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Category: Ethnicity Estimates

Guest Post: Comparing Admixtures Using Visuals

February 23, 2019 thednageek 9d Comments

By: Erik Schaefer Remember the excitement of receiving your first DNA results and wanting to share them with everyone? I…

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Posted in: Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: admixture, Excel, guest post, visual diagrams

Major Enhancement to AncestryDNA’s Ethnicity Estimates

September 12, 2018 thednageek 62d Comments

For months, AncestryDNA has been quietly reprocessing their entire database of more than 10 million customers behind the scenes, and…

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Posted in: Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: AncestryDNA, ethnicity estimates, populations, reference panel

23andMe Expands its Ancestry Composition Reports

February 28, 2018 thednageek 12d Comments

23andMe announced today that they will soon be adding 120 new geographic regions to their Ancestry Composition report (sometimes called…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: 23andMe, autosomal DNA

What’s Coming Down the Pike: 23andMe

December 19, 2017 thednageek 11d Comments

Learn what 23andMe has to say at the i4GG conference.

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: 23andMe, i4GG, mitochondrial DNA, scientific papers

What’s Coming Down the Pike: AncestryDNA

December 17, 2017 thednageek 3d Comments

Learn what AncestryDNA had to say at the i4GG conference

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: AncestryDNA, conferences, Genetic Communities, i4GG

What’s Coming Down the Pike: Living DNA

December 13, 2017 thednageek 10d Comments

Learn what Living DNA has to offer in the coming months.

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: chromosome browser, conferences, i4GG

Testing My Hypothesis About Genetic Communities at AncestryDNA

November 20, 2017 thednageek 4d Comments

In March, AncestryDNA introduced a new feature called Genetic Communities (GCs for short). At the time, I described the Genetic Communities…

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Posted in: Ethnicity Estimates, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, contests, Genetic Communities

The Genetic Communities Challenge

October 16, 2017 thednageek 12d Comments

A little over 6 months ago, AncestryDNA introduced their new Genetic Communities feature. Genetic Communities are groups of people who…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: AncestryDNA, contests, Genetic Communities

This Just In: When You Get Your AncestryDNA Results

June 19, 2017 thednageek 94d Comments

I wrote this post for my father’s cousin, whose AncestryDNA results just came in. I hope others can benefit from…

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Posted in: Ethnicity Estimates, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, DNA Circles, ethnicity estimates, New Ancestor Discoveries, relative matching

MyHeritage Releases Ethnicity Estimates for DNA Transfers

May 30, 2017 thednageek 72d Comments

MyHeritage is one of the newer players in the genetic genealogy arena. They offer their own branded autosomal test for a…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Ethnicity Estimates Filed under: autosomal DNA transfers, MyHeritage

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