Lately, solved genetic genealogy mysteries appear in the news very often. This made it easy to miss some of the biggest historical discoveries of genealogical DNA research in the past few years. An increasing number of breakthroughs owe quite a bit to DNA testing and genetic genealogy techniques. Check out our list below for fiveContinue reading “Five Famous Historical Mysteries Solved With Genetic Genealogy”
Tag Archives: DNA
Thanksgiving Links
While you are digesting your Thanksgiving dinner, here are some interesting genealogy and history related articles from around the web this month:
5 Ways to Get the Most for your Money out of Genealogy DNA Testing
So you shelled out $60 – $200 dollars on a genealogical DNA test. You’ve looked at your DNA ethnicity pie chart. It gave you something interesting to bring up at the dinner table. But now what? The number of things you can do with your DNA to help solve mysteries on your family tree areContinue reading “5 Ways to Get the Most for your Money out of Genealogy DNA Testing”
Protecting Your Privacy on GEDmatch
See also our blog post Protecting Your Privacy on Ancestry GEDmatch has been in the news a great deal lately. Last week, authorities in California announced the arrest of alleged serial burglar, rapist, and murderer known as the “Golden State Killer,” Joseph James DeAngelo, Jr. Officials on the case stated that investigators used GEDmatch toContinue reading “Protecting Your Privacy on GEDmatch”
The Record Exists! Part II: Families, Collectors, and Everything Else
(This post is the second in a series about the different places you can find records. See Part I here.) In my last post in this series I discussed some of the more obvious and easy to find records that contain genealogical information. In this post we will dig a little bit deeper, looking atContinue reading “The Record Exists! Part II: Families, Collectors, and Everything Else”
Mary’s Links for August
Today is my first in a series of monthly posts that will list several interesting genealogy-related links I have found recently. I hope you enjoy! Want more genealogy links? Take a look at my Pinterest Boards.
Research Summary: Andrew
Featured image: John Wesley Andrew sitting on his porch in Geneva, Nebraska Surname summary: I have decided to devote my research time each month to one direct line surname that exists in my five-generation pedigree. My surname for the month of November was Andrew. This is one of the few lines on my grandmother’s sideContinue reading “Research Summary: Andrew”