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St Patrick’s Day Sale 2021

March 6, 2021 thednageek 2d Comments

Celebrate the Irish (even if you’re not)! AncestryDNA kits are on sale for US$59 (plus shipping) until midnight EST Wednesday,…

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Can The Other Guys Say That?

January 7, 2021 thednageek 13d 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 12d 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 Test Processing Times: The Ongoing Survey

November 28, 2020 thednageek 3d Comments

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: DNA Testing 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

AncestryDNA’s 2020 Matching White Paper

July 17, 2020 thednageek 75d Comments

This post has been updated On 15 July, 2020, AncestryDNA updated their “Matching White Paper“, which is a detailed document…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, AncestryDNA Matching White Paper, endogamy, longest segment size, NextGen sequencing, relative matching

AncestryDNA Breaks 18 Million Customers!

July 14, 2020 thednageek 20d Comments

AncestryDNA has now tested more than 18 million people, making them, by far, the largest genealogical DNA database in the…

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

Autosomal DNA Database Growth

January 17, 2020 thednageek 25d Comments

New intel on database sizes has rolled in over the past 6 weeks, so it’s time to update the autosomal…

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

Free Uploads to MyHeritage—This Week Only

December 12, 2019 thednageek 10d Comments

Okay, so technically uploads to MyHeritage are always free.  That is, if you’ve done a DNA test at Ancestry, Family…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: autosomal DNA transfers, MyHeritage, sale

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