DNA Ethnicity results aren't an exact science, and in some respects, are mostly for entertainment purposes. A large number of genealogis...

Back in 2016 I blogged about the possibility of a Van Every Surname Non-Paternity Event.  Several researchers have questioned the parentage ...

My DNA - Ancestry.com (as of April 2017) • 67% European Jewish • 11% Western Europe • 3% Ireland • 2% Italy/Greece • 2% Eastern Europe...

FamilyTreeDNA updated their DNA ethnicity guesses. (Yes, guesses, the science behind them is nowhere near exact) My current breakdown i...

A Non-Paternity Event in genetic genealogy is " any event which has caused a break in the link between an hereditary surname and the ...

Below is the AncestryDNA summary for my wife's DNA matches 188 4th-6th cousin matches Below is the AncestryDNA summary for my DNA...

AncestryDNA provides what they call "Shared Ancestor Hints." That is, if both you and a DNA match have linked to an Ancestry Famil...

Image Source:  Office of Biological and Environmental Research  of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. I've seen sev...

Ancestry updated their DNA interface by eliminating a large number of false positive matches, and adding a new feature called DNA Circles. ...

In Ashkenazi Jewish DNA and the Potential to Piece Together Shattered Family Branches   Cece Moore, the Genetic Genealogy consultant for the...

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I transferred my raw DNA from Ancestry to FamilyTreeDNA . I activated my account last Sunday - a proce...

I read at The Genetic Genealogist  that FamilyTreeDNA had dropped their DNA Autosomal Transfer to $39 (from $69), and that they allowed you...

Ancestry last week  updated the ethnicity breakdowns on their DNA tests.  Some received their update a month ago in a small 'beta previ...

Image Source:  Office of Biological and Environmental Research  of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Sense about Science...

This entry is not a religious perspective on the ethics of DNA testing. This entry is a perspective on Ancestry.com's new DNA test  fr...

For his weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun , Randy Seaver at Geneamusings challenged: Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is t...

When I first saw the below photo of my great grandfather's tombstone, I knew instantly, whoever was responsible for the inscription beli...

Snoop Dogg is shocked by some DNA results taken for the Lopez Tonight show, which indicated he was 6% European, and 23% Native American. ...

In 1902 Samuel Tillman Hartley testified in front of The Dawes Commission that his mother was half-Choctaw and half-Cherokee. His sister w...

Randy at Geneamusings provides his weekly Saturday Night Fun challenge. This week it was to map the patrilineal line of your paternal gran...