by Brit Nicholson | 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 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 | Mar 12, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
You already know that you get 25% DNA, on average, from a particular grandparent. But we can do better than that. See the relationship predictor that uses the most accurate ranges of shared DNA available. Suppose that you and some friends want to place a bet. You each...
by Brit Nicholson | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
How much of an ancestor’s or relative’s DNA do you reproduce when you combine kits of multiple testers? I wrote the original article on DNA coverage from multiple kits a few years ago. I included tables that showed the amount of an ancestor’s autosomal DNA...
by Brit Nicholson | Feb 25, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
The only cousin statistics that acknowledge the differences in paternal and maternal relatives due to recombination rates. I’ve written an article that shows the percentages of shared DNA that a person shares with various relatives and ancestors. These are the...
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