Woo-hoo! My DNA has finally been processed! This afternoon I got the email I have been looking forward to for so long, "Your AncestryDNA results are in!" I jumped up and raced to the laptop. They were there! I had such a new and different experience seeing my own results, compared to all of the… Continue reading My DNA Results are Back; Break Out the Chocolate!
Category: DNA
I Took A Second DNA Test, 23andMe
Two months ago, during the April DNA Day sales, I ordered my first DNA kit for myself, after ordering over a dozen kits for other family members. I wrote about it in I Finally Took a DNA Test. Well, the results are still not back yet (hopefully will be any day now), but during the Father's… Continue reading I Took A Second DNA Test, 23andMe
Comparing Ethnicity Estimates at Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA and MyHeritage: Case Study
This weekend a relative received their DNA results back from Ancestry. As I have written earlier, I started out testing relatives at FamilyTreeDNA. But now Ancestry has a much larger database, so I have started testing family there. I had the chance to talk to my relative on the phone as I looked at the… Continue reading Comparing Ethnicity Estimates at Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA and MyHeritage: Case Study
Another Round of DNA Sales for Father’s Day
DNA kit sales are here again, as a lead-up to Father's Day. Ancestry: $79 instead of regular $99, buy from Amazon to save on shipping (just make sure to buy this one). During the last sale Amazon ran out before the sale ended, so buy now rather than wait. FamilyTreeDNA: Autosomal test is $69 plus… Continue reading Another Round of DNA Sales for Father’s Day
Still Time to Register for DNA Lectures at Jamboree Held Thursday
This Thursday is the DNA Day for the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree. If you can be there in person, I am jealous. If not, you can still register to see up to six of the lectures via streaming. The streamed sessions: Diahan Southard TH005 / Level: B,I / $20 Five Tips to Make Sense of… Continue reading Still Time to Register for DNA Lectures at Jamboree Held Thursday
MyHeritage DNA Introduces Ethnicity Estimates
Today MyHeritage announced that their site now has ethnicity estimates for DNA testers. MyHeritage sells their own DNA test, and for now still accepts free uploads of DNA results from other DNA testing companies. It may be a good time for you to bring your results to MyHeritage, if you haven't already. Once the database… Continue reading MyHeritage DNA Introduces Ethnicity Estimates
Why Does it Take So Long for Ancestry to Receive My DNA Sample?
Have you wondered why it seems to take so long for Ancestry to receive your DNA sample? I did. A few weeks ago during the DNA Day sales I ordered Ancestry DNA test kits. My kit arrived in California and my mother's kit arrived in Florida on the same day, Tuesday, May 2nd. I took… Continue reading Why Does it Take So Long for Ancestry to Receive My DNA Sample?
Registration Open for Free Southern California Jamboree Streaming Sessions
Registration is now open to view live streaming sessions of the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree conference June 9-11. Registration is free, sponsored by Ancestry. Register on the website here. Register to see the sessions live and then on-demand until July 10. Right before the conference is a day of DNA lectures on June 8th. You… Continue reading Registration Open for Free Southern California Jamboree Streaming Sessions
DNA Used to Identify Child in Casket Discovered While Renovating Home in San Francisco
A year ago a very old child's coffin was discovered during a home renovation in San Francisco. In the 1800's the land had been part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery of the Richmond District. Tens of thousands of remains from the cemetery were relocated, but apparently these were left behind. The nonprofit Garden of Innocence… Continue reading DNA Used to Identify Child in Casket Discovered While Renovating Home in San Francisco
How to Help an Older Person Take a Saliva-Based DNA Test
UPDATE: An update to this article: Helping an Older Person Take a Saliva-Based DNA Test, One Success and One Failure This weekend I met Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist, at her seminar hosted by the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society. I mentioned that my grandmother was having difficulty taking the saliva-based DNA tests from Ancestry and… Continue reading How to Help an Older Person Take a Saliva-Based DNA Test
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