This week Ancestry announced that all DNA accounts will now have the update to their new Ethnicity Estimate. This is an ethnicity only update, there have been no changes in DNA matching (ie your DNA cousin matches). To get the update, log into your DNA page and open your […]
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IN SEARCH OF THE PERRETTS Yesterday I spent an hour or so reading through George Perrett’s book, “In Search of the Perretts”, in the reading room at The British Library. It’s not like a lending library, but a place where you go and read any of the books in their […]
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Are you making the best use of the searching, sorting and filtering tools at your DNA testing company? Or are your matches in a big mess? For those using spreadsheets or other third party tools, you may be happy downloading matches and using your own toolsets to sort and filter, […]
You’ve got your DNA test back, and now you have a million questions to ask. Here is a list of some questions and answers that might help to get you started. Keep reading to find out more about Vikings, Mickey Mouse, X DNA, Haplogroups, Circles, GEDmatch and much much more… […]
I love seeing updates at the DNA sites – Sometimes looking at results in a different way can give you new insights to your DNA and your family tree. I really like the new format and DNA Story at Ancestry – now I can see my Ethnicity & Genetic Communities all […]
This was a presentation I did at the Genetic Genealogy Ireland event in October 2017 Click on the image to scroll through the presentation. Watch this space as the presentation will be uploaded to You Tube soon. (It may take a few minutes to load … ) Send to […]
Humphrey Ezekiel Hancock was born on November 26 1856 in Woolwich, Kent, England. His father, James was 34 and his mother, Sarah (nee Hancock) was 28. James was from Ettington, Warwickshire, and Sarah was from Smethwick in Staffordshire. They married in 1845 and lived in Staffordshire, then somewhere between 1852 […]
There is nothing more exciting than getting an email to say “results are in”. I tested with Living DNA back in early November and it’s been a long wait for results. On first look I have to say their results were well worth waiting for. Living DNA is another DNA […]
Basics of GEDmatch: 1. Run a one-to-many report for your “kit”. Everyone who uploads their raw DNA files to gedmatch gets allocated a kit number (starts with A if it was from Ancestry T if from ftDNA, and M if from 23andMe) 2. When you run the report the system […]