While 2020 was an awful year in many respects—covid, social unrest, political chaos, and economic strife—it was good for one…
Since mid-2017, the DNA Lab Processing Times Survey has crowd-sourced data on how long genetic genealogy test results take. The…
Considering a DNA test as a gift (or for yourself) this year? Not sure where to start? These guidelines can…
AncestryDNA updated their Terms and Conditions on 23 September, 2020. The Legal Genealogist has (as usual) has written an excellent…
This post has been updated On 15 July, 2020, AncestryDNA updated their “Matching White Paper“, which is a detailed document…
AncestryDNA has now tested more than 18 million people, making them, by far, the largest genealogical DNA database in the…
New intel on database sizes has rolled in over the past 6 weeks, so it’s time to update the autosomal…
Okay, so technically uploads to MyHeritage are always free. That is, if you’ve done a DNA test at Ancestry, Family…
We’re approaching the end of the year, time for cold weather and hot chocolate in the northern hemisphere, summer and…
Genealogists often complain about how many of our DNA matches don’t have trees, but is it true? Sure, some people…