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Friday, April 20, 2018

Announcing Family Tree DNA's new Big Y-500 test

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Since its inception Family Tree DNA has been conducting Y-chromosome DNA tests. Originally these were STR tests, then Family Tree DNA began...

STRs now included in Big Y500 test!

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In my previous post, The amazing power of Y-DNA , I stated the following: In November 2017, Family Tree DNA announced that in 2018 they...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The amazing power of Y-DNA

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The amazing power of Y-DNA can help you break through brick walls in many of your ancestral lines. For example, when there are several men...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

How to use GEDmatch - Part 2

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How to use GEDmatch - Part 2:  Comparing two family trees, linking ancestors,  and  finding common DNA segments Before reading this...
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Linda Jonas

Linda Thompson Jonas. DNA Consultant, Family Historian, and Guided Autobiography Facilitator: helping people to leave a lasting legacy for future generations.

  I have been conducting full-time genealogical research for more than 30 years. I am the former president of the British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A. and co-author with Paul Milner of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors (Betterway Books, 2000) and A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors (Betterway Books, 2002). 
   I specialize in using DNA to identify familial relationships. I have been a consultant to GeneTree, Regional Coordinator for the International Society of Genetic Genealogy [ISOGG], administrator of the first mtDNA Haplogroup Project, co-administrator of the British Isles DNA Project, and administrator of several DNA surname projects. Using Y-DNA, mtDNA, and autosomal DNA, and my 30+ year experience in international genealogy (reading genealogical records in multiple languages), I am uniquely qualified to use DNA with traditional genealogy to find verify current relationships and well as to verify and extend pedigrees.
     I have been the Director of the McLean [Virginia] Family History Center and past President of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society.

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