My Mawmaw (grandmother) lost her father when she was only 3. Her strongest memory of him was being held…
I recently published a post in which I estimated the effective database sizes for Family Tree DNA, 23andMe, and MyHeritage…
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. A admixture — interbreeding between two…
This post has been updated. Blaine Bettinger recently wrote a post entitled “Are You Doing Everything to Identify Your Matches?”…