by Brit Nicholson | 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? In Part 1 I described what you would need to do in order to use all of the information found in multiple siblings’ kits. It...
by Brit Nicholson | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
X Chromosome averages and ranges are now available for the first time ever I know what you’re going to say. X-DNA is too variable for us to deduce anything from the averages or ranges. I say that we should always seek to improve our understanding of the natural...
by Brit Nicholson | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog, DNA Science
Alternate title/misleading answer: 23andMe counts FIR twice Scientists who aren’t familiar with genetic genealogy will be very confused by the above question. After all, 50% is the expected amount, or average, that two siblings share. AncestryDNA doesn’t report the...
by Brit Nicholson | 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...
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