Relationship Predictor Survey There are now several tools that predict which genealogical relationships are most likely for given amounts of…
A key reason to evaluate our DNA tools is to improve them. After all, that’s how science works: a perennial…
Science is like a ratchet. Each discovery builds upon previous work, and ideas that withstand scrutiny become stepping stones to…
The Shared cM Tool at DNA Painter contains two completely different sets of data. Here’s why.
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Source: DNA Painter Shared cM Project Tool Tool Type: website Purpose: rank possible relationships given the shared amount of DNA…
In “Escape from the Overlap Zone“, I wrote about a way to distinguish between relationships for which the shared amount…
In May 2017, the Journal of Genetic Genealogy renewed publication with a new issue after an extended hiatus. You can…
The one thing we genealogists probably want most from our autosomal DNA matches is something they can’t give us: an…