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Lots has been happening on the DNA analysis front in the past few months. Lots of very divergent opinions on a whole bunch of issues. Here are my opinions. You are free to agree or disagree, but these are mine. AncestryDNA Ancestry has had performance issues. Couldn’t they ...

... your 6 and 7 cM matches from your match list. In my case, I have 192,306 DNA matches at Ancestry. Of those, 54,498 matches are below 8 cM meaning Ancestry will drop over 28% of the the people on my match list. The Proof Corner Many of the DNA experts understand that a 6 or 7 cM segment is small and is rarely useful for ...

... Family Tree Beta. My tree as calculated by 23andMe back then included 13 of my DNA matches. It placed 8 on my father’s side and 5 on my mother’s side. My automated tree today has two more of my matches included, so there are now 15. The 8 circled matches at the left are on my father’s side. The 7 circled matches at the right are on my mother’s side. The ...

... is: Presenter Louis Kessler explains those mysterious files that we download from DNA testing companies, helps us to understand what's in them, and shows us the ways we can make use of them. He will also discuss whether Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) tests are worthwhile for genealogists. I hope you come and join me for this. To register for my presentation, you’ll ...

... conferences and became a genealogy speaker myself. Then about 4 years ago, DNA testing started to become a thing, and I jumped fully in, finding everything about it fascinating, and I wrote my program Double Match Triangulator to help decipher matches. About 2 years ago, the Facebook era of genealogy groups began. I joined and started participating in many groups ...

I have now taken 5 DNA microarray (chip) tests with Family Tree DNA, 23andMe, Ancestry DNA, MyHeritage DNA and Living DNA. I have also taken two Whole Genome Sequencing ...

... is the author of Borland Genetics, a fantastic site where you can upload your Raw DNA data, match to others, and use tools to reassemble your ancestors’ DNA. I very recently wrote a blog post about Kevin’s site. Kevin also has a blog in which he has been posting very interesting articles, usually of an analytic nature which are ...

On Facebook, I was delivered a sponsored ad for getting health reports from your DNA raw data at a 55% discount from a company called Xcode Life. @xcode_ls I’ve always been much more interested in DNA for genealogical purposes than for health, but I had never heard of this company and it sounded interesting. Their “Mega ...

There’s another website I recommend you upload your DNA raw data to called Borland Genetics. See this video: Introducing Borland Genetics Web Tools In a way, Borland Genetics is similar to GEDmatch in that they accept uploads of raw data and don’t do their own testing. Once uploaded, you can then see who you match to and other ...