DNApainter
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Ancestral Trees at DNA Painter
I’m sure most genealogists are familiar with the DNA Painter website.1 Whether it’s to use WATO to figure out an unknown parent or to do some Chromosome Mapping, this site is instrumental for anyone working with their DNA.2 Late last year I learned about another tool on the site called Ancestral Trees:3 Not only can…
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WATO for beginners
The What Are The Odds (WATO) (1) tool is an extension of the SharedcM (2) tool I talked about in my post Centimorgans and Segments (3). You need to have a grasp of the concept of centimorgans and the relationships that are possible based on the amount of shared centimorgans to understand why WATO is…
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Not the Mama! Inferred Chromosome Painting
I previously talked about chromosome painting (1) and how you can paint DNA matches you know to assign your DNA to your ancestors. Let’s review the basics of recombination before we jump to talking about inferred chromosome painting. My mom has two chromosomes, one from her mom and one from her dad, and those two…
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Chromosome Painting
Chromosome painting is one of those things that looks super confusing until you do it and realize it’s really not so complicated. And then you get addicted to it. I talked a little bit about chromosome painting in my post Painting Your Matches with Rootsfinder (1) but I’ve apparently never talked about Jonny Perl’s DNA…
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