Category Archives: DNA

Ethnicity Explained

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Mic Barnette

Roberta Estes in her DNA-Explained blog today reviewed the Ethnicity reports for Family Tree DNA, Ancestry, 23 and Me and Gedmatch, basically, all the genetic genealogy testing companies. Using her own results she described each test and explained the differences … Continue reading →

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Finding Your X-Chromosome Matches

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Mic Barnette

Finding Your X-Chromosome Matches Family Tree DNA recently added a new tool to the Family Finder results page, X-Chromosome matches. Using this tool one can view their X-chromosome matches by going to their Personal Page, click on “Advanced Matches”, “X-Matches”, … Continue reading →

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FTDNA Adds Population Finder

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Mic Barnette

Great News!   Family Tree DNA recently announced they anticipate releasing a new Population Finder  tool to everyone’s Family Finder results. The Population Finder will show the Population Finder results to each match matching you so you can compare your … Continue reading →

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Message to Project Members

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Mic Barnette

  Hi Everyone:   You should have received a message from FTDNA about their March sale for Mt-DNA testing. This sale goes through Tuesday April 1st 2014 at 11:59 pm CDT.   Testing has advanced over the years I have … Continue reading →

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FTDNA Project Statistics

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Mic Barnette

  Each year FTDNA sponsors an informative workshop for those of us who administer various surname and geographical projects. One of the things we have asked FTDNA for and recently got was a page on the administrator console listing statistics … Continue reading →

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DNA Test Sale

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Mic Barnette

I know many readers are either into DNA testing or thinking about it.  Either way, I highly urge everyone to participate. DNA is a tool that can verify your research is on the right track. Family Tree DNA has announced … Continue reading →

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Newsletter Answers DNA Questions

Posted on June 7, 2003 by Mic Barnette

NEWSLETTER ANSWERS DNA QUESTIONS (Please be aware this post was written in 2003 and published at that time in the Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas) newspaper. Some of the news in this post, therefore,  may not be current. Current and future … Continue reading →

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DNA-The New Way To Trace Family Lines

Posted on April 12, 2003 by Mic Barnette

DNA-THE NEW WAY TO TRACE FAMILY LINES (Please be aware this post was written in 2003 and published at that time in the Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas) newspaper. Some of the news in this post, therefore,  may not be current. … Continue reading →

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