Welcome to the Y DNA resource page where you’ll find everything you need to know in one place – including: Step-by-step guides about how to utilize Y DNA for your genealogy Educational articles and links to the latest webinars Articles … Continue reading
July 2020 Update: Please note that Ancestry issues a cease-and-desist order against Genetic Affairs, and this tool no longer works at Ancestry. The great news is that it still works at the other vendors, and you can ask Ancestry matches … Continue reading
Let’s take a walking heritage tour of Oslo, Norway. We’ll see the city of Olso, the harbor and waterfront, excavated Viking ships, historic Norwegian villages, the Sami people and the Museum of Cultural History. Yes, Oslo has all that…and more. But first, let’s talk about the … Continue reading
The company Genetic Affairs launched a few weeks ago with an offer to regularly visit your vendor accounts at Family Tree DNA, Ancestry and 23andMe, and compile a spreadsheet of your matches, download it, and send it to you in … Continue reading
In 1816, most German women who were 61 years old would have been playing with grandchildren in the sunshine. Not Dorothea. Of course, nothing had ever been “normal” in Dorothea’s life, not the entire time she had lived in Beutelsbach, on … Continue reading
Last week, I wrote about how I utilized the Leeds Method in the article, The Leeds Method. What I didn’t say is that I was sizing up the Leeds Method for how I could use the technique to paint additional … Continue reading
My Mom always used to say that “good things come to those who wait.” That always irritated me, because waiting was something I did, and still do, very poorly. These past few months, I’ve gotten a lot of practice in waiting, but my … Continue reading
This is the third article in a series about DNA Painter. To know DNA Painter is to love DNA Painter! Trust me! The first two articles are: DNA Painter – Chromosome Sudoku for Genetic Genealogy Addicts DNAPainter – Mining Vendor … Continue reading
Not long ago, Jonny Perl introduced the free online tool, DNA Painter, designed to paint your chromosomes. I didn’t get around to trying this right away, but had I realized just how much fun I would have, I would have … Continue reading
The quilt, “I Am A River” was inspired by a dream during a very difficult period in my life in the 1990s. In fact, I refer to it as “the decade from hell.” The “elevator pitch” summary from that decade … Continue reading
