDNA.
Once you get below 20 cM, a match is more likely to be a 10th cousin than a 4th cousin.…
BanyanDNA gives us more power to validate our biological trees.
MyHeritage now allows their DNA customers to share their DNA results with a collaborator. This is great news for everyone…
Several years ago, I helped an adoptee I called “Gordon” identify his biological father. (Gordon is a pseudonym, as are…