MarieB's Genealogy Blog--Southeastern USA

If you have uploaded DNA kits to GEDmatch please check to make sure your settings on the GENESIS side are as you would like them.  If yo...

I've been using   DNApainter (a WONDERFUL DNA analysis tool by Jonny Perl) for a while now.  I'm not sure the exact date, but it cou...

Those that have tested at 23andMe on the new chip(starting Aug of 2017)  cannot upload to the main GEDmatch database but can upload to the G...

I think this is a good illustration of the randomness of DNA.   I'm comparing Me, my sister, and my daughter to my paternal aunt(my d...

Mom's AncestryDNA matches include 2 children 1 granddaughter 2nd Cousin AncestryDNA category (which includes some projected 1st-2nd...

FTDNA launched MyOrigins 2.0 today.  Mine results are shown below along with my ethnicity reports according to DNALand, and AncestryDNA.  My...

I have been curious to compare how my matches at MyHeritage show up(amount-wise) when they are uploaded to GEDmatch.  Today I noticed that ...

Segments Mapped to the Grandparents Looking at a Segment map where 3 of the 4 Grandparents have tested and there is a phased kit with the ...

My sister and I have both tested at AncestryDNA.  When I am working on a segment and it is pointing in the direction of a specific ancestor,...

I was extremely happy to get 14 new 4th cousins or closer matches on my AncestryDNA results overnight.  I wish people understood the import...

I have began working thru the probate records of my Paternal Grandfather's Ogilvie and Harris lines which come together at my 5th Great ...

Downloading Your Raw DNA Data AncestryDNA ---- FTDNA ---- MyHeritage ---- 23andMe If you have taken an Autosomal DNA test PLEASE ...

This week I was contacted by a DNA match. She went on to tell me that her file was at GEDmatch and that we had in the range of a 4.7 genera...

This post is about how I am using the info in my AncestryDNA circle to choose which members in the circle would be most beneficial to ask t...

My Dad always loved the Logic puzzles in the Dell Puzzles Magazines. As I'm working on DNA matches today I can't help thinking about...