DNA
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Triangulation
This post is going to be all about triangulation: what it is, why it’s important for genetic genealogy research and how to do it properly. Confession time: I have been doing triangulation all wrong. Come and learn from my mistakes! Triangulation is like a three-legged stool that you need to sit on to do your…
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Lost on a deserted island
Working on genealogy, genetic or otherwise, is much like being lost on a deserted island. The first thing you do once you’ve got your basics covered is to move the rocks to spell HELP so that anyone flying by can see it. I’ve attracted the attention of a few people by doing this, so I’d…
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DNA in a Nutshell
What is DNA? Rather, what do you need to know about DNA to make it useful for basic genealogy research? We have 23 pairs of chromosomes, 22 pairs called autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes. For most people their sex chromosomes are XX (for those assigned female at birth) or XY (for those assigned…
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Why DNA?
DNA is pretty hot right now. All the companies are advertising it like some magic bullet, like with a swab or a tube of spit you will know who you are are where you come from. I’ve done two DNA tests, one with National Geographic (transferred to FamilyTreeDNA) and one with Ancestry, and am considering…
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