Increase Your Ancestor’s DNA Coverage and Expand Your Opportunity for Discovery

Increase Your Ancestor’s DNA Coverage and Expand Your Opportunity for Discovery

Finding the right group of autosomal DNA matches is critical in moving your genealogy forward and breaking through stubborn brick walls. However, sometimes these important matches are not found within your match list but in the lists of other cousins who share the same ancestor. Search as you might, you can’t find a match that … Read more

Genealogy Ping Pong: Alternating Between Documentary Research and DNA

GenealogyPing Pong:A Volley Between Documentary Research and DNA

Ping Pong is the perfect metaphor to describe how to use both documentary records and DNA to break down genealogy brick walls. The strategy begins by analyzing evidence from documentary records and then using your findings here to guide the analysis of your DNA matches. Next, use the patterns observed within your DNA matches to … Read more