Today I received an email from MyHeritageDNA reporting that a test kit for a relative is being processed. Here is the text of the email (I have blocked the test subject’s name for privacy). Hi Wallace, __________’s DNA sample is currently being processed in our CLIA-certified DNA lab. Status: DNA extraction in progress We wanted
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What Happens with DNA Test at MyHeritageDNA Explained
Concise explanations are good! MyHeritageDNA just sent me an email explaining what happens to a DNA sample in their lab. It is short and easy to understand, so I thought I would post it here: A sneak peek into the MyHeritage DNA lab Feb 3 (1 day ago) Hi Wallace, The DNA sample of [name of
Read on »My 2017 Year-End Letter to Relatives and Friends
December 2017 Greetings from Brecksville, This is the toughest year-end letter I have ever written. My trusted proofreader is not available to give her stamp of approval. It has been seven months since MJ passed away after a lengthy period of declining health. Fortunately, she was able to spend her last days at our home
Read on »Great Video on DNA from Ancestry.com
Today, I invested 26 minutes in watching a video presentation by Crista Cowan from Ancestry.com on using DNA to hunt for family connections. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loR7dN1Qm9g&t=6s The title of the video, which was published two weeks ago, is “AncestryDNA: You Won’t Match Everyone You Are Related To“. The title caught my eye because
Read on »Dick Eastman Offers Price Reductions on MyHeritage.com and MyHeritageDNA
Bright and early this morning, Dick Eastman sent out an email with two amazing offers involving MyHeritage.com and MyHeritageDNA. He did not post this to his Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter blog. To find out how you can order a reduced price for a subscription to MyHeritage.com and to test your DNA with MyHeritageDNA, go here.
Read on »AP Report Previews Tonight’s Finding Your Roots Episode
Yesterday (02 Oct) Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer, previewed a bit of tonight’s premiere of Finding Your Roots on PBS. She wrote: If there’s a bigger cheerleader for genealogy research than Henry Louis Gates Jr. it’s unlikely they’re nearly as well-connected. The prominent Harvard professor once again lures the famous and celebrated to PBS’ “Finding
Read on »I’m Looking Forward to Finding Your Roots beginning Oct 3
It’s time once again to watch the television series “Finding Your Roots.” The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series featuring Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as host premieres on Tuesday, October 3 at 8/7c. Once again, Prof. Gates will present genealogical research results for celebrities. In the past, he has highlighted interesting stories and the guests are
Read on »Advice to White Supremacists: You Might Not Want to Test Your DNA
Last week (Aug 17, 2017) Dick Eastman posted an article with the title above on his blog, “Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.” We are reprinting it here with permission: UPDATE: This news story is mushrooming. The original news article listed in the article below was knocked offline for a while, probably because thousands of people were accessing
Read on »User Report: MyHeritage.com
For almost a year now, I have been tapping into the resources of the genealogical database provider known as MyHeritage.com. I started out by creating a free website, then I downloaded its free computer family tree database program Family Tree Builder. Intrigued by what I found, I next opened a subscription that provided access to
Read on »My Results from MyHeritageDNA
Just checked the MyHeritageDNA website and learned that my DNA test results are available. This makes the third DNA test that I have taken; the other two being AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA. According to MyHeritageDNA, I am 56.9% Finnish, 30.2% North and West European, and 12.7% South Europe (7.1% Iberian and 5.6% Sardinian). This compares with
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