In defense of DNA for family history, Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard takes on an NPR writer who says that "family is...
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New Genealogy TV Show Debuts This Weekend: Relative Race
Relative Race debuts tomorrow: a new reality genealogy TV series that sends 4 couples chasing their genetic roots. ...
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 132 Published
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 132 is ready for Genealogy Gems Premium members. There's something for...
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 131 Now Available
The new Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 131 is now available for Genealogy Gems Premium members Genealogy Gems...
DNA Circles – Here’s when they DON’T mean connections on AncestryDNA
DNA Circles at AncestryDNA can get problematic when participants' trees are unverified. This is why. Adding people to...
DNA for Adoption Research: “Nice to Meet You!”
As a daughter of an adoptee, this season I am grateful I can use DNA for adoption research. Seats at my genetic...
The Case of the Missing Parents Continues: 2 Powerful Research Strategies
This Gems listener just can't find her grandmother's parents. It may be time to apply two powerful approaches to...
DNA Ethnicity Results: Exciting or Exasperating?
Are your DNA ethnicity results exciting, confusing, inconsistent, exasperating...or all of the above? Recently Kate...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #5 in the Top 10 Countdown
"This is huge!" That's how DNA expert Diahan Southard summed up major advances at AncestryDNA this past year. Her post...