The holidays are a great time to pick up DNA kits at great prices. Here are just a couple of the deals out there: Amazon has Ancestry DNA kits for $47 as a Black Friday DealAmazon has 23andMe Heath+Ancestry kit for $99 also as a Black Friday Deal I would consider testing at one of… Continue reading DNA Holiday Sales 2020
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New Ethnicity Estimates at FamilyTreeDNA
FamilyTreeDNA has released a new set of ethnicity estimates. In this iteration, FamilyTreeDNA has defined 90 population groups, significantly more than the previous 24. A map showing the new groups is in FamilyTreeDNA blog post MyOrigins 3.0 is Here! Here is an example of the new results, for myself: FamilyTreeDNA Origins version 3 Here are… Continue reading New Ethnicity Estimates at FamilyTreeDNA
DAR Now Accepting Autosomal DNA Evidence
The Daughters of the American Revolution is one of the leading lineage societies. To become a member, a woman must submit documentation of her family from herself back to a person who supported the Revolutionary War. But what if the paper trail isn't complete or accurate? DNA can help. Just last month, the DAR began… Continue reading DAR Now Accepting Autosomal DNA Evidence
New Gedmatch Tool: Find common ancestors (MRCA) from DNA matches
One of my favorite DNA websites, Gedmatch, just came out with a new tool. This is pretty cool. The tool will compare your attached Gedcom against the Gedcoms of your matches, and report ancestors in common. Here is my result when running the tool on my kit: Detail: The short minute or so to run… Continue reading New Gedmatch Tool: Find common ancestors (MRCA) from DNA matches
RootsTech 2020
RootsTech, one of the major genealogy conferences of the year, is coming up next week. Many lectures will be streamed online for free. The schedule for free sessions is up: RootsTech 2020 Free Livestream Schedule. Lectures begin Wednesday, February 26th, at 8am Mountain Time. Lectures are streamed Wednesday through Saturday. There is also an option… Continue reading RootsTech 2020
France a Weak Area in Ancestry Ethnicity Estimates
DNA ethnicity estimation has improved significantly from its earliest days. In my article DNA Testing, What Do My Origin Percentages Mean? from 2016, I noted that ethnicity estimates are generally accurate to the continent level, and should improve with time. Now two of the major testing companies are attempting to pinpoint origins in regions within… Continue reading France a Weak Area in Ancestry Ethnicity Estimates
23andMe Automatic Family Tree
23andMe has a cool new feature, Your Family Tree, a family tree that 23andMe builds using some of your closest matches. This is a Beta feature, not yet available to all users, but expected to be refined and released to all users eventually. If you would like to use Your Family Tree, log into your… Continue reading 23andMe Automatic Family Tree
DAR and Autosomal DNA
Currently the Daughters of the American Republic only accepts Y-DNA as evidence of lineage. Hopefully autosomal DNA also will be accepted in the next few years. For the current policy about how Y-DNA can be used for DAR applications, see DAR and DNA Applications. On August 26th, the DAR Registrar General emailed " 'Sunrays' from… Continue reading DAR and Autosomal DNA
23andMe Collaborates with FamilySearch
This is an exciting development. Today one of my 23andMe profiles was invited to add tree information from FamilySearch. Relatively few people have added family information to their 23andMe profiles, possibly because many took the test for the health information. Hopefully this will encourage more uses to get interested in the family connection aspect of… Continue reading 23andMe Collaborates with FamilySearch
23andMe Health Test New Tax Treatment
DNA testing company 23andMe has been in the the news recently. This week The Wall Street Journal published IRS Greenlights Tax Breaks for Buyers of 23andMe Geneticts Tests. The tax break article describes a new ruling by the IRS. Now some costs related to 23andMe health testing can use FSA or HSA medical spending account… Continue reading 23andMe Health Test New Tax Treatment
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