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Back in May 2019, I wrote about a program called WGS Extract to produce from your Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) test, a file with autosomal SNPs in 23andMe format that you can upload to sites like GEDmatch, Family Tree DNA,  MyHeritage DNA, or Living DNA. The mastermind behind this program, who prefers to ...

Remember the words inscribed in large friendly letters on the cover of the book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: DON’T PANIC I returned 9 days ago from a two week vacation with my wife and some good friends on a cruise to the southern Caribbean. While away, we had a great time, but every day ...

#Delphi25 #Delphi25th – I came across an email I sent to a friend of mine on February 6, 1997 (at 1:17 AM). I’ll just give it here without commentary, but it should amuse and bring back recollections of people who were early PC users.   --- You should find this message to be a little different. I ...

The Delphi programming language is having its #Delphi25 #Delphi25th birthday on Friday Feb 14, 2020. I’ve been using Delphi for about 23 years since 1997 when Delphi 2 was released. Delphi is an amazing language. I use it now for Behold and Double Match Triangulator, and I’ve made use of it for a number of ...

I’ve working hard to get Behold 1.3 completed. It will primarily be a newer iteration of Behold’s Everything Report. Once that is released, I’ll start my effort to add GEDCOM export followed by editing. I’ve designed Behold to be a comprehensive and flexible GEDCOM reader that understands and presents ...

The Family History Fanatics’ @FHFanatics online Winter DNA eConference has just finished and it was so much fun. Andy and Devon sure know how to put un a good show. This was the first time I’ve presented at an online conference.  I was able to do this comfortably from my office at home and my family ...

I released small upgrade to Double Match Triangulator today. It includes a few fixes to minor problems and a couple of improvements: Fixed the display of Base A-B segments in a combined run. They were always showing as single matches, but when they triangulate, they should show as Full Triangulation. ...

I’m looking forward to the Family History Fanatics eConference coming up in a week’s time. I’ll be one of the speakers on what will be a great day of DNA talks. I have given many talks at conferences, but this will be my first virtual talk from the comfort of my office at home. I just submitted my ...

I purchased a Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) test from @DanteLabs for $399 USD in August 2018. My Variant Call Format (VCF) files were ready for me to download in January 2019, which I dissected in a blog post in February:  My Whole Genome Sequencing. The VCF File. My 1 TB hard disk containing my raw data ...

I’ve released an update to Behold that includes a 64-bit executable that will run on 64-bit Windows computers. If Behold 1.2.3 is running fine for you, there’s no reason to upgrade. There are no other changes in it. The new installation program now contains both a 32-bit and 64-bit executable. The ...