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Sunday, February 26, 2023

The Complexities of YDNA Haplogroups/Why even close relatives can be assigned different terminal SNPs

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In addition to providing information about our ancient origins and migration patterns, haplogroups can also be a valuable tool in genetic ge...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Understanding the Limitations of Genetically Based Family Trees

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(This was written by ChatGPT with a summary I provided) If you're looking to trace your ancestry, you may have come across two popular m...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Ask The Magic 8 Ball/ or ChatGPT for Genealogy

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  I really enjoyed playing with the Magic 8 Ball as a child. Who knew a better question and answer tool would come along in my future. The M...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

A Review of My Family History Progress 25 Years after Starting/ 12 years Blogging

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Kappel Family Questions and Answers Questions: Were the Kapple/Kappel's ethnically Jewish and where were they from in the old country?  ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Browning Family Y Haplogroup Breakthrough/The Major Strength of 23andMe

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  I do think Autosomal DNA testing is very helpful, but I actually feel more confident with Y DNA results when it comes to establishing rela...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

A PBS Genetic Genealogy Special/ +Are a bunch of shared small segments meaningful?

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A PBS pledge drive special featuring a genetic genealogist that all of those in the genetic genealogy community have been following for year...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Using Ancestry.com LifeStory To Share Documents In A Timeline Format/Melvin Family Problems

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I'm finding that LifeStory at Ancestry.com family trees is a great way to share the documents and newspaper articles I've collected....
Thursday, October 27, 2022

A Creepy Sanitorium Where My Grandfather Forgey Worked/and a scary canyon road

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  I grew up in the city of Hacienda Heights, California at the foot of the Puente Hills. To get to the neighboring city of Whittier roads ha...