X-DNA is usually more recent than autosomal DNA

by | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog, DNA Science

New discoveries overturn the familiar adage that X-DNA is usually from a farther back ancestor than autosomal DNA As of today, you can test the new discoveries against the old adage by comparing any amount of X-DNA to the same amount of autosomal DNA. Two months ago I...

Double Cousin Relationship Predictions from Ped-sim

by | May 9, 2022 | Blog, DNA Science

Double cousin predictions are now updated with many more relationship types and a peer-reviewed data source Update, 3 Feb. 2023: You can now get relationship predictions from number of segments and total cMs. This tool often tells you the exact relationship for close...

Relationship Predictions from Ped-sim

by | Feb 22, 2022 | Blog, DNA Science

Introducing the first relationship predictions to come from a peer-reviewed data source Two new relationship predictors are now available, one with population weights and one without weights. The data came from Ped-sim. This is the future of relationship prediction....

Musings on the D in BMD

by | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog, Genealogy

I’ve been researching my family tree for seven years now. I admit that that isn’t very far back—I haven’t even gotten to my own birth yet. My genealogical origin story is called The Missing Chevalier. The commencement of the very rigid journey was...