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Mother’s Day Sales!

May 10, 2017 thednageek 4d Comments

In honor of Mother’s Day, several of the testing companies are having sales on their DNA tests. Now’s a good time…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: Living DNA, sales

Updated Estimates of the Genealogical atDNA Database Sizes

April 23, 2017 thednageek 3d Comments

I recently published a post in which I estimated the effective database sizes for Family Tree DNA, 23andMe, and MyHeritage…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA, database size, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage

AncestryDNA Hits Four Million!

April 22, 2017 thednageek 2d Comments

One of my favorite things to do is update the graph I provide to the genetic genealogy community showing the…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, database size

Estimating the Sizes of the Genealogical atDNA Databases

April 17, 2017 thednageek 19d Comments

The past few months have brought some exciting news from two of the main autosomal DNA (atDNA) companies: AncestryDNA exceeded 3 million…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA, database size, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage

Let’s Track the Autosomal Database Sizes

April 9, 2017 thednageek 5d Comments

AncestryDNA and 23andMe periodically announce the sizes of their autosomal databases.  AncestryDNA reached 3 million in January, and 23andMe just announced…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA, database size, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage

23andMe Breaks Two Million!

thednageek 3d Comments

In a televised interview on 7 April 2017, the CEO of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, discussed the company’s new FDA-approved disease-risk…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, autosomal DNA, database size

Upcoming Changes to Kit Registration at AncestryDNA: Keep Calm and Carry On

February 24, 2017 thednageek 103d Comments

Some AncestryDNA users who have tried to register a new kit in the past couple of days are getting this…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, genetic privacy, informed consent

Using Species Discovery Curves to Estimate the Size of a Genetic Genealogy Database

February 10, 2017 thednageek 4d Comments

The size of the autosomal database at a DNA testing company is an important consideration when deciding where to test.…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: database size, GEDmatch

My 2017 Wish List

January 11, 2017 thednageek 14d Comments

My personal wish list for genetic genealogy in 2017 involves realistic, optimistic, and moon-shot goals. For example, I have identified…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, wish list

AncestryDNA Breaks Three Million!

January 10, 2017 thednageek 3d Comments

Today, AncestryDNA announced that their database of DNA test takers now exceeds 3 million. They also reported that they sold 1.4…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: autosomal DNA, database size

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