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…
Tag: DNA Research
Three Cousins, Three Different Amounts of DNA Shared
I have three cousins who have had their DNA tested. Three cousins who match me (thank goodness). Three completely different amounts of DNA passed down. How is that possible? Recombination. My three cousins and I have all taken autosomal DNA tests. As I understand it, although everyone who descends from a specific ancestor carries that…
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. …
Organizing My DNA Results
As those who read this blog regularly know, I had an autosomal DNA test done in July 2014. Since then, I have played with my results many times. I’ve written many emails to possible new cousins. But, I haven’t really been able to deal with the enormity of the data and how to organize it…