By Betty Hagberg. I’m so glad I asked my maternal uncles and aunt to test. Don’t wait. I received my uncle’s DNA test results the same day his obituary appeared in the newspaper. What can you learn from older generations that you can’t find in your own DNA? I decided […]
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By Betty Hagberg. The Holidays are coming up and all the DNA companies are having sales. Now is the time to consider purchasing a DNA test as a gift for someone whose results would add to your understanding of your genetic heritage. Then, what do you need to do to […]
By Betty Hagberg. Recent research suggests that it is very likely that everyone having a family tree going back to 3rd great grandparents has at least one case of misattributed parentage in their tree. A misattributed parent happens when a presumed parent is not the biological parent of an individual […]
By Betty Hagberg. AncestryDNA now has 23 million tested people in their database! Although Ancestry’s DNA testers are currently predominantly from the United States, the recent expansion of countries where kits are sold may increase the number of international testers moving forward. Ancestry still has more testers in their database […]
By Betty Hagberg. When using DNA in genealogy, it is particularly important to understand the exact genetic relationship you have with your relatives. Cousins ‘First cousins’ share a set of grandparents. The children of ‘first cousins’ share a set of great grandparents and are ‘second cousins’. First cousins share grandparents. […]