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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

Database Sizes—September 2018 Update

September 3, 2018 thednageek 37d Comments

Ancestry.com has finally updated their corporate page to say that their DNA database is “over 10 million people”.  Until this…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database size, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, MyHeritage

AncestryDNA’s Summer Sale!

August 9, 2018 thednageek Leave a comment

Join the largest genealogy DNA database for a great price! Only $59 per kit through the 20th.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, sales

Update to the DNA Processing Times Survey

July 18, 2018 thednageek 2d Comments

AncestryDNA recently started reporting processing status in finer detail. They now let us know when the DNA was extracted and…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, processing time

Amazon Prime Day: AncestryDNA at It’s Best Price of the Year!

July 17, 2018 thednageek Leave a comment

The AncestryDNA test is a Prime Day Special for only $54.99 with free shipping!  The sale lasts for the next…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, sales

How to Transfer Your AncestryDNA Test to Other Databases

June 9, 2018 thednageek 76d Comments

This post has been updated. AncestryDNA has, by far, the largest commercial database of autosomal DNA testers in the world,…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA transfers, Family Tree DNA, Living DNA, MyHeritage

Are the Cops Using Our Genealogy Databases?

May 1, 2018 thednageek 13d Comments

This post has been updated. The genealogy world is ablaze with the revelation that our beloved GEDmatch was used to…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, Golden State Killer, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Living DNA, MyHeritage, Terms of Service

Today Only! 23andMe Is Accepting Transfers from AncestryDNA

April 25, 2018 thednageek 37d Comments

Until midnight Pacific Time, 23andMe is accepting transfers of raw DNA data from AncestryDNA.  To start the process, click here,…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA transfers

DNA Day 2018!

April 20, 2018 thednageek 2d Comments

DNA Day Sales are on across the board!  All of the main genetic genealogy companies are offering steep discounts on…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, autosomal DNA, DNA Day, Family Tree DNA, Living DNA, mitochondrial DNA, MyHeritage, sales, yDNA

Fun With Factorials

March 6, 2018 thednageek 12d Comments

Ever wonder how much computer processing goes into relative matching? Probably not, but there’s some fun math behind it, so…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, computation, database size, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage, relative matching

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