I have told folks for ages, we keep it private. Talking about long dead people is one thing, sharing ancestors and DNA for genealogy with all the family is wonderful. But having long lost parent/child or siblings meet on television in front of a live audience? I don't know. Just to get the work paid … Continue reading ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’ ~ Data, DNA, and Privacy
Month: June 2018
Princess or Prince, Royal Or Native either one will do ~ Viking, Sarmation, Khan or Phoenician on Mom’s side or Dad’s either one will do
For trees and DNA, Americans, Black and White and others, would like to find a Native American Princess – (unfortunately most emails say my granny was a full blooded Indian or half Cherokee or Choctaw). Native Americans apparently have been reluctant to test for many reasons from concern over tribal membership to the more personal, … Continue reading Princess or Prince, Royal Or Native either one will do ~ Viking, Sarmation, Khan or Phoenician on Mom’s side or Dad’s either one will do
I Am My Own Favorite Cousin ~ Pedigree Collapse and Admixture what they mean for my genetic matches
Pedigree collapse deceives us all in our autosomal DNA, au-DNA, matches. I add, one has not really researched their ancestry until they have made themselves to be a cousin to themself at least a couple of ways. We have a match with a person who shares sufficient chromosomes to makes us 2nd. – 4th cousins … Continue reading I Am My Own Favorite Cousin ~ Pedigree Collapse and Admixture what they mean for my genetic matches
I Have My Genealogy ~ Why Do I Need DNA For Anything? & Simplistic Questions, We Need Those The Most
I’m not laughing or amused at simple questions, I am here to answer questions. I might only have 14 years of reading DNA and genetics for genealogy and anthropology, and I might only go back about 35 years working in journalism and digging up people and stories, and I might have only followed my grandmother … Continue reading I Have My Genealogy ~ Why Do I Need DNA For Anything? & Simplistic Questions, We Need Those The Most
What Test? I’m a guy and I want my (surname) paternal line ~ y-DNA 101
The man’s y-DNA is a beautiful, rather, handsome – gene reading, an amazing tool of DNA for genealogy – and I have scraped a few cheeks. And for men who do not know who their father is, the y-DNA can also be a help, some of the time. Certainly for anyone adopted or … Continue reading What Test? I’m a guy and I want my (surname) paternal line ~ y-DNA 101
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