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2026

Was Michel Deville (1738–1793) Maltese?original ↗

2 Aug 2026

AncestryDNA Updates Their Relationship Predictions original ↗

24 Jul 2026

Interesting original ↗

24 Jun 2026

The Whole Shebang! NextGen Sequencing Comes to Genealogy original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Database Sizes—March 2026 original ↗

15 Mar 2026

Where in the World?original ↗

24 Feb 2026

Weaponizing DNA Against Women original ↗

18 Feb 2026

2025

Struggles with Smithville original ↗

30 Oct 2025

Revisiting the “Are Your Parents Related Tool” at GEDmatch original ↗

27 Aug 2025

The End of an Era: Uploads at MyHeritage original ↗

29 May 2025

How Are Our Databases Doing?original ↗

23 Apr 2025

23andMe Is Reorganizing. It’s Okay.original ↗

25 Mar 2025

BanyanDNA and the Habsburgs original ↗

8 Feb 2025

2024

Baby Garnet and Informed Consent Revisited original ↗

21 Dec 2024

FTDNA Joins the “So Sue Me” Party original ↗

3 Dec 2024

It Just Got Real original ↗

22 Nov 2024

Power-Up Your DNA Analyses original ↗

1 Jul 2024

Low Matches Lie original ↗

3 Jun 2024

Is Your Family Tree Biologically Correct?original ↗

30 Mar 2024

Share Your DNA Results at MyHeritage original ↗

22 Mar 2024

Gordon Revisited original ↗

28 Jan 2024

Thank You!original ↗

27 Jan 2024

2023

Introducing BanyanDNA!original ↗

10 Dec 2023

DNA Doesn’t Lie, but It Sometimes Speaks in Riddles original ↗

7 Nov 2023

Seventy Four Point Five original ↗

25 Oct 2023

The 23andMe Hack original ↗

17 Oct 2023

Jan and the Complex Pedigree Analysis original ↗

30 Sept 2023

Yaniv Was Right original ↗

12 Sept 2023

AncestryDNA Plus: A New DNA Subscription Tier original ↗

1 Sept 2023

Maude original ↗

26 Aug 2023

Fact Check: The Misunderstood Centimorgan original ↗

30 Jul 2023

Noble Cause, No Rules original ↗

27 Jun 2023

Fact Check: Do Half Relationships “Fade” Faster?original ↗

26 Jun 2023

Between Full and Half: Three-quarter Siblings original ↗

16 Jun 2023

The Award for Best Relationship Predictor Goes to …original ↗

9 Jun 2023

The Science Behind Relationship Predictors original ↗

27 May 2023

Rules? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Rules original ↗

20 May 2023

In Which Citizen Science Finds an Error, and the Error Is Fixed original ↗

2 May 2023

The Relationship Predictor Comparison: A First Peek original ↗

12 Apr 2023

Relationship Prediction Tools: Which Is Best?original ↗

15 Mar 2023

The DNA Justice Foundation original ↗

13 Mar 2023

Book Review: I Know Who You Are, by Barbara Rae-Venter original ↗

2 Mar 2023

Up Your DNA Game With New Courses in 2023 original ↗

7 Jan 2023

2022

Verogen Increases Costs for Law Enforcement — Again original ↗

17 Dec 2022

The Gilliland Mystery original ↗

10 Nov 2022

A Board of Certification for Investigative Genetic Genealogy Is Announced original ↗

19 Oct 2022

A New Coverage Estimator at DNA Painter original ↗

17 Oct 2022

AncestryDNA’s SideView Assigns Matches to Parent Sides original ↗

5 Oct 2022

More Bang for Your Buck: From AncestryDNA to MyHeritage original ↗

25 Sept 2022

AncestryDNA Updates Their Ethnicity Estimates original ↗

20 Aug 2022

DNA as Negative Evidence, Revisited original ↗

14 Aug 2022

Chromosome Painting at Ancestry original ↗

8 Aug 2022

Education: DNA Directions original ↗

6 May 2022

Spring Growth Is for Databases, Too!original ↗

29 Mar 2022

The Endogamy Files: Visualizing Endogamy in Your Tree original ↗

27 Mar 2022

War Babes original ↗

25 Mar 2022

The Future of Relationship Predictions original ↗

7 Mar 2022

The DNA Geek at RootsTech!original ↗

3 Mar 2022

Free DNA Tools at MyHeritage This Week!original ↗

2 Mar 2022

A World of DNA original ↗

22 Feb 2022

Conference Keeper: Your Go-To for Genealogy Education original ↗

13 Feb 2022

Education: So Many Choices!original ↗

6 Jan 2022

Looking Back, Looking Forward: 2022 original ↗

2 Jan 2022

2021

Education: Working With WATO (What Are the Odds?)original ↗

18 Dec 2021

You Can’t Get There From Here original ↗

16 Dec 2021

DNA Q&A: Ask Us Anything!original ↗

10 Dec 2021

Fool Me Once …original ↗

3 Dec 2021

Are You Experienced original ↗

28 Nov 2021

The Icing on the Cake original ↗

23 Nov 2021

Education: A Road Map for Y-DNA original ↗

20 Nov 2021

MyHeritage Now Has Colored Dots!original ↗

18 Nov 2021

DNA as Negative Evidence original ↗

14 Nov 2021

Ethnicity Schmethnicity original ↗

20 Sept 2021

Virtual Learning With The DNA Geek!original ↗

12 Sept 2021

The Small Segment Debate Is Over original ↗

6 Sept 2021

The Molehill and the Mountain original ↗

6 Aug 2021

Let’s Talk About Sex original ↗

1 Jul 2021

The Bitter End of Covid original ↗

13 Jun 2021

What’s in Your Toolbox? — DNA Painter’s cM Estimator original ↗

9 Jun 2021

Working with WATO: Centimorgan Adjustments original ↗

6 Jun 2021

It’s Time for Jamboree!original ↗

4 Jun 2021

AncestryDNA Surpasses 20 Million original ↗

27 May 2021

GEDmatch Has a Makeover! But It’s Purely Cosmetic original ↗

4 May 2021

The Future of FTDNA original ↗

6 Apr 2021

Quick Tip: Color Code Your Matches—Fast!original ↗

3 Apr 2021

Maryland Moves to Regulate Forensic Genealogy original ↗

28 Mar 2021

Double Cousins and DNA original ↗

15 Mar 2021

St Patrick’s Day Sale 2021 original ↗

6 Mar 2021

DNA Basics: DNA Is Not Just for Genealogy original ↗

2 Mar 2021

Contribute to the Endogamy Study original ↗

26 Feb 2021

Trust original ↗

11 Jan 2021

Can The Other Guys Say That?original ↗

7 Jan 2021

Optimism for 2021 original ↗

3 Jan 2021

2020

DNA Basics: Are You an Equal Mix of Mom and Dad?original ↗

8 Dec 2020

DNA Test Processing Times: The Ongoing Survey original ↗

28 Nov 2020

Black Friday for DNA!original ↗

27 Nov 2020

Ancestry Updates their Terms and Conditions, and I Have Questions original ↗

1 Oct 2020

Fighting Covid, DNA Style!original ↗

24 Jul 2020

Mystery Matches at GEDmatch original ↗

21 Jul 2020

Phishing Attempt at MyHeritage original ↗

21 Jul 2020