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Category: Making Sense of DNA

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DNA Q&A: Ask Us Anything!

December 10, 2021 thednageek 30d Comments

The DNA Q&A is a relationship advice column for genetic genealogy instead of bad lovers.
(Level: Beginner)

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: autosomal DNA, database size, DNA testing, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, relationship prediction, Y chromosome, y DNA, yDNA

Are You Experienced

November 28, 2021 thednageek 29d Comments

Are you a beginner at DNA?  Intermediate?  Advanced?  How can you tell?
(Level: All)

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: advanced, beginner, ethics, experience levels, expert, intermediate, methods, self evaluation, terminology, third-party tools

Education: A Road Map for Y-DNA

November 20, 2021 thednageek 3d Comments

Y-DNA is a unique type of DNA that is passed down from fathers and tracks the paternal lineage.  In many…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: education, y DNA, yDNA

DNA as Negative Evidence

November 14, 2021 thednageek 9d Comments

We may not know exactly how we’re related to our autosomal DNA matches, but we know we are related to…

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Posted in: Busting Brick Walls, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: advanced, autosomal DNA, England, HAPI-DNA, negative evidence, shared DNA, World War I, y DNA, yDNA
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Virtual Learning With The DNA Geek!

September 12, 2021 thednageek 12d Comments

Do you enjoy The DNA Geek‘s blog?  Do you like asking questions and learning from other students in live classes? …

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: autosomal DNA, education, lecture, organization, third-party tools
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The Small Segment Debate Is Over

September 6, 2021 thednageek 30d Comments

For years, a heated debate has roiled the genetic genealogy community about small DNA segments.  Judy Russell has recently written…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: false positive, identical by chance, identical by descent, identical by state, segment size
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Let’s Talk About Sex

June 30, 2021 thednageek 43d Comments

Sex is pretty simple: you’re either male or female, right?  Nope!  Turns out it’s not nearly that straightforward.  In fact,…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: anatomical sex, chromosomal sex, gender identity, SRY gene, X chromosome, Y chromosome
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The Bitter End of Covid

June 13, 2021 thednageek 26d Comments

Being able to taste bitter foods might give you some protection from covid.

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: allele, bitter taste, covid, disease resistance, health, protein, T2R38, TAS2R38, traits

What’s in Your Toolbox? — DNA Painter’s cM Estimator

June 9, 2021 thednageek 9d Comments

There’s no secret that DNA Painter is my favorite third-party site for DNA analysis.  Its tools for chromosome mapping, relationship…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: chromosome browser, chromosome mapping, cM Estimator, DNA Painter, shared centimorgans

Working with WATO: Centimorgan Adjustments

June 5, 2021 thednageek 9d Comments

This post has been updated. The What Are the Odds? tool (WATO) at DNAPainter.com has revolutionized how we identify unknown…

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: relationship prediction, shared centimorgans, What Are the Odds? (WATO)

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