Genetic Genealogy Links

23andMe is a direct-to-consumer DNA testing company that provides an autosomal DNA test to provide information about a person’s genetic ancestry and certain health-related traits. Customers receive online reports showing ancestral origins, potential relatives who have also tested, and selected genetic health insights based on their DNA.

African Ancestry is the world leader in tracing maternal and paternal lineages of African descent. With a database of over 30,000 indigenous African DNA samples, African Ancestry accurately determines specific countries and specific ethnic groups of origin .

AfroRoots® will enable anyone who is interested in discovering their African roots to do so with a precision that no service in the market has ever provided.

AncestryDNA® is a consumer DNA testing company that uses an autosomal test to estimate a person’s ethnic origins and identify genetic relatives in the Ancestry database. Results are integrated with family trees and historical records on Ancestry, helping users discover and document their family history.

FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) offers analysis of autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and mitochondrial DNA to individuals for genealogical purposes.

Living DNA is a DNA testing company which offers an ancestry and wellbeing test. The ancestry test provides a biogeographical ancestry analysis with Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroup reports combined with autosomal DNA relative matching. A wellbeing test offers reports on nutrition and fitness.

MyHeritage is an online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services. Users of the platform can create family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search billions of global historical records, among other features. The company is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Lehi, Utah, and Burbank, California.

This tool predicts how you might be related to a DNA Match, based on the amount of DNA you share with the match, and self-reported ages (if available).

The relationship prediction tools at this site take into account differences between maternal and paternal relationships and show that close genealogical relationships considered to be in the same group are sometimes quite different. Another advantage of this tool is that it works for percentages at 23andMe and for cM values in the range of full-siblings at 23andMe. This tool is the go-to predictor for close family surprises.

The Shared cM Project (ScP) is a collaborative data collection and analysis project created to understand the ranges of shared cM associated with various known relationships. The ScP has been very successful, with more than 60,000 submissions from amazing genealogists like YOU!

This group is for users of the DNA Painter website at dnapainter.com. DNA Painter is a site with online tools for chromosome mapping and relationship prediction based on shared cM.

The FTDNA - BiGY Facebook Group was started for Genetic Genealogists who want to know more about the use of Y-DNA and how it can be used to trace the male lines of a family.

Katherine Willson's remarkable 436-page PDF file containing 16,700+ links (updated in January 2021) to genealogy & history Facebook groups/pages (in English).

This group is intended for users of Genetic Affairs, to ask questions and help each other out.

Blaine Bettinger's group to discuss topics in DNA ranging from beginner to advanced.

Debbie Kennett's blog on the day-to-day activities of the Cruwys/Cruse one-name study with occasional diversions into other topics of interest such as DNA testing and personal genomics.

Lara Diamond's website, focused on Jewish genealogy, with frequent DNA-related articles.

A Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer with a law degree, These are articles specifically focused on DNA.

Diahan Southard is Your DNA Guide. She has been in the genetic genealogy industry since it has been an industry. Her creative side helps her break the science up into delicious bite-sized pieces. She's the author of Your DNA Guide - The Book.

Roberta Estes has been a professional scientist and business owner for 25+ years, an obsessed genealogist since 1978. In 2005 she formed DNAeXplain, providing individual analysis of DNA results and genealogical assistance.

Diana Elder, AG, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin co-authored Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist’s Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence.

Our expertise allows us to make the most of your genetic genealogy test results, whether you want to identify unknown parents or to break through a brick wall in your family tree.

Blaine Bettinger, the Genetic Genealogist, examines the intersection of traditional genealogical techniques and modern genetic research. The blog also explores the latest news and developments in the related field of personal genomics.

The Adoption Database consists of adoptees, birth mothers, birth fathers, birth siblings, other birth family and adoptive family members in the process of searching for a family member.

Our mission is to teach and guide people searching for their biological roots to use DNA in combination with traditional genealogy techniques and, when applicable specialized adoption search techniques, by providing robust education, methods, guidance, and support.

Genetic genealogy group focused on using DNA to find biological family for adoptees, foundlings, donor-conceived individuals, unknown paternity and all other types of unknown parentage cases - recent and more distant.

This group helps adoptees and folks missing one parent's lineage find their roots. To get help, you need to have completed a DNA test, we recommend ancestry.com and 23andMe.

International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) wiki page that provides information and resources on DNA testing for adoptees. ISOGG highly recommends that adoptees, orphans, donor conceived individuals and others with sensitive matters work with experienced search organizations prior to making contact with biological families.

Support for people impacted by DNA surprises and misattributed parentage experiences (MPE) which can occur due to an adoption, assisted conception, or those conceived from a non-paternal event (NPE).

Search Squad is a FREE locator group for adoptees, birth parents, biological family and genealogy searches.

Focused on adoptees and those with unknown parentage, this book guides readers through the process of using DNA testing and genealogy to uncover their biological roots. Brianne Kirkpatrick and Shannon Combs-Bennett, 2018

Family history and genealogy should be fun. Learn how to understand your DNA and research your family tree. Videos released at least twice weekly focused on genetic genealogy and genealogy research for beginning family historians.

This series of five short videos by the University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center provides an introduction and description of the four types of DNA used for genetic genealogy testing.

The world’s most popular webinar website for genealogy and DNA testing, where you can enjoy a robust offering of live and recorded webinars presented by top speakers.

Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies helps intermediate researchers move up to the next level and advanced researchers apply the new DNA standards and write about DNA. This new book offers an in-home course in advanced genetic genealogy. Case studies demonstrate analyzing the DNA test results, correlating with documentary evidence, and writing about the findings, all incorporating the updated standards for using DNA. Full-color illustrations help the genealogist incorporate these techniques into personal or client research projects. Each of the fourteen chapters was written by a professional genealogist with DNA experience. Debbie Parker Wayne, ed., 2019

Genetic Genealogy in Practice, the first workbook on genetic genealogy, provides family historians and genealogists who have just begun to explore genetic genealogy practical, easy to understand information that they can apply to their research. Readers learn the basic concepts of genetic genealogy. They then build on that knowledge as they study the testing, analysis, and application of Y-DNA, X-DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and autosomal DNA (atDNA) to reach and support genealogical conclusions. Each chapter includes exercises with answer keys for hands-on practice. Debbie Parker Wayne & Blaine Bettinger, 2016

Learn a step-by-step method to organize and use your DNA test results to find and confirm ancestors in your family tree. 2021, Diana Elder, AG, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin.

This plain-English guide will teach you what DNA tests are available; the pros and cons of the major testing companies; and how to choose the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions. Blaine Bettinger, 2019

This plain-English guide (newly updated and expanded to include th latest DNA developments) will teach you what DNA tests are available; the pros and cons of the major testing companies; and how to choose the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions. And once you've taken a DNA test, this guide will help you use your often-overwhelming results, with tips for understanding ethnicity estimates, navigating suggested cousin matches, and using third-party tools like GEDmatch to further analyze your data. Blaine Bettinger, 2019

In this first book for genealogists devoted solely to Y-DNA testing, David Vance explains this powerful tool for genealogy in easy-to-follow chapters. The book is divided into three sections: Section One introduces Y-DNA testing for those with no DNA testing experience at all; Section Two explains Y-DNA fundamentals for those just getting started or wanting to know what their test results mean to their genealogy, and Section Three touches lightly on the genetics and the science underlying this fascinating new field. David Vance, 2020

This accessible, wide-ranging introduction offers a clear and practical way into DNA research and testing, explaining the scientific discoveries and techniques and illustrating with case studies how it can be used by genealogists to gain an insight into their ancestry. Graham S. Holton, 2019

Your DNA Guide - the Book is a unique new approach to learning genetic genealogy. Diahan Southard, 2020

A free Genealogy Research Kit that brings together practical DNA research tools, checklists, templates, and calculators for tasks such as DNA match analysis, Leeds clustering, triangulation, chromosome mapping, and research documentation.

This website was created in 2018 as a resource of tutorials and how-to guides on using genealogy archives and consumer DNA testing to research ancestry and family trees.

DNAGedcom is a free 3rd party site that offers downloads of complete DNA files and data (in text *.csv format) from FTDNA and 23andMe.

DNA Painter is an easy-to-use tool that helps genealogists make sense of DNA testing. By mapping segments of DNA to chromosomes, we can begin to see which ancestors gave us which pieces of DNA, and thus how new matches are related.

GEDmatch is a website for genetic genealogy research. Anyone can upload their DNA file, analyze results, and compare DNA shared with others.

Genetic Affairs offers tools which groups together your DNA matches into clusters of matches that most likely descend from common ancestors.

The mission of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy is to: Advocate for and educate about the use of genetics as a tool for genealogical research while promoting a supportive network for genetic genealogists.

RootsFinder, owned by FindMyPast, is a family tree building and DNA analysis website. RootsFinder has a DNA feature called the triangulation (cluster) view, which allows you to view your matches in clusters – otherwise known as a network graph.