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Estimating the Sizes of the Genealogical atDNA Databases

April 17, 2017 thednageek 19d Comments

The past few months have brought some exciting news from two of the main autosomal DNA (atDNA) companies: AncestryDNA exceeded 3 million…

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

Let’s Track the Autosomal Database Sizes

April 9, 2017 thednageek 5d Comments

AncestryDNA and 23andMe periodically announce the sizes of their autosomal databases.  AncestryDNA reached 3 million in January, and 23andMe just announced…

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

23andMe Breaks Two Million!

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In a televised interview on 7 April 2017, the CEO of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, discussed the company’s new FDA-approved disease-risk…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, autosomal DNA, database size

Using Species Discovery Curves to Estimate the Size of a Genetic Genealogy Database

February 10, 2017 thednageek 4d Comments

The size of the autosomal database at a DNA testing company is an important consideration when deciding where to test.…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: database size, GEDmatch

AncestryDNA Breaks Three Million!

January 10, 2017 thednageek 4d Comments

Today, AncestryDNA announced that their database of DNA test takers now exceeds 3 million. They also reported that they sold 1.4…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: autosomal DNA, database size

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