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Welcome to 2025! – Opportunities and New Genetic Genealogy Articles
It’s a new year with new opportunities. Lots of ancestors to find and others to confirm. For me, the best part is actually learning about my ancestors’ lives. If you’re a subscriber, I’m sure you’ve...
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Mitotree is Born
Mitotree is born and I can hardly contain my excitement. The Million Mito R&D team members, along with many others at FamilyTreeDNA, are proud to introduce the new Mitotree and mtDNA Discover,...
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RootsTech 2025 – The Year of Discover and the New Mitotree
Last week, RootsTech was a whirlwind and full of discoveries – which, ironically, was the 2025 theme. I always take you along with me and share the RootsTech experience, start to finish, so here’s my...
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New “Share” Features at FamilyTreeDNA Blur Match Information and Make Sharing...
Have you ever wished you didn’t have to blur or otherwise redact each name and other sensitive information in order to share your DNA match results? Or maybe you’d like to share fun Discover pages?...
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New Mitotree Haplogroups and How to Utilize Them for Genealogy
Have you received a new Mitotree haplogroup? Or maybe you didn’t? Are you wondering why you might not have received a new haplogroup? How do the new haplogroups work anyway? And how do you work with...
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Discover’s Ancient Connections – How Are You Related?
When FamilyTreeDNA released the new Mitotree, they also introduced their new mtDNA Discover tool, which is a series of 13 reports about each haplogroup, including one titled Ancient Connections....
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The Mystery of the Blue Fugates and Smiths: A Study in Blue Genes and...
The story of the Blue Fugates, an Appalachian family, is quite interesting, from a genetic perspective, a genealogical perspective, and a genetic genealogy perspective. Who Are the Blue Fugates? Martin...
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Mitotree Q&A for Everyone
I recently presented Mitotree Webinar – What It Is, How We Did It, and What Mitotree Means to You at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. It’s still free to view through June 13th, and after that, it’s...
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FamilyTreeDNA and WikiTree Collaboration – In Two Easy Steps!!
I’m thrilled to see that FamilyTreeDNA and WikiTree have joined genealogical forces! FamilyTreeDNA has announced a second option for tree connections for their customers – WikiTree. If you’ve been a...
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