In March, AncestryDNA introduced a new feature called Genetic Communities (GCs for short). At the time, I described the Genetic Communities…
I received word today from Yaniv Erlich, the Chief Science Officer at MyHeritage, that their database contains 670,000 individuals! That’s…
Well, it’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks in DNA World, what with AncestryDNA reporting that they’d surpassed 6 million…
Ancestry is offering 50% off memberships for Veterans Day! This is a 24-hour flash sale, from 9 p.m. PST November…
A little over 6 months ago, AncestryDNA introduced their new Genetic Communities feature. Genetic Communities are groups of people who…
NOTE: The original version of this post used an inappropriate simplification of the math. Ann Turner, Louis Kessler, and Andrew…
We write wills to provide for our loved ones after we die and to ensure that precious family heirlooms go…
Bessie Elizabeth Reid (1871–1905) had a hard life. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 17 Jul 1871, she was the…
UPDATES: Please see the list of updates to this post, which are at the bottom. For step-by-step instructions on how…
In “Escape from the Overlap Zone“, I wrote about a way to distinguish between relationships for which the shared amount…