Your DNA Guide - the eBook (E-Book)
Your DNA Guide - the eBook written by Diahan Southard is for anyone who has taken a DNA test and wants to learn more. It helps genealogists reconstruct family trees. It helps adoptees identify biological relatives. It can help you identify a specific DNA match. In short, it helps anyone explore what their DNA—and their DNA matches—can tell them about their origins.
You will learn about:
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Choosing a specific DNA question
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Identifying your relationship to your DNA matches
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Step-by-step processes for finding biological parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents (and the limits of research beyond that point)
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Communicating effectively with DNA matches
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Using online DNA tools relevant to your question
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Keeping DNA research and discoveries organized
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Building family trees that help your DNA discoveries
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Managing unexpected or sensitive discoveries
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Tracking down living relatives
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How XDNA, mtDNA and YDNA may help
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Using ancestral ethnicity results in the context of researching family history
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How endogamy and pedigree collapse (when ancestors were related to each other) affect your DNA research
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Basic genetic genealogy terminology and principles you’ll need to know to answer your specific questions
This book is also available at Amazon Canada or Amazon USA