The next Virtual DNA meeting is on Thursday, Mar 21st, 2024 at 7 pm. For the next several meetings, each month we will be pursuing a topic based on the Roberta Estes blog series "DNA: In Search of...." which she announced in This overall approach was suggested by our member, Kathleen Graham. Each month there will be a link to the blog post appropriate to the topic. The topic for this second meeting of the series will be, DNA: In Search of…Signs of Endogamy This series of articles is about searching for unknown family members, and cousins. The same techniques can be applied to close members as well as ancestors further back in time. We will discuss what factors are an indication of Endogamy. Read the post and be prepared to discuss, 2. What questions do you have or what wasn’t clear? 3. How does this impact your individual research going forward?
Here is another blog post you may want to read, Introducing BanyanDNA! by Leah Larkin. You may also want to watch these YouTube videos, DNA Endogamy Research by Tanner Tolman Help! My Ancestors Were Related to Each Other! by Diahan Southard To attend please REGISTER for the meeting. Registration is available in the list of Upcoming Events on our homepage. |
Find out about the latest trends in DNA and Genealogy by reading the
Latest Blog Posts (updated 4/12/2024)
Posts for previous months, click here.
A Guide to Understanding Your Ancestry DNA Results, a two part video series.
Note that these videos are large files and will take some time to load. If you click on the link and it opens in your browser, this is only a preview, and to see the video in full resolution, you will need to download it and then open it with the video app. on your device.Video one: A Tour of Ancestry DNA and Working with Matches
Video two: Filtering, Sorting, ThruLines, and Custom Groups for AncestryDNA Matches
Kitty Cooper's DNA Newbie FAQ
Stream a video on "DNA for Beginners: The Three Tests" by Debbie Kennett
Kelly Wheaton offers a "Beginners Guide to Genetic Genealogy"
Cece Moore has a four part series on "DNA Testing for Genealogy"
FTDNA eBook "Interpreting Genetic Genealogy Results"
John A Blair provides a basic discussion with "DNA 101"
Donna Rutherford provides "DNA - What, when, how, why - FAQ's for beginners"
Margaret O'Brien offers "How to Use AncestryDNA Matches – a Comprehensive Guide"
Discussion of "ICW vs. Triangulation" (download)
Which DNA tests to take - “Which DNA testing company should I use?”,
“Sorting out the DNA Tests Available for Genealogy” , and "The Best DNA Ancestry Testing Kit"
Tips for Using Gedmatch Tips for Using GEDmatch
Angie Bush's Gedmatch Basics A video on GEDmatch basics from Angie Bush
Beginners Guide to "DNA Genealogy Using GEDmatch"
Handout for "How to Add DNA Matches to Your Ancestry Tree"
This has recommendations that some would argue with, "A Practical Guide to Using Autosomal DNA (atDNA) for Genealogical Purposes"
Handout for Downloading and Uploading Your DNA Data
How to Download Your DNA Match Lists & Segment Files
Visual Phasing By Blaine Bettinger
Links to "Finding Biological Family With DNA Testing" (download)
References for X-DNA Testing and Matching (download)
Links to "Finding Lisa" story (download)
Lots of information, courtesy of NIH, on Genetics
Lots of useful links on "ISOGG Wiki"
This has an interesting discussion of "Identical by Descent"
a) AncestryDNA Helper App for chrome browser
b) MedBetterDNA App for chrome browser
c) Autosomal DNA Analysis Tools by Tim Janzen