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GEDmatch: A Free Tool for Your DNA Results and Genealogy
The genetic genealogy community has a crush. A big one. Everyone is talking about it. "It has such great...
mtDNA Testing for Genealogy: A Study on Ancient Ponytails
Sometimes history provides us with a situation that is just too outlandish to be false, like this one on mDNA testing...
Organize DNA Matches in Your DNA “Drawer”
Organize DNA matches with this innovative approach. If you are feeling overwhelmed with your DNA results, you are not...
The Power of DNA Matching
As genealogists, we spend our time trying to ferret out the real story in our family's oral history, or at least from...
DNA Testing: 3 Tips Before You Ask Your Relatives to Spit
Here's what you need to know before you encourage your relatives to join you on your genetic genealogy journey. There...
How to Get Started with Using DNA for Family History
Anyone can Test DNA for Family History From Diahan Southard, Your DNA Guide here at Genealogy Gems: DNA testing is...
MyHeritage DNA Matching – What I Like About It
MyHeritage DNA is new on the scene of genetic genealogy. With the recent launch of their DNA Matching, I decided to...
Why I Wish the DAR DNA Policy Was a Little Different
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) accepts limited DNA evidence to prove descent from a Revolutionary War...