Scratching is a natural behavior for cats and it serves multiple purposes. It helps them to stretch, remove dead cells from their claws, and mark their… Read More
In my previous post Advantages of submitting to YFull, I discussed mostly what you can find in YFull even if you don't have any close matches. In the summary I mentioned that the post did no… Read More
Nebula Genomics offers "Deep Ancestry" as part of its Whole Genome Sequencing test. Your results for Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can be transferred to YFull to get these ancestry rep… Read More
For Y-DNA testing, I have seen a lot of questions about how to evaluate Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) tests such as Family Tree DNA's Big Y test, and similar tests at Full Genomes Corp, Y… Read More
The Big Y from Family Tree DNA is a fantastic Y-DNA test for finding out more about your direct paternal line. If you want to know what's so great about the Big Y, please see the following p… Read More
How can we make genealogical matches with mitochondrial DNA? Can we extend our family trees with mtDNA? This used to be very difficult, but with the advanced tools recently released, it is n… Read More
There are questions and conflicting opionions on many online forums about evalutaing Big Y-700 results. Why should I order a Y-DNA test?DNA for family history is all about finding match… Read More
Family Tree DNA has just released new a Y-DNA haplotree that is open to the public. Using the new FTDNA public haplotree can help you decide whether you want to do your own Y-DNA testing and… Read More
The Big Y conversion to hg38 is complete for my kit and those of my matches. In my previous post Evaluating new Big Y changes I examined my new hg38 results and the new chromosome brows… Read More