Do you unknowingly have the same person in your tree twice? I have to admit that I likely have several duplicates in my tree. I recently read a blog post about a different approach to tackling descendancy research. In the post, Keeping on Track with DNA, in Jacqi Stevens A Family Tapestry blog, she comments …
Category: DNA
Ancestor Project
Do you ever wish there was a tool to help you prove a DNA relationship? I'm sure my readers have heard of and likely used DNA Painter, but have you heard of GedMatch's Ancestor Projects? I first heard of this 'tool' when the administrator of the Crawford yDNA project tried to create a Crawford project. …
Evans DNA
It should be easier than this! I recently wrote about the 'Messy Family' of James Evans where I referenced my Ancestry DNA ThruLines for James Evans. While these DNA ThruLines matches support our being related it does not prove that our relationship is thru James Evans. This inability to use ThruLines to prove a relationship …
Dots Part 2
Have you finished your homework from RootsTech 2023? I know that I haven't! I've been working on homework for Diahan Southard's presentation about DNA shared matches. With over 124,000 matches and who knows how many ThruLines I have a lot of dots to assign, which is why I'm not finished with my homework. However, I …
Am I Irish?
Do you live in the United States? If so, do you know where your ancestors lived prior to migrating to the United States? I live in a community where a large portion of the population can trace their ancestry back to Germany. These immigrant ancestors migrated to the U.S. between about 1860 and 1920. While …
Homework
Is the word 'homework' part of your daily vocabulary? Perhaps as a student or parent one may deal with homework on a regular basis. However, as a retiree, I haven't considered myself having homework. During my working years, I attended quite a few education related conferences . When I would come home from many of …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 1) Judy Russell wrote Those spreading genes two weeks ago, highlighting the countries that her close DNA matches (with 20 cM or more) are currently residing, based on her Ancestry DNA matches. …
yDNA Mystery
Do you ever feel like DNA results are adding to a problem versus helping solve a problem? Well, that's how I feel after the BigY results came back for my fourth cousin. I was hoping that his results might help connect our James Crawford line to descendants of James (and Martha Knight) Crawford or James …
DNA – By Parent
I know. This post is being published on Sunday morning when I typically answer Randy Seaver's "Saturday Night Genealogy Fun" challenge. However, I will not be home this Saturday to write the Sunday blog. Instead, I will be spending the weekend with my family. While we won't be making any trips to swim this year, …
Where’s My Irish?
Are you Irish? Do you have any Irish ancestors in your tree? Although I haven't proven a connection to Ireland, I have a few lines that hint at originating in Ireland. However, when I look at my recent ethnicity on the DNA tests I manage, the Irish is hard to find. Me Brother #1 Brother …