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Genetic Networks, Part 7: Strategically Move from DNA Analysis to Documentary Research

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Genetic Networks Part 7: Strategically Move from DNA Analysis to Documentary Research

You’ve done the hard work in identifying a genetic network and analyzing the matches (Part 5). Now comes the fun part — conducting documentary research. Not that the other steps were not enjoyable and were void of documentary research, but now we get to apply our prior DNA observations within new record groups and attempt … Read more

Genetic Networks, Part 5: Use Ancestry Pro Tools’ Enhanced Shared Matches

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Genetic Networks, Part 5: Use Ancestry Pro Tools' Enhanced Shared Matches

In the previous blog posts, I defined genetic networks (Part 1), discussed the inclusion and exclusion criteria for matches within the network (Part 2), described how to find them (Part 3), and demonstrated how to efficiently review your matches’ family trees (Part 4). Now, I describe how to use Ancestry Pro Tools’ Enhanced Shared Matches … Read more