DNA RESOURCES BY SUBJECT
There are a myriad of great genetic genealogists out in cyberspace, many with their own blogs. This is an outline of blog posts and websites on various topics that you may find helpful. Since my lessons are primarily geared to giving you an overview of what’s out there in the DNA testing world I intend to point you towards reviews and lessons that speak to one aspect or another of the various products and how to use them rather than get bogged down in the details, since each persons’ needs will very.
Please explore the links below for in-depth looks at each company’s product(s) and how to use them and other tools or subjects listed. These are included because they have good visuals and commentary. This way you can explore the ones in which you are most interested.
BY COMPANY
ANCESTRY DNA
Genetic Communities by the DNA Geek
Getting the Most Out of AncestryDNA By Roberta Estes
In Defense of AncestryDNA by Kitty Munson Cooper
New Sharing Feature by Angie Bush via Kitty Munson Cooper
AncestryDNA Launches New Ethnicity Estimate by Blaine Bettinger
AncestryDNA Makes Scientific Breakthrough in West African Ethnicity
Genea-Musings Blog Post on Ancestry DNA New Ethnicity Estimate by Randy Seaver
FAMILY TREE DNA (FTDNA)
Autosomal Transfers to Family Tree DNA Roberta Estes
How to upload AncestryDNA raw DNA data to GEDmatch.com – 2 minute step-by-step guide
Making AncestryDNA Useful by Judy G. Russell–how to download RAW DNA File
Downloading Raw DNA from DNAAdoption
One Chromosome, Two sides, No Zipper: ICW and the Matrix by Roberta Estes
FTDNA releases Updates in Response to Requests from project Administrators by CeCe Moore
FTDNA Family Finder has a New Look by Rebekah Canada
Review of Family Finder Part One Blaine Bettinger
The “In Common With” Feature by Judy G. Russell
Review of Family Finder by Debbie Kennett
23andME
Testing and Analysing Big Y Pimer by Dennis White
23andMe
The Basics at 23andMe by Kitty Munson Cooper
23andme Basics CeCe Moore video
Tracking your Roots with DNA by Lisa Franklin
Navigating 23andMe for Genealogy by Roberta Estes
Ancestry Composition Examples by Andrea Badger
23andMe’s Ancestry Painting by CeCe Moore
Ancestry Composition–a British Perspective by Debbie Kennett
How to extract start and stop points in Ancestry Composition by CeCe Moore
FULL GENOMES CORP
First Look at the Full Genomes Y-Sequencing Results Guest Review by Itaï Perez
GEDMATCH
Genetic Genealogy Using Gedmatch
New Utilities at GEDmatch by Kitty Munson Cooper
GEDmatch tools for DNA and Genealogy by Blaine Bettinger
Gedmatch: A DNA Geek’s Dream Site by Judy G. Russell
Gedmatch: A wonderful Tool by Kitty Munson Cooper
What to Do at Gedmatch? by Kitty Munson Cooper
Gedmatch Adds Phasing Tool by Blaine Bettinger
Using GEDmatch from DNAAdoption
BY TOPIC
DNA EXTRACTION SERVICES
Omega Bioservice DNA/RNA Extraction
ADOPTION
Mirroring and Shared Ancestors Exploiting techniques for those with unknown ancestors by S99H99
DNA Testing Adoption
Adoptee Finds Family at AncestryDNA by CeCe Moore
Adoption Reunion Search Resources Blog by Diane Harman-Hoog
FTDNA Adoption Project
ISOGG Utilizing DNA testing to break through adoption Roadblocks
CHROMOSOME MAPPING
Why Triangulation by Roberta Estes
http://dnagedcom.com/
Spreadsheets For DNA Matches by Sue Griffith Making a Spreadsheet of your Autosomal Matches by Kitty Munson Cooper
Kitty Munson’s Chromosome Mapping Tool by Kitty Munson Cooper
Kitty Munson’s Segment Mapping by Kitty Munson Cooper
Triangulation for Autosomal DNA by Roberta Estes
Autosomal Me by Roberta Estes
Introducing the Autosomal DNA Segment Analyzer by Robert Estes
Autosomal DNA Segment Analyzer by Don Worth via DNAGEDCOM.com
Grandma’s Experience Leave their Mark on Your Genes from Discover by Dan Hurley
EPIGENTICS
Epigentics Forgotten but Not Gone by Roberta Estes
Genetic Genealogy: Looking at the Faces of Our Ancestors BBC News
Society bloomed with gentler personalities and more feminine faces NSF grant findings
Memories Pass Between Generations (Epigenetics) by James Gallagher BBC
MIRROR TREES
Mirror Trees Roberta Estes
Of Mirroring And Shared Ancestors: Exploiting AncestryDNA To Find Biological Families by Dan Edwards
How to Build a Mirror Tree by Resurrecting Roots
I have Created a Mirror Tree Now What by Resurrecting Roots
Mirroring and Shared Ancestors Exploiting techniques for those with unknown ancestors by S99H99
MITROCHONDRIAL DNA (mtDNA)
Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Rates and Common Matches by Roberta Estes
Mitochondrial DNA Testing by Debbie Cruwys
Understanding Your mtDNA Full Sequence Results from FTDNA
Mitosearch.org
mtDNA and Its Role in Ancestry by Genebase 3 parts
Mitochondrial DNA Smartmatching by Roberta Estes
The mtDNA Community by Roberta Estes
X CHROMOSOME
The Unruly X by Roberta Estes
Whence the X by Judy Russell
Phasing the X by Jim Owston
Family Finder X chromosome Matches by Debbie Kennett
YDNA
YSEQ has a free utility called Clade Finder. Download your Ancestry DNA, 23andMe, or MyHeritage DNA raw data file, leave it zipped. It will pull out an YSNPS in your atDNA test
CHEAT SHEET FILE
“Cheat Sheet File” recommendations
Tim Jantzen’s chart of estimated relationship based on shared cM
Template for Y-DNA and mtDNA Haplogroup Trees by Sue Griffin
Visual DNA from FTDNA
Number of Ancestors by Diana Gale Matthiesen
Cousin / Relationship Chart by Diana Gale Matthiesen
Cousin relationships with lots of removals by Paul Stoneburner
FTDNA’s FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)–great resource, lots of good material
YSTR Frequencies from Robert Casey
Inheritance of the X from Blaine Bettinger
More on the X from Blaine Bettinger
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Books I found informative (not necessarily that I agree with on all counts
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich 1018
The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler 2007
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 2011
Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA by Richard Hill 2012
The Juggler’s Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us by Carolyn Abraham 2013
The Language of Life: DNAand the revolution in Personalized Medicine by Francis S. Collins 2010
Pearl’s Secret: A Back Man’s Search for his White Family Neil Henry 2001
The Horse the Wheel and Language: How the Bronze Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes shaped the modern World by David W Anthony 2007
Blood of the Celts by Jean Manco 2015
Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings by Jean Manco 2013
Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe 2013
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Pääbo 2014
The Discovery of Middle Earth by Graham Robb 2013
The Surnames Handbook: A Guide to Family Name Research in the 21st Century by Debbie Kennett 2012
DNA and Social Networking: A Guide to Genealogy in the Twenty-First Century by Debbie Kennett 2011
Surnames, DNA & Family History by George Redmonds, Turi King, and David Hey 2011
Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History by Katherine Scott Sturdevant 2000
You Can Write your Family History by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack 2003
Sightseeking: Clues to the Landscape History of New England By Christopher J. Lenney 2003
Pendragon : The Definitive Account of the Origins of Arthur Steve Blake and Scott Llyod 2002
OTHER
Louise Coakley’s Genetic Genealogy Links
Journey of Man Interactive Map
Molecular DNA Genealogy Video
Ancient DNA Tells a New Human Story Wall Street Journal 2015
DNA Basics You Tube Video
DNA Primer : Genealogy Beyond the Y Chromosome
How Blue Eyed Parents Can Have Brown Eyed Children
FTDNA’s FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
The Joy of Stats. Not about DNA but enjoyable and worthwhile
DNA Basics
ISOGG: Testing Company Comparison Chart
ISOGG: Chart of shared percentages
Glossary of Genetic Terms
FTDNA Project Administration ISOGG Wiki Links
The advantages of Working with a One World Tree by Kitty Munson Cooper
How Many Ancestors do we Have?
Your Family: Past Present and Future by Tim Urban
Native Anerican DNA by TL DixonHow many Ancestors did I have 1000 years ago? by Kitty Munson Cooper
Getting Started in DNA Testing for Genealogy by CeCe Moore
What if you Die? by Roberta Estes
Genetic Genealogy Bloggers a Review by Judy G. Russell
Life After Death by Judy G. Russell on collecting samples of the recently departed
Clauder Family DNA by Adam Dunn includes screenshots of various products
What Else Can I Do With My DNA Test Results by Blaine Bettinger
Autosomal DNA, Ancient Ancestors, Ethnicity and the Dandelion by Roberta Estes
Genetic Genealogy and the Single Segment by Steve Mount
How Many Ancestors Do We Share? by Luke Jostins
The Testing of DNA holds a Bright Future by Robert Casey
Young African Genetic Testing by David Faux a how-to-guide for AIMs and small bits of admixture
VIDEOS
Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey the You Tube version Fascinating This full length documentary is available in parts on You Tube
National Geographic The Human Family Tree the You tube version—Truly inspirational! This full length documentary is available in parts on You Tube
Faces of America 4 part series from PBS first two available here or all on Netflix
Fascinating Interview with the Founder of FTDNA Explains lots of questions.
Presentation on DNA Analysis and Ancestry by Mike Mulligan Nov 2016 (good coverage of ancient YDNA and more recent use of atDNA especially in Ireland
GENERAL GENEALOGY
German surname distribution
Mapping Tool for US and Canada
Your Family: Past, Present and Future by Tim Urban
Types of Collateral Relationship
Grave Symbols. from Grave Addiction
What Does that Say (Handwriting deciphering)
ADVANCED
Y-STR haplotype reference database (YHRD)2-2011 Extracted by K. Wheaton
Y-STR Mutation rates
Older version Y-STR Allele Frequencies
Gene Linkage
McGees UtilitySuper sitefor advanced info
McGee Advanced MRCA Calculator
SPSMart AIMs
Wikipedia’s article on Y-STR Has a good Mutation Chart (More recent one below)
Interesting information on odds of a match
Autosomal DNA article of interest
Journal of Genetic Genealogy
International Society of Genetic Genealogy
ISOGG 2012 Haplogroup Tree and Information
Europedia’s Geographic Spread and Ethnic origins of European Haplogroups
Y-STR Standards
Converting % of Genome to cM Source: Tim Janzen from Rootsweb AUTOSOMAL-DNA mailing list, 12 Apr 2014.
“My extraction and interpretation from this: When using 23andMe data (autosomes + X-chr), divide the total cM by 74.4 for females (two X-chromosomes) and 72.6 for males (one X-chromosome) to get the percentage of the genome that two people share. In Build 37, per Family Inheritance: Advanced, there are 7438.6 cM when combining the autosomal DNA and the two X chromosomes in females and 7256.8 cM in males – and 7074.6 cM for just the autosomes.
When using Family Finder (FTDNA) data (autosomes + X-chr), divide the total cM by 71.6 for females (two X-chromosomes) and 69.6 for males (one X-chromosome) to get the percentage of the genome that two people share, or if just using the autosomes, divide by 67.7 (both sexes). There are 7158.06 cM when combining the autosomal DNA and the two X chromosomes in females and 6962.13 cM in males – and 6766.2 cM for just the autosomes.”
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