ECGGC 2026: East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference – Both In-Person and Virtual

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I hope you’ll join me and a whole trove of other wonderful speakers at the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference August 21-23 in Boston. The in-person conference is being held at the Embassy Suites at the Boston Logan Airport, so you don’t need to worry about transportation into Boston after arrival.

The great news is that you don’t have to be present to participate, and you don’t have to worry about missing sessions you wanted to attend.

All sessions, except for the Sunday morning ISOGG meeting, are either livestreamed, then available to watch later, or are available on-demand on their scheduled day.

I love this conference because it focuses strictly on genetic genealogy and how to apply it successfully to genealogy. Not to mention, it’s like a family reunion! I can hardly wait to see everyone!

Keynotes

  • Steve Little and Mark Thompson – Friday evening: The AI Frontier in Genetic Genealogy: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
  • Jennifer Zinck – Saturday morning: It Takes a Village
  • Kevin Borland – Sunday Morning: Mining A Chromosome 22 Pile-Up: Clustering Through a Documented Colonial Lineage

Speakers

In alphabetical order, speakers include:

  • Kelli Bergheimer – Understanding Your DNA Health Reports, and, Finding an Ohio Pioneer Family Using Mitochondrial DNA
  • Katherine Borges – DNA and DAR, and, Sunday morning: ISOGG Meeting
  • Kevin Borland – Mining A Chromosome 22 Pile-Up: Clustering Through a Documented Colonial Lineage (keynote)
  • Greg Clarke – Welcome and Introduction
  • Janine Cloud – Turning a Brick Wall into a Community: Using Documents and DNA Together, and, with Roberta Estes: Between the Records and the Results: Tracing Ancestors in Mixed Lines
  • Roberta Estes – Mitochondrial DNA-Z: My Results are Back, Now What?, and, at DNA Academy: Using Ancient Connections to Unlock Genealogy, and, with Janine Cloud:  Between the Records and the Results: Tracing Ancestors in Mixed Lines
  • Mags Gaulden – The DNA of a Revolution
  • Kate Penney Howard – When the Story Isn’t True: DNA and the Family Legend Problem, and, Gerald Hawley and the Silence: What Erased Ancestors Teach Us About DNA Research
  • Daniel Horowitz – MyHeritage DNA Basic Level, and, MyHeritageDNA Advanced Level
  • Peggy Jude – Your DNA Toolkit: Expanding Your Research with Third-Party Tools, and, Step Up to the Plate: Winning Strategies for Connecting with Your DNA Matches
  • Dawn Kosmakos – Unraveling the Identity of Arthur Burton
  • Steve Little – Solving a Paternity Puzzle: AI-Assisted Match List Analysis in Endogamous Appalachia, and, keynote with Mark Thompson: The AI Frontier in Genetic Genealogy: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
  • Melanie McComb – Using DNA to Identify Ancestral Origins
  • Adina Newman – Navigating Your Jewish DNA Results, and, Introduction to DNA Painter: Strategies to Enhance Your Genealogical Research
  • Jonny Perl – Understanding the What are the Odds Tool at DNA Painter
  • Rhonda Roederer – The Power of DNA – Making Life-Changing Connections
  • Diahan Southard – I Did Everything Right. So Where’s My Ancestor?, and, There’s Always a Next Step
  • Jerome Spears – Our Genetic Explorer’s Journey
  • Mark Thompson – Applied Artificial Intelligence for Genetic Genealogists, and, keynote with Steve Little: The AI Frontier in Genetic Genealogy: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
  • David Vance – At DNA Academy: NGS Testing for Autosomal DNA
  • Rob Warthen – Common Ancestors at DNAGedcom – Building Trees
  • Jennifer Zinck – It Takes a Village (keynote), and, Unleash the Power of DNA

You can view the schedule and session information here.

For people attending in Boston, additional activities are being held at the American Ancestors office and library on Thursday.

DNA Academy

Saturday evening, the ECGGC hosts DNA Academy. Each year, this fun, interactive, advanced learning session is hosted by Mags Gaulden and includes a panel Q&A session, and speakers.

From the ECGGC agenda:

Join Mags Gaulden, Dave Vance, Roberta Estes, Rob Warthen, Katherine Borges, and Jennifer Zinck for a Q & A panel with special guests to start, then sit back and enjoy a presentation on NGS testing for autosomal DNA, by Dave Vance, and “Using Ancient Connections to Unlock Genealogy”, by Roberta Estes.

Exhibit and Vendor Hall

There are both in-person and virtual vendor exhibit halls, so visit both if attending in person. Vendors who sponsor this indispensable conference are the ones who keep it affordable for the rest of us, so be sure to stop by their booths.

Register

The conference starts in just a month, but there’s still time to register, here. In-person costs $295 and virtual is $175. Both are great values. I already have my plan in place for which sessions I’m attending in person, and I’ll watch the rest after the conference.

Hope to see you there. Please be sure to say hello.

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