by Brit Nicholson | Sep 14, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
Small segments affect most of our matches, whether we think we’re using them or not. I don’t know that I would call it a debate, but the discussion about low centiMorgan (cM) DNA segments continues with fervor. And I almost never hear any arguments from the...
by Brit Nicholson | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
These statistics are now available for the first time ever I know what you’re going to say. X-DNA is too variable for us to deduce anything from the averages or ranges. I say that we should always seek to improve our understanding of the natural world when we...
by Brit Nicholson | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
The most important aspect of genetic genealogy that nobody talks about It first occurred to me to write this article about a year ago. I thought that I had much more important articles to write and tools to create, but I’ve recognized that the need for an...
by Brit Nicholson | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
We can now easily differentiate between 3/4 siblings and full-siblings over 94% of the time Click here to use the only relationship predictor that includes 3/4 siblings and double 1st cousins. Three-quarter siblings have been confounding genetic genealogists for...
by Brit Nicholson | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
That’s a common question I see from people researching their DNA matches. Until now the only answer we could give was “because DNA is variable.” That’s a correct answer. But we could provide something more useful: A quantitative answer. When...
by Brit Nicholson | Apr 18, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
Previous calculations could only estimate the expected value I see a lot of articles and posts being shared about Charles II of Spain. He was the last of the Habsburg dynasty and that demise has been attributed to the extreme intermarriage in his recent family tree...
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