Liane Jensen Research

Like much of the genealogy community, I have been excited about the new tool at Genetic Affairs called AutoCluster Analysis.  Blaine Bettinger made a very nice overview of the tool Forming and Using Genetic Networks with Genetic Affairs, found at YouTube. After the tool was introduced to the genealogy community, the ability to do AutoCluster… Continue reading Genetic Affairs AutoCluster Analysis →

Using DNA analysis to help the police has been in the news a lot lately.  An article from NPR discusses using DNA to not only identify criminals, but crime victims also.  The article is  Using Genetic Genealogy To Identify Unknown Crime Victims, Sometimes Decades Later. This article features the DNA Doe Project. Like major criminal… Continue reading Article, Using DNA to Identify Crime Victims →

DNA testing is uncovering more genetic secrets.  A 41-year-old woman who was donor-conceived took a DNA test.  The matches led her to discover that her mother's doctor was likely her donor, not the medical student her parents chose.  The story is described here: Couple sue Vermont gynecologist for fathering child. Unfortunately this was more than… Continue reading Donor-conceived Children, Consider the Doctor →

It's Thanksgiving, and that means great deals on DNA kits.  This is usually the best time of the year to stock up. AncestryDNA is $49 (plus shipping and tax) through Cyber Monday. 23andMe Ancestry kit is $49 if more than one is purchased, through Thanksgiving. MyHeritage is $49 through Black Friday. FamilyTreeDNA is offering Family… Continue reading Black Friday Sales 2018 →

AncestryDNA has a new add-on called AncestryDNA Traits.  Traits costs $9.99 and is available to people who have already tested with AncestryDNA. Traits gives the user access to twelve appearance traits and four sensory traits.  The appearance traits, "Do you have the genes for curly or straight hair? Blue or brown eyes? See what your… Continue reading New AncestryDNA Traits from AncestryDNA →

This year's International Genetic Genealogy Conference will be held December 7-9 in San Diego.  Registration information is here: http://i4gg.org/registration/.  I just saw CeCe Moore speak last weekend, and she is amazing.  She will be speaking at this conference along with Blaine Bettinger, Kitty Cooper, Angie Bush, and many others.  It sells out, so register sooner… Continue reading 2018 International Genetic Genealogy Conference Next Month →

Yay!  AncestryDNA just changed the format of the match list, adding the shared cM and number of shared segments for each match.  Here is an example of the new format: The new information is at the bottom. I have been using a work-around using MedBetterDNA Chrome extension (explained here:  MedBetterDNA – Improve the AncestryDNA Experience)… Continue reading AncestryDNA Now Shows Shared cM in the Match List →