Your Genetic Genealogist

**THIS BLOG IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. CECE WILL BE BLOGGING FROM WWW.CECEMOORE.COM** Don't miss the ABC series premiere of "The Genetic Detective" May 26th at 10pm ET/PT and 9pm CT/MT ...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2018/04/the-genetic-detective-series-premiere.html

FINDING YOUR ROOTS I hope you have been enjoying Season Four of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  The next episode airing on Tuesday, November 21st will feature actress Tea Leon...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2017/11/dont-miss-me-on-finding-your-roots.html

I was previously aware that there are some issues with the more distant matches on MyHeritage DNA , so I have been advising caution about using those in genealogical research, but was more confid...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2017/11/discrepancies-with-amount-of-shared-dna.html

For years we have been advising DNA testers, specifically those searching for birth family and attempting to solve family mysteries, to test at all three of the major DNA testing companies, in o...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2017/04/the-fourth-pond-myheritage-dna.html

I mailed in my complimentary Living DNA kit at the end of October. The test is performed using the Illumina Global Screening Array Chip . I took some photos of the kit, so testers will know...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2017/02/the-new-living-dna-test-review-of-my.html

MyHeritage is announcing a new DNA testing service today, MyHeritage DNA . MyHeritage DNA results will include ethnicity reports and a DNA matching service for $79 + shipping (intro price)....

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2016/11/myheritage-launches-dna-testing-service.html

I4GG SPEAKERS 2016 Please join us for a premiere Genetic Genealogy event, held in San Diego next month. The DNA Detectives brings back the Institute for Genetic Genealogy Conference (I4GG)...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2016/09/institute-for-genetic-genealogy.html

Click here to order.  23andMe  has just released a new option for customers in the U.S., offering the ancestry features of the test for only $99. This means that the health results will n...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2016/09/23andme-offers-new-ancestry-only.html

Tomorrow, Friday May 6th on ABC, 20/20 will cover a story that I have been working on for the last few months.  Unbelievably, three babies were found abandoned within a five mile radius of each...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2016/05/dont-miss-your-genetic-genealogist-on.html

Tonight on "Finding Your Roots" the power of genetic genealogy will be showcased through LL Cool J's discovery that his mother was adopted and the search for her biological family.  When I first...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2016/02/dont-miss-incredible-story-dna.html

Don't miss out, Season Three of "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." premieres tonight on PBS (check your local listings) and will run every Tuesday night for ten weeks. The first epi...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2016/01/finding-your-roots-season-three.html

I became aware today of a trademark case recently filed by Ancestry.com vs. DNA Diagnostics Center . Although DDC 's "AncestryByDNA " test has been around in one form or another for many years ...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2015/11/ancestrycom-files-trademark-case.html

DNA.Land was launched today by scientists from the New York Genome Center and Columbia University. I was asked to advise on this project several months ago and have been excitedly anticipatin...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2015/10/dnaland-launches.html

The following is a guest post by Alice Plebuch demonstrating the potential of DNA testing. When Alice first contacted me about two and a half years ago with the beginning of this incredible tale...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2015/02/switched-at-birth-unravelling-century_27.html

Responsible genealogists adhere to high standards of proof in their research, in the evidence that they present and in the conclusions they reach. I strongly believe that genetic genealogists sho...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/12/the-folly-of-using-small-segments-as.html

This upcoming Tuesday is the last episode of season two of "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr."  Fortunately, for all of us genetic genealogy enthusiasts, the theme for this episode ...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/11/dont-miss-special-dna-themed-episode-of.html

Credits from Season Two of "Finding Your Roots" I haven't been blogging a lot lately due to my heavy workload, but I wanted to let my readers know that I am in the middle of writing a series...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/10/dont-miss-my-article-series-published.html

The videos are now available from the Institute for Genetic Genealogy's 2014 International Genetic Genealogy Conference held last month in Washington D.C. The links have been emailed to all...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/09/videos-from-i4gg-conference-are-now.html

My partner in the DNA Detectives, Angie Bush, and I are often asked about educational opportunities for those wanting to understand how to use DNA in their genealogical research, including h...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/09/upcoming-genetic-genealogy-educational.html

The following is a guest post by Angie Bush , my partner in The DNA Detectives: Today, I received in my email inbox a questionnaire from Ancestry.com asking about my thoughts in using my famil...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/08/ancestrycom-sends-out-health-survey-to.html

A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT THE UPCOMING I4GG.ORG CONFERENCE  (A NOT-FOR-PROFIT EVENT). This is truly a unique opportunity to personally meet with - and learn from - some of the world's leadin...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/08/countdown-to-i4gg-international-genetic.html

Ancestry.com announced today that they are officially retiring five of their sites and/or products as of September 5, 2014. These include Mundia , Genealogy.com , MyCanvas , MyFamily and, of s...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/06/ancestrycom-officially-retires-y-dna.html

I'm sorry that I haven't had time to blog much lately, but I wanted to share a few of my activities with readers of YGG, so you will know that I have not deserted you. I am presently working as a...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/05/your-genetic-genealogists-schedule.html

My colleague and friend, Angie Bush, is attending the National Genealogical Society's conference in Richmond, Virginia this week. She has kindly agreed to fill my readers in on any interesting D...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/05/ancestrydna-at-national-genealogical.html

mtDNA tests are exclusively informative of direct maternal lines (image credit: www.FTDNA.com) I just received an email from Family Tree DNA announcing a sale on their mtDNA Full Sequence te...

http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/03/family-tree-dna-announces-their-march.html