Variety is the spice of life, they say, but where does variety come from? Genetically speaking, it comes from mutations.…
DNA Day Sales are on across the board! All of the main genetic genealogy companies are offering steep discounts on…
The first post of this series ended with a reference to different “types” of DNA. In truth, DNA is DNA,…
Last night, AncestryDNA quietly and unilaterally ended the price war that’s been driving the explosive growth of the autosomal DNA…
The probability approach to testing hypotheses that I described in the “Science the Heck Out of Your DNA” series relies…
Have you ever wondered what DNA does when it’s not helping you with your family history? Understanding its day job…
AncestryDNA dominates the genetic genealogy market in America, but until 2016 they only sold tests in the USA, the UK,…
Ever wonder how much computer processing goes into relative matching? Probably not, but there’s some fun math behind it, so…
MyHeritage has a history of using their resources to benefit humanity, and they have just launched a new program to…
23andMe announced today that they will soon be adding 120 new geographic regions to their Ancestry Composition report (sometimes called…