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January 11, 2021 thednageek 31d Comments

This post has been updated. In the midst of political turmoil in the USA, two major changes took place in…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Family Tree DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, GEDmatch, law enforcement, privacy, Terms of Service

Can The Other Guys Say That?

January 7, 2021 thednageek 11d Comments

Remember when FamilyTreeDNA promised never to sell your genetic data?  “Can the Other Guys Say That?” was the advertising campaign.…

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Optimism for 2021

January 3, 2021 thednageek 4d Comments

While 2020 was an awful year in many respects—covid, social unrest, political chaos, and economic strife—it was good for one…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 2020, covid, database size, year in review

DNA Basics: Are You an Equal Mix of Mom and Dad?

December 7, 2020 thednageek 11d Comments

Do you inherit exactly half of your DNA from each parent?  As with so many questions in genealogy and in…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: autosomal DNA, chromosomes, DNA inheritance

DNA Test Processing Times: The Ongoing Survey

November 28, 2020 thednageek 1 Comment

Since mid-2017, the DNA Lab Processing Times Survey has crowd-sourced data on how long genetic genealogy test results take.  The…

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Black Friday for DNA!

November 27, 2020 thednageek 15d Comments

Considering a DNA test as a gift (or for yourself) this year?  Not sure where to start?  These guidelines can…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: DNA, holiday sales, subscriptions

Ancestry Updates their Terms and Conditions, and I Have Questions

October 1, 2020 thednageek 19d Comments

AncestryDNA updated their Terms and Conditions on 23 September, 2020.  The Legal Genealogist has (as usual) has written an excellent…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), judicial proceedings, legal proceedings, Terms of Service

Fighting Covid, DNA Style!

July 24, 2020 thednageek 6d Comments

A delightful and practical surprise arrived in the mail this week from my genea-friend, Deborah Sweeney:  a hand-made DNA-patterned mask!…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: covid, DNA bling, mask, safety

Mystery Matches at GEDmatch

July 21, 2020 thednageek 6d Comments

As this post was set to publish, MyHeritage announced a phishing attack that may stem from the GEDmatch hack. (Read…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, hacking, privacy breach

Phishing Attempt at MyHeritage

thednageek 6d Comments

Two days ago, GEDmatch was hacked.  Many of us saw bizarre DNA matches that shared too much DNA to be…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: GEDmatch, genetic privacy, hacking, MyHeritage, phishing, security

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