by Jennifer Zinck | 02 August 2016 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
Ancestry has rolled out a trial tool to approximately 10% of its customers. I know this makes the other 90% of us impatient but let’s hope that good things come to those who wait. This tool seems to be worth waiting for. The aim is to integrate DNA features into...
by Jennifer Zinck | 07 July 2016 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
Circles vs. triangulation has been a hot topic for the past couple of days so I thought I’d throw in my two cents. I rarely use a chromosome browser to solve adoption cases. However, there are definite occasions when a hypothesis needs further investigation and...
by Jennifer Zinck | 21 April 2016 | DNA, Genetic Genealogy
DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953. To learn more about it, check out the National Human Genome Institute’s website. Each year to celebrate DNA Day, the testing...
by Jennifer Zinck | 27 March 2016 | Cousins, General, Holidays, Photographs
As the first grandchild, I was the lucky recipient of Harvey, the bunny that my grandfather won at Wolfe’s Bakery, one of the yummiest places of my childhood. In this picture, it seems as though I was more interested in the candy or whatever else was going on in...
by Jennifer Zinck | 26 March 2016 | DNA, Vital Records
A while back there was a discussion about building compact pedigree charts in Microsoft Excel. These allow us to quickly have an overview for comparison, especially with DNA matches. I took mine a step further and added locations, as well as the statistically expected...
