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During the summer, I took a DNA test with @Living_DNA. In addition to testing, I also took advantage of their free uploads, and uploaded both my 23andMe raw data, and my Family Tree DNA raw data. I already posted about my results from my test, but at that time, their “Family Networks” which is what they ...

A few days ago, Family Tree DNA released a new version of its chromosome browser. There are other people that have already described the improvements, including Kitty Cooper and Roberta Estes, but I’d like to focus on one item that’s changed that affects Double Match Triangulator users. New Link to ...

Today at the #kdgs2018 in Kelowna B.C. was a full slate of talks in 4 time slots, 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon, with 7 speakers to choose from in each time slot. The venue today was another beautiful space, this time at the Okanagan College.   Claire Smith-Burns opened the day from the grand ...

It was a good day at #kdgs2018 here in Kelowna, B.C. The venue during the day was the beautiful Kelowna district library downtown. The second floor of the library contains two full rows of shelves that are the reference materials belonging to the Kelowna District Genealogical Society. I’m sure there are ...

WeGene is a Chinese company that up to now has done DNA testing in Shenzhen, China. They have grown to about 300,000 customers. They are going to open a second lab in Hong Kong so they can start offering services abroad. An article a couple of days ago on genomeweb gives more of the details. Their main site ...

In my last post, I compared the raw data from 5 DNA testing companies. I ended that article by describing how I then took my 5 sets of raw data and combined them into a more complete set. I ended up with a file that contained 1,389,750 different SNPs of which just 20,688 (1.5%) were no-calls. I then described ...

In March 2017, I compared my DNA raw data from Family Tree DNA against my DNA raw data from MyHeritage DNA.  I had tested with FTDNA at home on Nov 25, 2016 and with MyHeritage DNA at RootsTech on Feb 10, 2017. Since then, I ordered tests and tested at home with 23andMe on Dec 2, 2017, AncestryDNA on Dec ...

Gould Genealogy & History @GouldGenealogy is an Australian company started in 1976 by Alan Phillips. They have a physical store in Adelaide, but sell over 5,000 products for genealogists online at their website including books, ebooks, software and stationary. and include many publications they have ...

A couple of years ago, I introduced the horrible acronym BGRN to represent a new notation for DNA relationships which I extended to also include non-genetic relationships. Using this notation, one can define precisely how one person is related to a second person. Using just the notation, I can programmatically ...

Today, I received an email from Living DNA that my test results are now available. After watching several of the RootsTech livestreamed presentations by David Nicholson and Hannah Morden of Living DNA in February, their promise of their upcoming Family Networks capability to reconstruct family trees intrigued ...