(All quotes are cited from pages linked from the AncestryDNA Regions and Journeys FAQ page) AncestryDNA recently made an update to its algorithm for determining ethnicity estimates. According to its website, AncestryDNA “calculates your ancestral regions by comparing your DNA to a reference panel made up of DNA samples from more than 185,000 people representingContinueContinue reading “How to Navigate the 2025 AncestryDNA Update”
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Tips for Tackling Adoption Research
As long as I have been doing genealogy, I never really delved deeply into adoption research. I have had good reason to do it – I have adopted siblings, and a few of my DNA matches have been adopted or otherwise disconnected from their biological parents. Yet, I have been reluctant to go beyond the basics. It isContinueContinue reading “Tips for Tackling Adoption Research”
A Reflection on the God of DNA
Seemingly simple, infinitesimally small, but grand and powerful…It is a miniature material used in the construction of a human being, much like a ladder is used in the construction of certain building project, except it is curved and twisted with a name that few people can pronounce or spell – deoxyribonucleic acid. Its two sideContinueContinue reading “A Reflection on the God of DNA”
The Genealogy Griot 