One of my favorite things to do is update the graph I provide to the genetic genealogy community showing the…
The past few months have brought some exciting news from two of the main autosomal DNA (atDNA) companies: AncestryDNA exceeded 3 million…
AncestryDNA and 23andMe periodically announce the sizes of their autosomal databases. AncestryDNA reached 3 million in January, and 23andMe just announced…
In a televised interview on 7 April 2017, the CEO of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, discussed the company’s new FDA-approved disease-risk…
If you have taken the AncestryDNA test and “attached” a family tree to your results, Ancestry’s computers will search the trees…
On March 28, 2017, AncestryDNA rolled out a novel and exciting feature called Genetic Communities — GCs for short — as…
This glossary is a work in progress. Feel free to suggest additions or corrections. Words in italics are defined elsewhere…
This post has been updated. Blaine Bettinger recently wrote a post entitled “Are You Doing Everything to Identify Your Matches?”…
Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, just published an important blog post titled “A genetic privacy gamechanger?”. It is about H.R.…
Last month, scientists from AncestryDNA published a research paper in the journal Nature Communications that describes the science underlying the forthcoming…