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All About the Ancestry 2025 Update
Are you an Ancestry DNA customer who tested their DNA before fall of 2025? If so, your DNA results may have gone through a major update, and you can learn all about it in this article. For the better part of a decade, Ancestry has released a big fall ethnicity estimate or ancestral regions results.…
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What's New With the 23andMe 2025 Update?
Have you tested your DNA with 23andMe? In this post, you will learn everything you need to know about the biggest 23andMe update so far. I always get excited when there is a DNA results update on 23andMe because it means that DNA results will become more accurate and I might even learn something new…
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What To Do While Waiting For Your DNA Results
Are you wondering what you should do while you are waiting for your DNA results to be ready? In this post, find a helpful list of things you can do while you wait - and they will also help you get the most from your DNA results once you get them. You took the big…
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How Have Ancestry DNA Results Changed Over Time?
If you are one of the many millions of people who have tested their DNA with Ancestry, you might have seen your results change over the years. In this post, learn about the big changes through examples. Ethnicity or ancestry estimates are usually the main reason that people take a DNA test. They are hoping…
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What is an Ancestor?
Have you been wondering about your ancestors? In this post, learn what an ancestor actually is, which relatives are not your ancestors, and much more. Most of our life is spent thinking about and taking care of our descendants, especially our children and grandchildren. If we are lucky, we get to know some of our…
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DNA Matches
DNA matches are your genetic relatives, and you can see them on the DNA results that you received from your testing company.
Family Tree Research
Are you learning about your family tree? Find the steps you need to take to build a family tree, you will find helpful posts here!
How to Use Ancestry
One of the most popular places to build a family tree is Ancestry.com.
DNA Testing
Testing your DNA is an interesting and effective tool for learning where your ancestors lived and building your family tree. I
Searching for Biological Family
One of the most popular reasons to research one's ancestry or do a DNA test is to locate biological family.
Gedmatch
Gedmatch, free and accessible to anyone who has tested their DNA, is one of the most popular sites for DNA analysis.
Genetic Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy is the use of DNA results and data in tandem with traditional genealogical research to build a family tree and verify ancestry.
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