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AncestryDNA’s SideView Assigns Matches to Parent Sides

October 5, 2022 thednageek 76d 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

AncestryDNA’s 2020 Matching White Paper

July 17, 2020 thednageek 78d Comments

This post has been updated On 15 July, 2020, AncestryDNA updated their “Matching White Paper“, which is a detailed document…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, AncestryDNA Matching White Paper, endogamy, longest segment size, NextGen sequencing, relative matching

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

MyHeritage Overhauls Their Matching Algorithm

January 12, 2018 thednageek 39d Comments

MyHeritage has exploded onto the genetic genealogy scene, growing from scratch to a database of more than one million people…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: chromosome browser, MyHeritage, relationship prediction, relative matching

What’s Coming Down the Pike: MyHeritage

December 14, 2017 thednageek 9d Comments

Learn what MyHeritage has to offer in the coming months.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: big data, i4GG, MyHeritage, relative matching

This Just In: When You Get Your AncestryDNA Results

June 19, 2017 thednageek 96d Comments

I wrote this post for my father’s cousin, whose AncestryDNA results just came in. I hope others can benefit from…

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Posted in: Ethnicity Estimates, Making Sense of DNA Filed under: AncestryDNA, DNA Circles, ethnicity estimates, New Ancestor Discoveries, relative matching

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