by DNA-Sci | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, DNA Science
Using very simple math to get the most out of multiple kits Many genetic genealogy enthusiasts have their own DNA genotyped as well as some of their siblings. As the enthusiast of your family, you might have access to all of these kits. Or, if they’re all on...
by DNA-Sci | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog, DNA Science, Probability and Statistics
A formula to improve the estimation of the genetic relationship between two parents GEDmatch has had a tool called “Are Your Parents Related” (AYPR) for a few years now. The tool is helpful and easy to use. Some have argued that this information shouldn’t be...
by DNA-Sci | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog, Probability and Statistics
What’s the probability that two children share one whole copy of the X chromosome without sharing a father? I’ve made an X chromosome model that predicts shared X DNA percentages and ranges for various ancestors, but I haven’t yet calculated ranges...
by DNA-Sci | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, DNA Science
Update, 3 March 2020: When I finally thought to share this information, I found out that I wasn’t the only person to have ever tried it. Still, I was encouraged to quickly finish writing up my methodology, as there weren’t any other instructions available....
by DNA-Sci | May 18, 2020 | Blog, DNA Science
How to automatically identify your most important DNA matches I recently had this idea for a project in Python that could save me a lot of work: What if a computer program could identify your most important DNA relatives? I was sure that the results wouldn’t be...
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