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MyHeritage A New Place for DNA, etc

I have tested with FTDNA, Anestry and 23 and Me. Several years ago 23 and me decided they would outsource their trees with MyHeritage. So, I uploaded a tree there via GEDCOM. My tree apparently was more than the “Free Tree” allowed and I never could figure out how to …

Brick Wall Broken By Shared DNA Part 2

  Please Note: This is Part 2 of a Two Part Post You can Read Part 1 Here: Brick Wall Broken By Shared DNA-Part 1 http://micsxchromosome.micbarnette.com/brick-wall-broken-shared-dna-success-story-part-1/     While conducting one of my online searches I came across a message on Genealogy.com. John Arnold, a descendant of Willis Arnold, son …

Shared Chromosomes and Triangulation Part 1

The purpose of the following series, “Shared Chromosomes”, is to discuss and demonstrate how using shared matches between multiple family members can be useful in discovering on which side of one’s family, paternal or maternal, a common match resides. Once identified matches can be compared on the Chromosome Browser and …

Shared Chromosomes -Part 2 The Family

In this part of the series I will show how a family of DNA testers can collectively give guidance as to which side of the family a match emanates.   A friend and member of one of the projects I administer was kind enough to allow me to use his …