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Family Tree DNA Mystery Rewards – Week 5 – Merry Christmas
This posting should be subtitled, “oh, my aching credit card.” But this sale, and these coupons, have just been too good to pass up. Given that Christmas is this week, and these coupons expire on...
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Family Tree DNA – Final Mystery Rewards Coupon
Did you receive money in your Christmas stocking? Well, now is the time to spend it during the last 3 days of Family Tree DNA’s holiday sale. New coupons were issued today, but it seems that while...
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2014 Top Genetic Genealogy Happenings – A Baker’s Dozen +1
It’s that time again, to look over the year that has just passed and take stock of what has happened in the genetic genealogy world. I wrote a review in both 2012 and 2013 as well. Looking back,...
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Just One Cousin
Recently, someone wrote to me and said that they thought the autosomal DNA matching between groups of family members was wonderful, but they have “just one first cousin” and feel left out. So, I...
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A Study Utilizing Small Segment Matching
There has been quite a bit of discussion in the last several weeks, both pro and con, about how to use small matching DNA segments in genetic genealogy. A couple of people are even of the opinion that...
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Autosomal DNA 2015 – Which Test is the Best?
One of the questions most often asked today is which autosomal DNA test, or testing company, is the best, meaning Ancestry, 23andMe or Family Tree DNA. The answer is often that it varies depending on...
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Why Autosomal Response Rate REALLY DOES Matter
In my recent article “Autosomal DNA 2015 – Which Test is the Best?,” one of the comparison items between vendors I mentioned is response rate. Specifically, I said, in reference to 23andMe, “Very low...
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John Y. Estes (1818-1895), Civil War Soldier, Walked to Texas, Twice, 52...
John Y. Estes, whose photo we believe is shown above, started out years ago with a question, one that is probably answered now, but every time we think we answer one question about him, another dozen...
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Help System at Family Tree DNA Updated Today
Group Administrators received this e-mail on April 1st. Presuming it’s not an April Fools Joke (it’s not), the new system is being implemented today, April 2, 2015 and it looks like it should help a...
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Proving Your Tree
With all the recent discussion about Ancestry’s new “New Ancestor Discovery” feature rollout, and some wrong individuals being assigned as my ancestors, some people have been asking the question, “How...
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DNA Testing Strategy for Adoptees and People with Uncertain Parentage
Adoptees aren’t the only people who don’t know who their parents are. There are many people who don’t know the identity of one of their two parents…and it’s not always the father. Just this week, I...
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Father’s Day DNA Sale
Need a gift for Dad? Family Tree DNA is offering their Family Finder test for $89 between now and midnight the 21st. That’s $10 off and is good for either new customers or upgrades and for either...
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The 1 Million Mark and Effective Matches
Last week, Ancestry.com announced the millionth customer in their autosomal data base. On January 18th, 23andMe did the same. I don’t have exact numbers from Family Tree DNA, but they can’t be...
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Family Tree DNA New Privacy Settings
As you may or may not have noticed, Family Tree DNA recently implemented more options in the privacy and sharing section of everyone’s personal DNA page. That’s both the good news and the bad news....
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Autosomal Matchmaking Vendor Comparison
Matchmaker, matchmaker…make me a match. Indeed, matching is what autosomal DNA for genetic genealogy is all about. Let’s take a look at the difference between matching at the various vendors and how...
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Autosomal DNA Testing 101 – What Now?
When I first started this blog, my goal was to provide explanations and examples of genetic genealogy topics so that there would be fewer questions and easier answers. That sounded like a great idea,...
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Autosomal DNA Testing 101 – Tips and Tricks for Contact Success
In the first part of this two part series, Autosomal DNA Testing 101 – What Now?, we talked about the different kinds of things you can do when you receive your autosomal DNA test results from either...
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Ethnicity Testing and Results
I have written repeatedly about ethnicity results as part of the autosomal test offerings of the major DNA testing companies, but I still receive lots of questions about which ethnicity test is best,...
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Autosomal DNA Matching Confidence Spectrum
Are you confused about DNA matches and what they mean…different kinds of matches…from different vendors and combined results between vendors. Do you feel like lions and tigers and bears…oh my? You’re...
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Get Your Ducks in a Row – Time May Be Shorter Than You Think
Helen Rutledge is my cousin. She and I have been sniffing around the same records in the same counties for many years now. I only wish we had met earlier so we could have shared more of the chase....
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