Maybe you have heard of genealogy, but you aren’t quite sure what it is. In this article, learn the definition of genealogy, find examples, and learn how it works.
Do you need help figuring out how Parent 1 and Parent 2 on Ancestry corresponds to your maternal and paternal sides of the family? In this post, find a few easy methods that can help you accomplish this.
Did you get the Egypt DNA region on your Ancestry results? In this post, learn more about this DNA region, and how to trace your Egyptian ancestors. Egyptian immigrants to the United States and Canada have had an outsized contribution to their local economies and are typically very highly educated. In fact, these individuals are …
Did you know that you can upload a family tree from your computer to Ancestry? In this post, learn what you’ll need to get started, and exactly how to do it. There are many places to build family trees, both online and in the form of software that you can have on your computer. If …
Have you ever wanted to see a map of where all of the people in your Ancestry tree? In this post, learn how you can see where important events in your ancestors’ lives occurred on an interactive map.
Do you want to learn more about your Irish ancestors? In this post, find out how to find which of your ancestors were Irish, how to learn about their lives in Ireland – and more. Since the year 1800, about ten million people have left the island of Ireland, including both the country of Ireland …
Do you have DNA results from more than one company? You have likely noticed that they are different, and in this post you will learn why.
Have you ever heard of a GEDCOM? In this post, find out exactly what this is, how they work, how to get one, and more. The first time I heard about a GEDCOM, it sounded pretty high-tech. However, GEDCOMs have been around for a long time – since the early 1980s, in fact. However, not …
Have you ever thought about whether your messages on Ancestry are private? In this post, find out to make sure your communications on Ancestry are private, and more. Ancestry has a really great messaging system that you can access by clicking on the envelope or dialog box at the very top of your Ancestry account. …
If you look at your Ancestry DNA match list, you probably see some matches are labeled “Unassigned”. In this post, find out exactly what this means.
The idea that every human is related to every other human is easy enough to understand, in theory. But it leads to the question: how many generations back are we all related?