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Working with ‘junior’ clusters to solve unknown parentage in the UK

Working with ‘junior’ clusters to solve unknown parentage in the UK

by DM_Walsh | May 4, 2023 | Blog, DNA Science

This is a guest post by DM_Walsh I specialise in hard-to-crack unknown parentage UK cases where there is enough DNA evidence, but only just. (Some of these cases take months to resolve, and so apologies if I can’t take yours on.) I thought it would be helpful to pull...

Your Siblings Have DNA Kits, Too? Part 3. Empirical Data.

by DNA-Sci | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, DNA Science

Comparing kits to a known relative when multiple siblings have tested A year ago I wrote an article, Part 1, about the theoretical best way to use the kits of multiple siblings to help determine relationships of your DNA matches. More recently, in Part 2, I tested...
Your Siblings Have DNA Kits, Too? Part 2. Testing the Methods.

Your Siblings Have DNA Kits, Too? Part 2. Testing the Methods.

by DNA-Sci | 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? Remember to take advantage of the number of segments for drastically better relationship predictions. In Part 1 of this series we...
Your Siblings Have DNA Kits, Too? Part 2. Testing the Methods.

Your Siblings Have DNA Kits, Too? Part 1. Use Them to Their Full Potential.

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...

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