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Chromosome Mapping Opinion

My painted populations: comparing 23andMe, AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA

Following the release of the AncestryDNA Chromosome Painter, I thought it would be interesting to compare the offering of each company that now offers segment data for their ancestral composition (aka “ethnicity”) estimates. My family’s estimates are probably more interesting than they will be for those who have fewer different ancestries in their background. You

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Chromosome Mapping New Features Tools

New: AncestryDNA Chromosome Painter Segments

Earlier in July 2022, AncestryDNA launched a new feature: Chromosome Painter. In this post I’ll introduce a new tool that allows you to extract segment data that you can use to paint population information in your DNA Painter chromosome map.

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