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?”…
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…
Some AncestryDNA users who have tried to register a new kit in the past couple of days are getting this…
The size of the autosomal database at a DNA testing company is an important consideration when deciding where to test.…
In an earlier post, I mentioned in passing that AncestryDNA’s Match White Paper (31 March 2016) misused the word meioses…
My personal wish list for genetic genealogy in 2017 involves realistic, optimistic, and moon-shot goals. For example, I have identified…