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The End of an Era: Uploads at MyHeritage

May 29, 2025 thednageek 20d Comments

MyHeritage is apparently securing their DNA database in response to the FBI using it in the Idaho murder investigation.

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Forensic Genetic Genealogy Filed under: autosomal DNA transfers, CeCe Moore, Dateline, DNA uploads, ethics, forensic genetic genealogy, Idaho murders, MyHeritage DNA
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How Are Our Databases Doing?

April 23, 2025 thednageek 26d Comments

There are now more than 53 million tested DNA kits, and growth has been steady for the past 5 years.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, FamilyTreeDNA, GEDmatch, MyHeritage

23andMe Is Reorganizing. It’s Okay.

March 25, 2025 thednageek 24d Comments

23andMe has declared bankruptcy, but now is not the time for genealogists to panic. As a publicly traded company, it will be many months before a resolution is clear. In the meantime, our data has the same protections as before.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, bankruptcy, biomedical research, corporate sale, data security

Share Your DNA Results at MyHeritage

March 22, 2024 thednageek 18d Comments

  MyHeritage now allows their DNA customers to share their DNA results with a collaborator. This is great news for…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: collaboration, MyHeritage, MyHeritage DNA, privacy, security
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Yaniv Was Right

September 12, 2023 thednageek 40d Comments

Genetic genealogy needs to protect itself with cryptosignatures.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA transfers, cryptographic signature, data security, DNA uploads, forensic genetic genealogy, informed consent, law enforcement, Yaniv Erlich
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AncestryDNA’s SideView Assigns Matches to Parent Sides

October 5, 2022 thednageek 76d Comments

The Zoo Problem Imagine a 5-year-old telling you about their trip to the zoo. They might, in breathless excitement, report…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, DNA matches, ethnicity estimates, phasing, relative matching, SideView
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More Bang for Your Buck: From AncestryDNA to MyHeritage

September 25, 2022 thednageek 11d Comments

Get more DNA matches from a single AncestryDNA test by uploading your data file to MyHeritage.

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Posted in: DNA Testing
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Spring Growth Is for Databases, Too!

March 29, 2022 thednageek 6d Comments

Spring has sprung, folks, and It’s that time again! We’ve had recent intel from the four biggest DNA testing companies,…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: database growth, database size
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Free DNA Tools at MyHeritage This Week!

March 2, 2022 thednageek Leave a comment

This offer from MyHeritage expires on 8 March, 2022. To celebrate RootsTech 2022 and DNA around the world, MyHeritage is…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: autosomal DNA transfers, free tools, MyHeritage DNA, RootsTech

A World of DNA

February 22, 2022 thednageek 6d Comments

Which genealogy tests are available in which countries?

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA, countries, country, Family Tree DNA, international availability, Living DNA, MyHeritage DNA

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