Organizing – Charted Waters! You Gotta Love It And Love The Families ~ And I Have Never Researched A Family I Didn’t Fall In Love With!

Empty charts for your family history? Think they will stay that way? I hear it all the time from the beginning from folks asking for help with their genealogy research, 'oh, with my family you probably won't find anything", or, "You probably won't find anything on my family I am..." or "I am not,,,", or, … Continue reading Organizing – Charted Waters! You Gotta Love It And Love The Families ~ And I Have Never Researched A Family I Didn’t Fall In Love With!

Allow Autosomal DNA Testers Into y-DNA (Surname) Projects? Prove Expanded Lines ~ Identify Non-Paternity Events ~ Why Oh Why Would I Research Linear? – Yes!

Two dozen, more or less, males all claim one patriarch. There are clearly two groups of men with two different haplogroups and so unrelated. But, what? Just sit on your hands and squabble about which is the rightful line to any patriarch? Or, fight and break up the DNA project and create a 2nd one … Continue reading Allow Autosomal DNA Testers Into y-DNA (Surname) Projects? Prove Expanded Lines ~ Identify Non-Paternity Events ~ Why Oh Why Would I Research Linear? – Yes!

Die At Home, Cover The Mirrors, Raise The Amulet ~ and be sure to get a cheek swab and name a beneficiary.

    On aging. Being treated like an old cow is taking some getting used to. The thoughts, notes and links vary from ole cow, to older cows to the oldest known cow - with rednecks and without; cash cows, G-d cows, being cowed and cowing, And the Old Norse - Kuga - meaning "to … Continue reading Die At Home, Cover The Mirrors, Raise The Amulet ~ and be sure to get a cheek swab and name a beneficiary.

Who begat whom? Choose your y-DNA testing candidate(s) carefully.

There are no two ways about it; non-paternity events happen and have happened forever. I am a haplogroup enthusiast and also insist on trying to prove every ancestral line with DNA, which means not only testing the recent ancestry with autosomal but also using y-DNA and mt-DNA to researching families identify all ancestors' haplogroups. Using … Continue reading Who begat whom? Choose your y-DNA testing candidate(s) carefully.

Admixture: A Comparison – One Person’s Admixture At Eight Companies

[This is only talking about admixture, these companies/sites have many other features - and most are more about the other features and the admixture is secondary - or even third] This page is always in need of updates and is being updated all along - admixture  changes like the seasons. Don't get me wrong - I … Continue reading Admixture: A Comparison – One Person’s Admixture At Eight Companies