What Is a Good Prediction?

Key to understanding how new relationship predictors perform is an understanding of how probabilities work One time I was sitting and waiting for class to begin in one of many advanced statistics courses I took. The professor entered and started class with something...

Segments Matter!

People have been asking for this for a long time. Relationship predictions that include # of segments work much better than expected. It’s here! Today a new relationship predictor is available for you to use for free. You can now enter the total number of...

Introducing Sibling Lotto!

A new visualization tool helps people understand the ways that full-siblings can share DNA as well as average sharing percentages Yesterday a new tool was released that will help a lot of beginners and veteran genetic genealogists alike. These visualizations show in...

Double Cousin Relationship Predictions from Ped-sim

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...