I completely forgot about looking at the percentage ranges when I wrote my last post about the new AncestryDNA ethnicity update. They are important because they emphasize how approximate the percentages remain, even if the updated profile…
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Talk about good timing.
I just mentioned in a recent post that DNA ethnicity percentages are rough estimates and should be used with caution.((Steven Nelson Jonnes, "Understanding DNA Testing," Jonnes Genealogy Blog, 25 August 2018 (https://www.jonnesgenealogy.com/understanding-dna-testing/),…
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There are 4 types of DNA for which you can receive test results: Autosomal, Y-DNA, X-DNA, and mtDNA.
To better understand the differences, it may be useful to visualize these different DNA tests and how they apply to genealogical research…
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It's always cool when you discover a place named after one of your ancestors. Manhattan has Vermilyea Ave. and Ross County, Ohio has Jones Road, for example.
So, here's a new one: Houghton Hill in Homer, New York. Homer is 30 miles due…
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An amazing find was just published last week in Nature magazine. Based on the DNA in a small hominin bone from about 90,000 years ago, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology were stunned to discover that it came…
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Genetic genealogy is booming! DNA testing companies like Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), AncestryDNA, MyHeritage DNA, and 23andMe, among others, are growing rapidly as more and more people are spitting into test tubes and getting their DNA examined…
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In addition to being obsessed with genealogy, I have an abiding interest in human prehistory and the anthropological development of Homo sapiens, both biological and cultural, and especially with what DNA research and human paleontology are…
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Building on the efforts of my parents and others in the family, I have been actively working on ancestry for nearly 8 years now. The 5-generation pedigree chart shown here is the culmination of that work - or at least we can say that it displays…
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On our recent trip to northern Minnesota, we stopped in the Cass County Courthouse in Walker, Minnesota and obtained a copy of Fred A. King’s probate file. Fred is my 2nd great-grandfather (2GG). This was an overdue discovery, given…
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Our road trip this summer to the Red River Valley in northwestern Minnesota was a tremendous success. We added 3 Norwegian ancestors to our family tree!
Background: Our Bonn ancestry is based upon a connection to the village of Bøn,…
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Ethnicity Estimates Revisited
My Ethnicity Estimate Just Changed!
Applying DNA Tests to Family Trees
Climbing Houghton Hill
Neanderthal – Denisovan Hybrid Discovered
Understanding DNA Testing
Are Humans Responsible for Megafauna Extinctions?
Introducing My Family Tree
Probate Discovery: Fred A. King (1857-1920)
Road Trip to Red River Valley II