By Jamie Drake Well, the results are in. You may be surprised, shocked, or even just bored with your ethnicity report. Now what do you do? How do you do it without hiring an expert and spending a small fortune? There are a lot of really great resources on the internet to start with. Put…
By Jamie Drake If you are reading this I am sure you have probably read a few articles about genealogy and genetic inheritance, so I’m not going to to bore you with the same speech about how that works. Instead, I want to present a context for you to consider when looking at your ethnicity…
By: Sharon Hall A DNA Eureka! Moment This story began with a request to correct a spelling error in an article I’d written about a 1913 coal mine explosion in Dawson, New Mexico. To Doug Simpleman the error was especially important to see corrected. The misspelled name belonged to his great grandfather Roy Simpleman. …
By Laura Pinhey Over the past few months, this blog has addressed the fact that sometimes in family history research, sensitive issues crop up. For example, some of us may discover that we have ancestors who were convicted of crimes and sent to prison. We stumble upon death records that indicate suicide when we’d always…
By Ericka Grizzard In recent years the use of genetic or DNA testing has become more prevalent as a resource in genealogy research, but often when I speak with other people about their experiences with DNA testing they seem disappointed in the lack of connections it provided or don’t know how to interpret the results.…
By Ericka Guzzard Several months ago I wrote a blog entitled DNA in Genealogy: How does this help me? to explain some of the basics of genetic testing and the different types of tests available for genealogy, and much of the feedback to that blog asked questions about which companies would be reputable and reliable…
By Jamie Drake What do you know about DNA Testing for family history, personal curiosity, and genetic genealogy? Have you done it already? Maybe you’re just thinking about it, that’s ok too. There’s some important stuff you need to know about what to expect and what might happen when you get your results. #1. –…