Month: September 2021

Distinct segment generator

Post author By Jonny Perl
Post date September 29, 2021

As announced last month in the newsletter, the new distinct segment generator tool allows you to amalgamate a set of segments that more than one family member shares with a specific match. The tool will then output just the distinct segments, with the centimorgans (cMs) recalculated.

A new feature in the inferred segments generator

Post author By Jonny Perl
Post date September 29, 2021

Launched in late 2020, the inferred segments generator helps users calculate the segments they can infer from the DNA their close relatives share with others. This can be a confusing concept. I recently added a small additional feature to the tool that can help you infer segments from a grandparent.