Integrate DNA Testing in Your Family History Research
Interested in using DNA testing in your family history research? From choosing the right kind of test, to adding your DNA findings to your family tree, to locating living family members, American Ancestors has resources to guide you through the world of DNA and genealogy.
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DNA Consultations at American Ancestors
Have you taken a DNA test and need help deciphering results? Learn about how an American Ancestors DNA consultation can help you make the most of using DNA in your family history research.
Choosing a DNA Test for Your Research Goals
DNA testing has been a transformative tool for genealogists. However, it can be difficult to determine which test (or tests) to utilize in order to help you achieve your research goals. In this online lecture, Senior Genealogist Melanie McComb will provide an overview of types of tests available.
Using DNA Tools in American AncesTREES
Learn how to use the cutting-edge DNA tools included in American AncesTREES, an online genealogy tree experience on AmericanAncestors.org that offers several unique features.
Libby Copeland with The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are
American Inspiration | Award-winning Journalist Libby Copeland will discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, which explores the science of DNA while tracing the story of one woman.
Choosing a DNA Test for Your Research Goals
DNA testing has been a transformative tool for genealogists. However, it can be difficult to determine which test (or tests) to utilize in order to help you achieve your research goals. In this online lecture, Senior Genealogist Melanie McComb will provide an overview of types of tests available.
GEDmatch.com: Taking Your DNA Results to the Next Level!
There is much to learn from your DNA data, but you must take additional steps to make it happen. One way is to upload your raw DNA data to GEDmatch.com. GEDmatch is a website that allows users to share their DNA information with other DNA testers, to explore genetic genealogy, perform DNA match comparisons and much more!
Presented by Patti Huff Williams
Publications
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
The Lost Family delves into the many lives that have been irrevocably changed by home DNA tests—a technology that represents the
The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir
Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: "If the results were correct, it meant that the
The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family
Reconnect with your roots!
The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, Second Edition
New! Expanded & Updated!
Portable Genealogist: Using DNA in Genealogy
Advances in DNA research over the last decades have had huge implications for the field of genealogy.
Webinar Syllabus: Choosing a DNA Test for Your Research Goals
DNA testing has been a transformative tool for genealogists.
EasyGenie Genetic Genealogy Triangulation Kit for DNA Tests
The EasyGenie Genetic Genealogy Triangulation Kit is a research tool that can help genealogists determine how they are related to DNA mat