Categories
Chromosome Mapping Guest posts Inferred Chromosome Mapping Tips

Reconstructing Grammy’s DNA

For my latest guest post, I’m pleased to welcome Tanner Tolman, a professional genealogist based in Utah. Tanner has successfully achieved something that’s a holy grail for many genealogists: reconstructing someone’s DNA based on the DNA of their descendants. Tanner has written a detailed account of the steps he had to go through in the process of DNA reconstruction for his wife’s grandmother.

Continue reading

Categories
Chromosome Mapping Guest posts

Using segment data to identify unknown DNA

For my second guest post, I’m pleased to welcome Rachel King, a professional genealogist based in London, England. Here, Rachel shares some examples demonstrating how she uses segment data in her work.

Continue reading

Categories
Chromosome Mapping Guest posts

Chromosome mapping and endogamy

For this first guest post, I’m pleased to welcome Lara Diamond, whose popular blog Lara’s Jewnealogy has been running since 2013. Endogamy has a very visible effect on chromosome mapping, as Lara explains very clearly

Continue reading