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Today my Dante Labs kit for my Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Long Reads arrived. Dante became the first company to make WGS Long Reads available to the general public. The price they are charging is $999 USD, but past customers of Dante Labs are eligible for a $200 USD discount putting it down to $799. In 2016 ...

Living in Canada, I had to wring my hands waiting an extra two weeks over my US neighbors for my copy of Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies to arrive. Packaged for me nicely and safely in bubble wrap, the book itself is physically impressive, larger than your average book:  Full ...

I received the rest of my raw data files for my WGS (Whole Genome Sequencing) test today. It was shipped from their lab in Italy and came on a 1 TB hard drive. Previously I was able to download my VCF files from Dante’s site. I reported on the files a couple of months ago in my post: My Whole Genome ...

Today GEDmatch Genesis added a new Tier 1 application. They state: I did that myself manually with 5 kits about 6 months ago, uploaded my combined raw data to GEDmatch Genesis, and reported the results in my post: The Benefits of Combining Your DNA Raw Data. I thought I’d try the new GEDmatch Genesis ...

Today Evert-Jan Blom, author of Genetic Affairs and the new clustering algorithm implemented by MyHeritage DNA, posted on the Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques group on Facebook. He announced some improvements to his AutoCluster analysis on Genetic Affairs for 23andMe matches. He posted: A well known ...

Blaine Bettinger posted a poll on his Genetic Genealogy Tips and Techniques Facebook group about 7 hours ago. It is a closed group, but if you are a member you can see the poll here.  In four hours, the poll got almost 800 responses and over 350 comments. Blaine asked people to go to GEDmatch Genesis and ...

When we match our DNA to other people to find common ancestors, we are comparing segments of DNA that match the other people. That’s only logical, isn’t it. Well, interestingly enough, there’s a technique that will help you determine which ancestors your DNA comes from by using non-matches. Actually, you ...

Another new feature announced during #RootsTech is the MyHeritage DNA integration of Evert-Jan Blom’s AutoClustering method. MyHeritage has become the first major DNA service to offer clustering. MyHeritage’s blog post Introducing AutoClusters for DNA Matches was posted yesterday and describes their new ...

Today’s the first day of #RootsTech. This is the day that many of the genealogy companies announce new features on their site. So it is not ironic at all that today, both AncestryDNA and MyHeritage DNA announced a new feature that matches up your tree with the trees of your DNA matches and shows you the ...

I received my results from my Dante Labs Whole Genome test last week. I purchased the test last August when I was able to get it for $399 USD. There were two health reports that I requested that are written in ancient Latin as far as my understanding of them goes. Then there were the VCF files which I was more ...