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What’s in Your Toolbox? — DNA Painter Shared cM Project Tool

January 5, 2019 thednageek 7d Comments

Source: DNA Painter Shared cM Project Tool Tool Type: website Purpose: rank possible relationships given the shared amount of DNA…

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Posted in: Lagniappe, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: DNA Painter, probabilities, relationship prediction, Shared cM Project, Shared cM Project Tool

The Pros and Cons of the Main DNA Testing Companies—2018 version

December 12, 2018 thednageek 35d Comments

This post has been updated. “Which DNA test should I do? And which company should I use?” I hear those…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, Living DNA, MyHeritage

What’s in Your Toolbox? — MedBetterDNA

December 6, 2018 thednageek 11d Comments

Source: MedBetterDNA extension Tool Type: Extension for the Chrome internet browser Purpose: Enhances notes and filtering at AncestryDNA Cost: Free…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: AncestryDNA, filtering, MedBetterDNA, notes, third-party tools

What’s in Your Toolbox?

December 5, 2018 thednageek 12d Comments

Third-party tools can enhance your research.

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Chrome internet browser, DNA Painter, DNAGedcom Client, GEDmatch, Genome Mate Pro, LucidChart, RootsFinder, third-party tools

Exclusive Discount from Celebrate DNA

November 30, 2018 thednageek 1 Comment

One of my favorite new wardrobe additions is a customized t-shirt from Celebrate DNA with my ethnicity regions mapped out. …

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: apparel, ethnicity estimates, sales

Black Friday Sales—2018

November 22, 2018 thednageek 7d Comments

Black Friday sales are on for DNA tests, and they’re among the best prices we’ve seen! There are five main…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: sales

How Long Will Your DNA Test Take? (Fall 2018 Edition)

November 15, 2018 thednageek 9d Comments

It’s autumn again, the time of year for fuzzy sweaters, pumpkin spice, and stocking up on DNA tests while they’re…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: processing time

Family Tree DNA Thanksgiving Sales!

November 13, 2018 thednageek 1 Comment

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA, for short) has just announced their Thanksgiving sale, with discounted test prices through 22 November, 2018.…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: Family Tree DNA, sales

Correcting the Record on Privacy

November 10, 2018 thednageek 38d Comments

Every once in a while, untruths spread through the genetic genealogy world that have the potential to do great damage:…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: genetic privacy, Terms of Service

Sind Wir Verwandt? Are We Related?

November 8, 2018 thednageek Leave a comment

AncestryDNA is now available in Germany!

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, country, Germany, globe, world

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