The title of the Gizmodo article “How DNA Testing Botched My Family’s Heritage and Probably Yours, Too”, screams out to DNA test takers: Danger Will Robinson! Oh, wait, that was something else. Still, the word botched implies that they’ve screwed up your results, but have they really? And, they aren’t the only one. Articles about…
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Getting Closer to Identifying My DNA Cousins on Chromosome 21
I’ve been fortunate to make a 3rd cousin connection on my Jones/Kelly line who I share quite a bit of DNA with. This cousin helps me divide my DNA matches into my maternal maternal column. Even still, it’s been difficult making sense of how I relate to my other matches. I have a small group…
My Obsession with My DNA Match: Exploring a French Genetic Connection
For the most part, my DNA results have been a side note to my regular genealogy research. I’ve worked out two matches in the two years since testing. Most of my matches are vague, 4th to distant matches. So, why did this one DNA match catch my interest? My DNA Match is French I will…
Harry Jackson, Are You to Blame for My Weird DNA Matches?
I had my DNA tested with FTDNA about 2 years ago. I go over my matches regularly. I can see that my matches have ancestry from Ireland, Wales, England, the Azores, or France. I don’t know the connections, but it is plausible that we are related. Other matches make not sense at all. Then, there…
GEDMatch Can Process FTDNA DNA Files Again
You may have heard about the conflict between DNA testing company, FTDNA, and DNA tools website, GEDMatch.com. If you aren’t familiar with GEDMatch, it allows for the comparison of DNA files with people who have had their DNA tested through different companies. A few weeks ago, they stopped processing files from FTDNA by FTDNA’s order. …