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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 ...

In my last post, I described how I obtained my results from three Genetic Clustering tools:  Genetic Affairs – by Evert-Jan Blom Collins’ Leeds Method 3D – at DNAGedcom Shared Clustering – by Jonathan Brecher Pretty pictures are nice to look at. But what we really want is to be able ...

Over the past 6 months, everyone has been jumping on board using genetic clustering techniques to help them partition their DNA matches into their ancestral origins. The basic idea is to compare all the people that each of your DNA matches also match to. These are not segment matches being compared, but are ...

The layout of the DNA match summary by Nancy Jarman-Dunn in a Facebook post in the Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques group caught my eye. I think I’ll summarize my results this year using Nancy’s layout and update it every year in the future to see my progress. I keep track of this information in a ...

I’ve been working on DMT version 3.0 for the past few months and was hoping not to have to release anything before it’s ready. Unfortunately, a few file format changes at some of the companies have caused DMT 2.1.1 to no longer recognize their files. In October, I noted that Family Tree DNA made ...