Oh, I could cry, I could have... a collapsing illness over the mistakes I saw in a video about two lovely doppelgangers taking DNA tests. Long story short, they look remarkably alike, which we see in genealogy all the time, but when they use DNA to answer three questions about how closely they might be … Continue reading mt-DNA ~ Pedigree Collapse AND collapse over folks mistakes in understanding DNA
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DNA Uploads ~ Autosomal Transfers – Autosomal Additions!
Screen capture instructions below! See Google translate! The phrase 'autosomal transfer' sounds to me like you are moving something from one place to another. With autosomal transfer you do put your data in a new place, but it is still there in the old one, unchanged. It is like copy-paste, not cut-and-paste. When testing DNA … Continue reading DNA Uploads ~ Autosomal Transfers – Autosomal Additions!
ЯSK ~ R. Sherman-Kidd ~ Sherman Kidd ~ RSK ~Reginald K Winton ~ Who?
So many signatures and so many places to look for Sherm... HARRY! There is something about Harry. I say he refuses to be found because he wants us to find all these other people first. Maybe ancestors know if we find the answer to a question that we will quit looking, and so Harry Hutton … Continue reading ЯSK ~ R. Sherman-Kidd ~ Sherman Kidd ~ RSK ~Reginald K Winton ~ Who?
Messy Maps – Hanover Town Virginia Is Not Page’s Warehouse aka Hanovertown
Update: I had a message from a reader who tells us about another map of interest. I add in the Library of Virginia there are letters that list the writer as being from "Hanover Town" 1807. This first map shows Hanover Courthouse where Hanover Tavern was across the road. Page's warehouse and possibly the location … Continue reading Messy Maps – Hanover Town Virginia Is Not Page’s Warehouse aka Hanovertown
Surname Projects Missed The Point Of “Not” Matching ~ “1 in 10 is mistaken about father’s identity”
This story has gone around the Facebook DNA groups like wildfire: One in 10 'is mistaken about identity of father,' by Sarah Knapton from https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/one-in-10-is-mistaken-about-identity-of-father-20190601-p51tgf.html?fbclid=IwAR1nGpQk8GNknr7du6sYr52_hqj38n3_cz69y_Q8pRhLbP89SfCoJSmaXCo It was 2004 when cousin Buddy first directed me to the trough of y-DNA-for-genealogy magic to read the results for the Lewis Surname y-DNA project. He and I both remarked … Continue reading Surname Projects Missed The Point Of “Not” Matching ~ “1 in 10 is mistaken about father’s identity”
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 