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…
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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…
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DNA outliers are more likely to be paternal than maternal. Here’s why.