DNA testing news, guides & advice for family history

Discover how DNA can enrich your family history with our expert guides and how-to advice.

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Karen Evans explained how DNA inheritance works and that we only match with people who have inherited the same segment(s) of ancestor DNA as we have.
Learn Karen Evans' Back Out Down DNA tree-building method

21 August 2024

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Guide to Ancestry's new DNA matches page what's new and how to use it
A guide to Ancestry’s new DNA matches page

18 July 2024

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Shadab Mohammad Pixabay How does genetic genealogy work
How does genetic genealogy work?

08 July 2024

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How to create a quick and dirty tree for DNA family history research Karen Evans Family Tree UK
How to do a quick and dirty family tree for DNA family history

03 May 2024

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Discover Ancestry DNA compare

08 December 2023

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New Asia and Europe regions added to Ancestry DNA ethnicities

05 October 2023

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Upload your DNA data to MyHeritage for free

03 October 2023

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DNA testing - how to find out if you are the sole living descendant of a…

12 July 2023

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4 key online DNA resources

09 April 2023

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