Ancient DNA. What The Heck Do I Know? I Know Where And How To Look! From Neanderthals to Mother L1 & Daddy Oh!

Ok, I always promise that my blog is Genealogy 101 - easy to enjoy for all, and this is no exception - sort of. Ancient DNA - this is what it is all about - isn't it? Where do I come from? I call it Pond Scum, my (long lost, absent) bff did not know what … Continue reading Ancient DNA. What The Heck Do I Know? I Know Where And How To Look! From Neanderthals to Mother L1 & Daddy Oh!

New Admixture Updates? This Might As Well Be Throwing Darts At A Board To Decide Your Her(Hi)story ~ So Instead “Picture This” At Ancestry

Every year or so the DNA-for-genealogy companies update their admixture readings. You can see for years I have written about the admixture portion of DNA testing results and I feel today like I did from my first result in 2012 (I tested autosomal quite late). I love it - I love them all - even … Continue reading New Admixture Updates? This Might As Well Be Throwing Darts At A Board To Decide Your Her(Hi)story ~ So Instead “Picture This” At Ancestry

Sherman And Nellie ~ How To Win Friends And Influence People – Carnegie Had A lesson For Us All

Clearly Nellie won she didn't need to read Carnegie's book - it was her house and Sherman worked for her and clearly, according to the November 1923 newspaper account,  Sherman did not give the lady what she wanted. The Kidd murals were ready and delivered by November but were not in her Dining Room from … Continue reading Sherman And Nellie ~ How To Win Friends And Influence People – Carnegie Had A lesson For Us All

See, See, See I Told You Family Tree DNA Is The Best ~ New Family Tree DNA Features!

I have not even seen them myself yet - I have no clue - but will get Cherie Lynn's Hints And Helps up as soon as I can play with it! Play with me! What do we think? Who is in the beta group? Here is the list in the email from our ftDNA. And, … Continue reading See, See, See I Told You Family Tree DNA Is The Best ~ New Family Tree DNA Features!

My bff’s ancestor and my ancestor are together in 1744 Albemarle (incl Amherst) USGS GNIS & Google Earth Google Maps will take you there.

More than that, she is an in-law and were we thrilled to meet each other at a family wedding. We snapped together like fitted pieces and soon I had her reading SNPs with me, eventually gallivanting across western Virginia looking for dead people and we were not disappointed. We had Thrasher y-DNA and we had … Continue reading My bff’s ancestor and my ancestor are together in 1744 Albemarle (incl Amherst) USGS GNIS & Google Earth Google Maps will take you there.