Autosomal DNA Tests

Have you done a DNA test with or uploaded to My Heritage? In this post, I’ll teach you how to filter and sort your My Heritage to learn the most!

There is a way to determine which ethnicity regions you inherited from your grandparents or even great-great grandparents. I’ll teach you how to do it.

Did you get 1% of an unexpected region in your DNA results? Maybe your ethnicity estimate shows 1% Irish, 1% European Jewish, 1% Bantu, or 1% North African DNA. You might be tempted to brush off these “trace” amounts of DNA from a particular region as statistical noise, but should you? In this post, I …

Were you surprised about Germanic Europe DNA in your results? Learn about this DNA region, including whether German is the same as Germanic, and more!

Along with an updated DNA match list, Ancestry DNA now features ThruLines. ThruLines is a tool to learn more about your family tree from your DNA matches.

I want to make sure that you are getting the most from your 23andMe results. Learn all you can do with your results so you can use 23andMe like an expert.

You’ve heard someone say that DNA matches can be helpful for family tree research. What if you already have a big tree? Can DNA matches still be helpful?

If you have just gotten your 23andMe DNA results back and you are trying to figure out how to understand your results, you have come to the right place. In this post, I will explain each aspect of your 23andMe ancestry results in order to help you get the most from your DNA test. 23andMe …

Did you get the France DNA ethnicity on Ancestry? If you live in the U.S., you can count yourself as one of the more than 10.4 million Americans who have known French ancestry. In this post, I’ll explain more about this DNA ethnicity, including: Where the France DNA ethnicity is located How France got its …

Have you ever wondered if there is some way to know whether your family tree is accurate? Perhaps you’ve heard that DNA testing can help you determine whether what you know about your family history is true. As it turns out, taking a DNA test is an excellent way to verify the accuracy of your …