by Jennifer Zinck | 19 June 2014 | DNA, Education, Forensic Genealogy, General, Genetic Genealogy
Most who know me know that I thrive on learning new things. I finished my MBA with a concentration in Project Management in 2006 and took a few years off before completing the Boston University Genealogical Certificate Program in December 2012 and ProGen Study Group...
by Jennifer Zinck | 18 June 2014 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
The Engineering team at Family Tree DNA has been busy preparing some new settings and features for us. Over the past week or two, there had been some question among admins about pricing on the Y-DNA25 test. It has been adjusted to put it inline with other tests. A SNP...
by Jennifer Zinck | 11 November 2013 | General
*Note: It’s very late but I had a flight tonight and I wanted to get the information out. With little sleep, I am sure there are countless errors. I’ll fix it up tomorrow. I figured everyone would rather have the information quickly rather than...
by Jennifer Zinck | 31 October 2013 | General
What caused the deaths of my ancestors? Certainly not werewolves or vampires or zombies. Judy Russell spread the word that Nathan W. Murphy of Family Search is to blame for this cadaverous compendium. Not to be a spoil sport, I’ll play along. Let’s just...
by Jennifer Zinck | 24 April 2013 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
I have already taken an autosomal DNA test. Should I test my parent(s)? The answer is YES! Absolutely! Because of the random way in which autosomal DNA is inherited, each child only receives a portion of each parent’s DNA. The child is made up of 50% from the...
