Last Class: DNA and Genealogy

Overview

There is an online introduction that is very good at providing the basics of DNA:  

https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/dna-basics.  Then I will give another "basics" presentation that will emphasize a few points in this first presentation:  My Presentation.

We will continue on with the following.  I am not going to go over the presentation tutorial and other links.  They are there for you access after class.  I will do the demos, hoping you catch the high points of site.  

Review Three Sites

    Ancestry.com DNA 

        Here is a good presentation tutorial:  I will be giving a demo by going to https://dna.ancestry.com 

    23andMe DNA

        Here is a good presentation tutorial.  I will give a demo by going to the website

    FamilyTreeDNA

        Here is a good presentation tutorial.  I will run through a demo. 

Aggregation sites

    These sites are used to compare and analyze DNA from other sites, such as the two above.

    My Heritage

        A general tutorial:  https://whoareyoumadeof.com/blog/dna-matches-on-my-heritage-tutorial/.  I won't have time to do a tutorial.

    GEDMatch

    We will run through a my own brief tutorial. Here is the "official" intro tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id7JJ1NoTNk.  A more extensive tutorial can be found here. https://nebula.org/blog/gedmatch-tutorial/  For many YouTube videos, go here.  Subscribe to Andrew Lee's channel for all the tutorials.

Legal Issues

You should be aware of legal issues associated with DNA  websites:  https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2022/03/06/the-dos-and-donts-of-dna/