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Category: Making Sense of DNA

Relationship Prediction Tools: Which Is Best?

March 15, 2023 thednageek 25d Comments

Science is like a ratchet.  Each discovery builds upon previous work, and ideas that withstand scrutiny become stepping stones to…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, cM Explainer, MyHeritage DNA, predicted relationships, relationship prediction, SegcM, Shared cM Project, Shared cM Tool

Up Your DNA Game With New Courses in 2023

January 7, 2023 thednageek 4d Comments

The New Year is in full swing and promises to be great for DNA-based education, with offerings from yours truly…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: autosomal DNA, endogamy, math, What Are the Odds? (WATO), Y chromosome, y DNA

A New Coverage Estimator at DNA Painter

October 17, 2022 thednageek 6d Comments

Coverage is the biggest concept in genetic genealogy that you’ve probably never heard of.  DNA Painter has released a new tool that makes it easy to calculate.

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Posted in: Busting Brick Walls, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: Borland Genetics, coverage, coverage calculator, DNA Painter, Family Locket, Jonny Perl, Legacy Tree Genealogists, Paul Woodbury, testing strategy

AncestryDNA’s SideView Assigns Matches to Parent Sides

October 5, 2022 thednageek 74d Comments

The Zoo Problem Imagine a 5-year-old telling you about their trip to the zoo.  They might, in breathless excitement, report…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, DNA matches, ethnicity estimates, phasing, relative matching, SideView

DNA as Negative Evidence, Revisited

August 14, 2022 thednageek 11d Comments

Negative evidence is the absence of something you would expect to see under the circumstances.  We use negative evidence daily…

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Posted in: Busting Brick Walls, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, misattributed paternity, negative evidence, probabilities, probability, Shared Matches, What Are the Odds? (WATO)

Education: DNA Directions

May 6, 2022 thednageek

DNA can be a novelty, a last resort, or a staple of your genealogy research.  For less than $100, a…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA

The Endogamy Files: Visualizing Endogamy in Your Tree

March 26, 2022 thednageek 11d Comments

The first post in this series described endogamy, the practice of mating within a relatively small group over many generations,…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: DNA Painter, endogamy, Exploring Family Trees tool, LucidChart, pedigree collapse

The Future of Relationship Predictions

March 7, 2022 thednageek 8d Comments

New tools are in the works to improve relationship predictions, but we’re not there yet!

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: Ped-sim, relationship prediction, Shared cM Project Tool, Shared cM Tool, shared DNA, shared Shared cM Project

Education: So Many Choices!

January 6, 2022 thednageek 7d Comments

A silver lining of the covid years is the rise of virtual genealogy education.  We can learn almost anything now…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: analysis, autosomal DNA, education, relationship prediction, What Are the Odds? (WATO), workshops, writing

Education: Working With WATO (What Are the Odds?)

December 18, 2021 thednageek 2d Comments

Learn to use the single most important tool for DNA mysteries: WATO (What Are the Odds?)
Level: Intermediate

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: adoptees, education, hypothesis testing, relationship prediction, unknown parentage, What Are the Odds? (WATO)

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