Posts from: December 2017

Did you get Scandinavia DNA ethnicity in your results? Learn how you inherited Scandinavian DNA, which countries your ancestors came from, and more!

In this post, you will learn what is a 3/4 sibling, how much DNA 3/4 siblings typically share, and how to know if you have a three quarter sibling.

MRCA is of the most common notations used in genealogy. In this post, learn what these letters stand for in the definition of MRCA. If you’ve been doing this whole family tree research thing for a while, you might have seen the letters “MRCA”.  It’s especially common to see this in the genetic genealogy sphere …

Are you looking at your DNA match list and trying to figure out if one of your matches could be a first cousin to you?  Did your first cousin do a DNA test, and now you want to know if you share the right amount of DNA based on your relationship?  In this post you …

Do you want to know how to download your DNA file from Ancestry? It’s easy to do, and in this post, you’ll find the steps for how to do it.

If you got your Ancestry DNA results back, and they show you something that you weren’t expecting to see, you might have some lots of questions about the test. For example, you might want to know : Is it possible that my Ancestry DNA results are wrong? How accurate is the Ancestry DNA test? How …

If you have downloaded the We’re Related app from Ancestry to your phone, you’ve probably gotten some notifications about how you are possibly related to some famous individuals.  Is the We’re Related App accurate?  How do they come up with these suggestions? In this post, you will learn: How to tell if the famous person …

For many of us, the holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our lives, families, histories, and traditions.  If you didn’t grow up Jewish, but you know that you have Jewish ancestry, or you think you might, you might be interested in exploring your family history and learning more about your Jewish roots. …

Here, you will learn what a mirror tree is, the basics of how to make a mirror tree on Ancestry, and what it can do for you in your search for family.

If you share your tree with someone, will they be able to see everything that you have added to your tree, even if they don’t have a subscription? Find out!