by DNA-Sci | Feb 3, 2022 | Blog, DNA Science
Coincidentally, while testing the best methods for using multiple siblings’ kits, a person I’m helping has a close match to a sibling pair. This is a practical application of helping people with advanced genetic genealogy methods. I was recently finishing...
by DNA-Sci | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, DNA Science
Comparing kits to a known relative when multiple siblings have tested A year ago I wrote an article, Part 1, about the theoretical best way to use the kits of multiple siblings to help determine relationships of your DNA matches. More recently, in Part 2, I tested...
by DNA-Sci | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
GEDmatch is providing relationship predictions on its site for the first time ever. Find out how you’re related to the matches you see without leaving the page. Update Feb. 22, 2022: A newer relationship predictor, which is the first and only predictor to use...
by DNA-Sci | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
A year ago I wrote an article about the best way, theoretically, to use DNA kits from multiple siblings. How does it hold up to testing? Remember to take advantage of the number of segments for drastically better relationship predictions. In Part 1 of this series we...
by DNA-Sci | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
A DNA tester has a few different options to see the possible relationships for their matches, including at the testing sites themselves. A new one has functionality like no other. I used to not be a fan of relationship prediction for genetic genealogy, wondering why...
by DNA-Sci | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
It will be hard to capture all of the discoveries that have been made and posted at this site in the past twelve months. A year ago I was using a very basic natural model of genetic inheritance. I had been publishing averages and ranges of shared DNA for relationships...
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