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... your suggestions. Almost six months ago, I started thinking about A New Notation for DNA Relationships. I’ve now worked out the bugs, and I’m ready to define the notation more formally, as I prepare to implement it in Behold.   Behold’s Genetic Relationship Notation defines a string of characters that represent how person A connects to person B. With this ...

... recent Unlock the Past Genealogy cruise who implored me to get my 93 year old uncle DNA tested while I still can. Judy made me realize that it was necessary. I have always understood the importance of DNA research as a valuable science to help discover relationships that works hand-in-hand with traditional research. For the past few ...

... in Ukraine”, and Israel Pickholtz will be talking about his successes in his DNA research in his endogamous family, and I’m currently half way through reading his new book: Endogamy: One Family, One People. To top that off, Sunday has a panel discussing “The Future of Genetic Genealogy” with panel members: Elizabeth A. R. Kaegi (moderator), Maurice Gleeson, ...

... There’s some very interesting things I’m working on (including some useful DNA info for you that I don’t think any other program has included yet – and I’ll talk about those in future blog posts. What’s immediately next on my agenda is to get my Behold News newsletter going again. It’s been over 4 years since I sent the last one. I was having ...

... Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 26, 2016 Judy Russell presenting DNA Tests. 10th Unlock the Past genealogy cruise #UTPCruise pic.twitter.com/JngO1JQcN0— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 26, 2016 "Hatch, Match, Dispatch" (born, married, died) - Judy Russell, the legal genealogist #UTPCruise— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) ...

... February 23, 2016 Later on in the afternoon, Judy Russell gave a superb talk about DNA. Judy Russell getting ready to present the ABCs of DEF ... er, make that DNA. #UTPCruise pic.twitter.com/4gWKEnHWtH— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 23, 2016 Day 11 we were in Sydney. My wife and I spent a week in Sydney three years ...

... research help zone session. Dinner was followed by Shauna Hicks' story about her DNA research and the perils it threw upon her: Shauna Hicks presenting "Love, Sex and Damned Lies" on the 10th Unlock The Past genealogy cruise #UTPCruise pic.twitter.com/QycqxSzNQL— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 17, 2016 The next day, day 5, we were in Windy ...

I have come across a need to check out the SEX tag in GEDCOM. Some of the new DNA features I’m finishing up for the next version of Behold make important use of the sex of the individual. Determining autosomal, X, Y and mitochondrial DNA shares between two individuals is much less accurate when the sex of anyone in the ...

... advancements, database advancements, online genealogy databases to connect to, the DNA phenomena, new genealogy services, old genealogy services shutting down, and constant changes in the genealogy software scene which I keep up with due to my monitoring of all the software out there for GenSoftReviews. So please be patient. I will get there. I am getting there. Behold ...

... document your family and lead to new discoveries. Okay. So now you’ve got into DNA. You did a test, or a few tests with one or more companies. You expect your genealogy software to load in this data and process it for you in some useful way. The software should use it to help you document your family and lead to new discoveries, right? … (sound of silence) I was ...