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Dear Reader,
I hope that you are doing well this Sunday. It's cold and rainy here - a perfect day to stay inside and work on family trees, DNA matches, and learning about our DNA results.
For this week's newsletter, I decided to highlight two new posts from the blog. I've been encouraging everyone to upload their DNA to Gedmatch Genesis to be able to use the analysis tools on the site and to find new DNA matches. But how are those matches related?
Since almost all of us will likely get new DNA matches this month and next due to all of the holiday DNA tests that have been submitted, I thought that an article about how to handle unexpected DNA matches might be useful:
Have you tried out Genesis Gedmatch? One of the most popular tools on the site is the One-to-Many Comparison where you receive a long list of DNA matches. Who are these people and what is your connection to them? In this post, I’ll give you some different strategies to help you determine how you and your Gedmatch Genesis DNA matches are related.
If you check your DNA matches and you find someone unexpected, what should you do? Should you contact them? Should you hide? Should you tell your family members? In this post, I’ll give you some suggestions as to the first things that you should do if you get a surprise DNA match.
Are you wondering what to expect over the next few months in the DNA world? Curious about the updates or changes that DNA testing companies and other sites have rolled out recently? In this post, you’ll learn about the most important DNA news and updates for January 2019.
If you wonder if the 23andMe Ancestry Composition results are accurate, you have come to the right place. The Ancestry Composition report is one of the most popular aspects of 23andMe results, and with good reason. Who doesn’t love the idea of being able to find out where their ancestors were born by doing a simple saliva DNA test?
Are you wondering if 23andMe has a chromosome browser? Do you want to learn how to use it? If you are curious about how you can get more from your 23andMe results and compare your DNA with your matches at a chromosome level, you have come to the right place!
