These features are now available to all users of AncestryDNA and no longer require opting into “beta testing”. For RootsTech…
Did you know that AncestryDNA is using fully-identical regions to distinguish full siblings from half siblings? And apparently has been…
Source: DNA Painter Shared cM Project Tool Tool Type: website Purpose: rank possible relationships given the shared amount of DNA…
What can you do when you find out your parents were closely related?
This is my 100th post! A special thanks to all of my readers for making blogging so much fun. Scroll…
Variety is the spice of life, they say, but where does variety come from? Genetically speaking, it comes from mutations.…
The first post of this series ended with a reference to different “types” of DNA. In truth, DNA is DNA,…
The probability approach to testing hypotheses that I described in the “Science the Heck Out of Your DNA” series relies…
Have you ever wondered what DNA does when it’s not helping you with your family history? Understanding its day job…
Scroll down for links to other posts in this series. Ted, or When Close Relatives Aren’t Available About 3 years…