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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 78d 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

How Long Will Your DNA Test Take? — December 2019 Edition

December 1, 2019 thednageek 60d Comments

We’re approaching the end of the year, time for cold weather and hot chocolate in the northern hemisphere, summer and…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, holiday sales, Living DNA, MyHeritage, processing time

The Glass Is More Than Half Full—2019 Version

November 22, 2019 thednageek 15d Comments

Genealogists often complain about how many of our DNA matches don’t have trees, but is it true?  Sure, some people…

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The Baskin Robbins Problem

November 2, 2019 thednageek 8d Comments

Note that the sale prices are no longer in effect. The genetic genealogy market has been spreading its wings lately,…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, health, holiday sales, Living DNA, MyHeritage, traits

Holiday Sales Begin!

October 31, 2019 thednageek 8d Comments

This post has been updated. It’s beginning to look a lot like … Holiday Sales!  The testing companies have just…

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The Whole of the Moon

October 22, 2019 thednageek 15d Comments

A song by the British–Irish folk-rock band The Waterboys has been playing on repeat in my head lately: I pictured…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: adversary, genetic privacy, Graham Coop lab, scientific papers

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