Thanks for the mtDNA
A gift from Mom… Raised by the women who are stronger than you know A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth. — Mary Chapin...Vive la difference!
Not sharing all the same DNA A reader of The Legal Genealogist was a bit confused on finding an unexpected DNA result. No, not that kind of unexpected result. The kind of unexpected result that just needs a bit of explaining. Because it’s the kind of unexpected...The dos and don’ts of DNA
Which services do and don’t allow police access So the multi-day multi-session multi-national megaconference RootsTech drew to a close yesterday afternoon (US eastern time), leaving many of us panting with the sprint to the finish. The Legal Genealogist was...Bearing with the DNA news
DNA doesn’t lie There is so much bad news that’s bearing down on everyone these days. So, here on DNA Sunday, The Legal Genealogist insists that you bear down for just a few seconds to absorb what is perhaps a little different take on the news. Because...Opposite … and not equal
The privacy fight rages on Laws proposed on opposite sides of the country take opposite approaches to law enforcement access to genealogical DNA testing databases. The different proposals point out how genealogical consumers — and even genealogical testing...Why they’re only clues
… and not carved in stone So in The Legal Genealogist’s abundant spare time this weekend (koff koff), the focus has been on Dorothy (Wiseman) Baker. There are three reasons for this: • First, she was born exactly 257 years ago yesterday, on 5 February...How far we’ve come
In not quite 12 years It’s hard to believe, sometimes, how short a time it’s been that the genealogical community — The Legal Genealogist included — has had autosomal DNA in our genealogical bag of tricks. It’s such a mainstay of our...An adage for DNA too
Think basics, not exotics The Legal Genealogist emphasized this basic concept for every-day genealogical research in a post last year. It’s one of the most basic tenets of medicine. When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. Often ascribed to Dr. Theodore...A DNA whyne
No, that’s not exactly misspelled… So last week The Legal Genealogist set DNA research goals for 2022: to identify the four closest yet-unidentified autosomal DNA matches, one at each of the four major testing companies. Clocking in at 125 centiMorgans...Subscribe by Email
