Beginner material
The following tutorials were originally created as supplemental information for articles I wrote in Acorns to Oaks, the quarterly publication of the Oakland County Genealogical Society (Michigan).
DNA Inheritance patterns
Autosomal DNA (atDNA) Part 1
- Locate the button/link to download your raw autosomal data from vendor web sites
- Locate the button to download your match list from vendor web sites
- Add surnames & locations where your ancestors lived to your account profile at vendor web sites
Autosomal DNA (atDNA) Part 2
- Phase your autosomal DNA data
- Filter your match list to view X-chromosome matches
- Filter your match list to view in-common-with (ICW also called shared matches)
- AncestryDNA Circles
- AncestryDNA Hints
- Filter your match list by surname
Autosomal DNA (atDNA Part 3)
- Vendor chromosome browsers
- GEDmatch chromosome browser (updated for Genesis database)
Beginning GEDmatch
- Upload raw autosomal data
- Find matches with One-to-Many software tool
- Confirm a match with the One-to-One software tool
- Analyze matches with the 3D Chromosome Browser
- Find triangulated segment matches with the Triangulation tool
Advanced material
Visual Phasing of Three Full Siblings at a Time
- Part 1: Assign anonymous grandparent colors to maps (64 min mp4 movie file for download)
- Part 1 Homework Answers (38 min mp4 movie file for download)
- Part 2: Assign correct grandparent to anonymous grandparent colors (36 min mp4 movie file for download)