Your Genetic Genealogist
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keywords: description:Discover the fascinating world of genetic genealogy! Written for the non-scientist, YGG is a source of unbiased news on the major genealogy DNA testing companies.Written by CeCe Moore, an investigative genetic genealogist and television consultant.
Don't miss the ABC series premiere of "The Genetic Detective"
May 26th at 10pm ET/PT and 9pm CT/MT
No comments: Monday, November 20, 2017 Don't Miss Me on "Finding Your Roots" Tuesday Night + I4GG Reminder + SalesFinding Your RootsI hope you have been enjoying Season Four of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The next episode airing on Tuesday, November 21st will feature actress Tea Leoni's mother's adoption story. Due to the adoption taking place in Texas, which is a closed adoption record state, we were unable to learn any information regarding her biological family through the records, so DNA was the only answer. Fortunately, I was able to identify both of Tea's biological maternal grandparents through DNA research. I will briefly appear on the show to discuss my work with Dr. Gates. I hope you will watch!
From what it appears, most markets will air reruns of Finding Your Roots from Season 3 for the following two weeks. Based on the schedules I found online, it seems that the two episodes on which I appeared last season will re-air on Dec 5th. So if you missed LL Cool J's mother's adoption story and DNA success and Jimmy Kimmel's touching episode last season, please tune in for those as well! The new season will then restart with the last two episodes on December 12th and 19th. For my genetic genealogy friends, Charlayne Hunter-Gault also had some very interesting DNA research. It can't all be included in the episode due to it being so extensive, but some of it will appear. Following is the schedule to my knowledge. Please check your local listings.
Tues., Nov. 21, 2017, 8 p.m.: Relatives We Never Knew We Had with Tea Leoni and Gaby HoffmannTues., Nov. 28, 2017, 8 p.m.: The Stories We Tell with Donna Brazile, Ty Burrell and Kara Walker (encore broadcast from Season Three)Tues., Dec. 5, 2017, 8 p.m.: Family Reunions with Sean Combs and LL Cool J (encore broadcast from Season Three)Tues., Dec. 5, 2017, 9 p.m.: Tragedy + Time = Comedy with Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear and Bill Hader (encore broadcast from Season Three)Tues., Dec. 12, 2017, 8 p.m.: Southern Roots with Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-GaultTues., Dec. 19, 2017, 8 p.m.: Funny Business with Garrison Keillor, Amy Schumer and Aziz Ansari
Institute for Genetic GenealogyIf you haven't yet signed up for our I4GG Conferenceon Dec. 9th and 10th in San Diego, Tuesday November 21st is the last day for early registration. It will be two entire days of exclusively genetic genealogy instruction! We have many wonderful speakers from among the leading researchers in our field as well as representatives from all five of the major DNA testing companies that offer genealogy features. The schedule can be found here. We are getting very close to filling up and registration may close at any time, so please don't delay if you plan to attend.
Black Friday SalesStay tuned for the upcoming Black Friday DNA kit sales later this week. I will publish them here as soon as they started coming in. In the meantime, 23andMe's great Thanksgiving deal is coming to an end this Thursday. Single Ancestry-only kits (no health results included but can be upgraded later) are only $69 and if you buy two or more, then are only $49 each, which is an amazing deal. The offer runs through Thursday. Order here.
**Disclosure** Ordering through links found on this blog will result in "The DNA Detectives" receiving a small commission from your sale, which helps to defray the costs of my extensive volunteer work and allows me to continue to dedicate a significant amount of time to these volunteer activities. A portion of these commissions also benefitsThe DNA Detectives Kits of Kindnessdonation program (details on program at link).Ordering through these links will not increase the price that you pay. Thank you.2 comments: Saturday, November 11, 2017 Discrepancies with Amount of Shared DNA for Close Family Matches at MyHeritageI was previously aware that there are some issues with the more distant matches on MyHeritage DNA, so I have been advising caution about using those in genealogical research, but was more confident about the close family matches. I uploaded both my parents' data and my aunt and uncle and all matched me and each other as expected. However, in the last couple of days, I have become aware of some pretty serious issues with matches in the category that includes half-sibling relationships (~25% shared).
Case #1
For several months, I have been working with a woman who was abandoned as a baby. We had successfully zeroed in on her biological family through pedigree triangulation on AncestryDNA and were trying to determine which of two sisters was her biological mother. The daughter of one of the sisters had agreed to test at MyHeritage, with the expectation of a DNA share consistent with either first cousins or half-siblings. Her results came back with 17.9% (1,294.9 cM) DNA shared between them. This was unfortunate since it fell in a gray area where the ranges of shared DNA for the two possible relationships overlap, so it looked like we would have no definitive answer to the question of her parentage. We then uploaded her data to Gedmatch and were shocked to see that they actually shared ~25% (1,758.9 cM) of their DNA - a clear half-sibling match.
This is what the comparison on MyHeritage looked like:
This is what the comparison looked like on Gedmatch:
That is a 464 cM difference! This pushes the relationship solidly into the half-sibling relationship category without any ambiguity. We expect small differences between the different companies and/or third party comparisons, but in all the years I have been involved in genetic genealogy, I have never seen a comparison vary so drastically. In fact, they have been so consistent in the eight years we have been working with autosomal DNA matching, that it has given our community great confidence about the reliability of the matching algorithms that we work with at the three major DNA companies and Gedmatch.
This was very concerning to me so I followed up on some potentially similar situations I had heard about in my DNA Detectives Facebook groupand immediately found two more examples like the one above.
Case #2
Here is the comparison between two half-siblings at MyHeritage:
Here they are at AncestryDNA:
And here they are at Gedmatch:
As you can see, this set of half-sisters was reported to share 1,142 cM at MyHeritage, 1,620 cM at AncestryDNA and 1,699.4 cM at Gedmatch. Again, this is highly problematic with a difference of 478 cM and 557 cM between MyHeritage's estimate and the other two services.
Case #3
This is a comparison of a full uncle/nephew at MyHeritage:
and at Gedmatch:
Again, we see a large discrepancy between the comparison at MyHeritage versus the one at Gedmatch - 937 cM at the former versus 1,409.2 cM at the latter, for a difference of 472.2 cM. Also note, that the number of matching segments is doubled in the Gedmatch comparison as opposed to the MyHeritage one.
I would really like to see the MyHeritage comparisons on a chromosome browser to determine exactly what is going on here. Hopefully, they will soon add that feature.
Don't get me wrong, I welcome new companies that offer services to our community and am very supportive of their efforts, however accuracy is absolutely essential when using DNA to draw genealogical conclusions and determine the relationship between two people. These very significant discrepancies definitely can and, perhaps, already have caused MyHeritage customers to reach inaccurate conclusions about their relationships to each other. This can be very damaging to the reputation of our industry and, especially, in relation to the work I do assisting people of unknown parentage to identify and connect with their biological families. If we cannot count on reliability in the reported amount of shared DNA, this undermines our efforts to convince newly-found family members that the proposed relationship is authentic. It is my hope that MyHeritage will move quickly to correct this very serious issue. In the meantime, I recommend always double checking your comparisons by uploading to Gedmatch and running the one-to-one comparison there.
I was able to locate these examples very quickly, so I am confident there are many more out there. Please comment below if you have an example of your own.
[Edited to add - I am still recommending that people of unknown parentage get their DNA into the MyHeritage database due to the many success stories we are seeing there, but I strongly suggest checking any important/significant matches at Gedmatch, if at all possible, to confirm any newly-found relationships.]48 comments: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 The Fourth Pond: MyHeritage DNAFor years we have been advising DNA testers, specificallythose searching for birth family and attempting to solve family mysteries, totest at all three of the major DNA testing companies, in other words to fish in all threeponds. These three autosomal DNA databases AncestryDNA, 23andMe and FamilyTree DNA - now contain between about five to six million testers in total.
For another companyto be able to compete in this space, they must offer a test comparable in resolution and features, and be prepared to tackle the challenging proposition of catching upwith the databases of the other three companies. That is a tall order and, sofar, there have been no other companies to earn our recommendation. With thatsaid, I believe the time has come that we must consider revising our advice toinclude a fourth pond, MyHeritage DNA.
Recently, MyHeritagelaunched their DNA matching service.For most of us, it may be easy to ignore them for now while they work out theirquestionable matching algorithms and grow their database to a size that earnsour interest, but for those of unknown parentage or for birth parents who haveyet to find success in their searches, it may not be prudent to do so. In thelast couple of weeks, I have been made aware of several unknown parentage casesthat were resolved through MyHeritage DNA. These searchers had made sure thattheir DNA was fishing in all three of the ponds, plus Gedmatch, and yet hadnot found the answers they were seeking in any of those databases. SinceMyHeritage offers a free upload of the raw data files from the other three DNAtesting companies, this has encouraged some in my DNA Detectives Facebook group to try it out.
Well, it turns out that MyHeritage is having success atattracting its own unique group of testers who are not at the other threecompanies. Lo and behold, for some, what they have been looking for is in thatdatabase and nowhere else. Since it is, undoubtedly, still the smallestdatabase, the odds of finding a close match are presently low, but they are clearly notzero.
Consider these three recentMyHeritage DNA success stories.
STORY ONE
From Robin:
The father was myfirst love, high school sweetheart. He was three years older. We had talked about getting married butsomething happenedhe turned and suddenly didnt want anything to do with me. I was devastated and distraught.
I gave my daughter upthrough the LDS Social Services in a closed adoption. At the time they did not do adoptions withpictures or information given to the birth parent after the birth. I had told my counselor that someday I wantedto meet her.
I had tried everything to try and find her. I had always thought she was adopted inCalifornia. Itwasnt but about 20 yearsago that I found out it was actually in Davis County, Utah. I had been looking in the wrong place. I tried to register in the Utah adoption registry, but they wouldnt let me because the birth had to be in that state. I tried to register in the Hawaii adoption registry, but they wouldnt let me because the adoption had to be there. The birth was in Hawaii and adoption in Utah -- just opposite from their rules. I triedto send for the amended birth certificate hoping someone would screw-up andsend it to me. I got the originalone. I tried talking with people inHawaii. I tried talking with people inUtah. I tried writing the court to tellthem I had cancer in 2003 and it was imperative that I get a hold of her to lether know the medical history. They neverwrote me back I even had a friend attorney try to find a loophole the inHawaii law code that would permit me to have the records open. No luck,nothing. I was pretty discouraged. My mother passed in 2001 and I had alwayswanted her to meet my daughter but it didnt happen. I even would say, Mom, I know you know whoshe is now and please just whisper her name in my ear. If I had a name I knew the chances of findingher were pretty good.
My husband and I alsowanted to do our DNA even though we had a fairly good idea of our roots andwhere we were from. For Christmas 2016 we decided to both do our DNAthrough AncestryDNA. My friend Jennifer washelping me and in the process I told her my story about having a child at 15and giving her up for adoption. Shesaid, You have to meet my sister-in-law!!Her sister-in-law Mckell,came over to my house and told me how she helps people find people. She told me that I have to upload my DNA datawith other sites. I was a littleskeptical at first because that was really putting myself out there, but, ohwell, the government knows everything about us anyway, what the heck!She had me go on this site and that site and to MyHeritage. This was in January 2017.I was grateful to her but really didnt think about it much after thatday. Every now and then I would get anemail from the sites saying they found my 14th cousin.ok, thats anexaggeration but you get what I mean. Nobig deal, right.
So on Sunday April 2ndI had received a notice on my phone that I had an email from MyHeritage. Oh another one of those. I hadnt been feeling good so I pretty muchlay around, watched TV all day. Thatevening I got ready for bed and decided to look at my emails. It was about 10pm. I pulled the email up and started to read...
Hi Robin,
Robin's MyHeritage Match
I quickly calledJennifer, she didnt answer so I texted her:"MyHeritage..Daughter.call me ASAP!"She called Mckell andMckell called me all calm like. I toldher and she said, "Robin, that is HER!" Ikept questioning because I just couldnt believe it. The next two hours Mckell andI were on the phone trying to find out everything I could about Becky. I still couldnt find her birthday. That was the one piece that would cinch thiswhole puzzle for me to really know if it was her.
At 7:40 am I sent Becky a private message to her Facebook page,
I went to work andstewed all day. I couldnt focus and Itried to keep myself busy. Finally at2:33pm I got a response:
Me: Yes I gave birthto a daughter January 10, 19xx [removed for privacy] in Queens Hospital in Honolulu Hawaii. I was 15yrs old.
Her: (Big smiley face)OMGoodness!!! WOW!!! Yes, its me (cheezy grin) Forgive me, Im kind of inshock. Can we text for a bit before wetalk?
Me: Yes, I found outlast night about 10pm. I have a friendthat made me sign up in MyHeritageI was up till 1am, got up this am at 6. Hadto take a sleeping pill I was so excited.Im at work but its ok. Whenever you are readyIve waited this long :)
We continued to talkback and forth until she had to go get ready for work. I told her we have seven children and that shehas five sisters and two brothers. She wasblown away, but in a good way. She was soexcited to have sisters. She alwayswanted a big family. I told her we have30 in our family -- and that is just my husband and I, our kids, their spouses,and grandchildren.
Becky had done her DNAthrough MyHeritage to find out her roots.she got a lot more than shebargained for.
So much morehappened. Then we met.thats another story.
Robin and her biological daughter Becky meeting for the first time
Robin's daughter Becky had only tested at one DNA company.
Unlike a person of unknown parentage searching for their birth parents, when a birth parent is searching for their biological child, it is like searching for a needle in a haystack. This is because that one person (or their descendants) has to have also taken a DNA test. Very importantly, they must be in the same database. In this case, if Robin had only submitted her DNA to one, two or three of the DNA testing companies, and if Mckell had not encouraged Robin to upload to MyHeritage, she would not be reunited with her daughter today.
Nancy used MyHeritage in her search for her mother's birth parents
Well thanks to you and a 20/20 piece you did, I took myfirstDNA test with AncestryDNA last year. (My husband did as well andfound his birth father!) I was trying to uncover my mothers true origins. Thestory I had heard was that my mom's birthmother had my mom and went away withher. She then came back to the birth fathers house and dropped her off tonever be seen again. In the end, my mom was raised by neither birth parent andended up being adopted by someone else.
I took all available tests out there and transferred myraw DNA data to all sites that were free. My best match was a 4th cousin onAncestryDNA.
About two weeks ago I get an email from MyHeritage about amatch with 870.8 cM shared and, at the same time, I got a match on AncestryDNA with355 cM shared. The MyHeritage match turned out to be my half-aunt on mymaternal grandmothers side and the AncestryDNA match was my half-first cousinon my maternal grandfathers side, so each match identified one of my mothersbirth parents!
My aunt told me that my moms birth father and grandmothercame and took the baby from her and told her to stay away! She said the familyknew about my mom and they would celebrate her birthday and keep her memoryalive in the family. Tragically, according to my aunt, my maternal grandmotherdied heartbroken over losing her daughter.
Nancy's mom and her birthparents
Bittersweet discovery, but finally some answers.
It turns out thatwhile Nancy's DNA was in all the databases, her aunt had ONLY tested at MyHeritage.
She explained, "I was bored one day from surgery and I started looking into it. I bought my kit, sent in my DNA, and the rest is history! I have never done this before. I am so glad I did -- LOOK. We found each other, Mija. I am so happy."
She further explained her main goal in testing was to confirm Native American ancestry. It is difficult to predict why a person might test in one database and not another even the smaller ones.
STORY THREE
Get your tissues out for this beautiful story of sisters, Morgan and Jennisara, finding each other.
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These recent success stories have convinced me that for those searching for close biological family members, if all else fails, it is time to give MyHeritage a try. Thanks to the company's offer of free raw data uploads it will cost nothing to do so and the small effort may pay off handsomely. You just never know who it sitting in that database waiting to be matched to you, or who will test there next week or next year. It is worth the effort to make sure we are covering all the bases.
If you are looking to break down more distant genealogicalbrick walls, you may also want to consider uploading your raw datawhile it is still free. Please note, however, that at this time there seem to be issues with the matching algorithms, so I would approach the matches with caution. (Of course, any close family matches like the ones in the story above should be very reliable due to the ease of detecting/predicting these.) For thoseresearching more recent European roots, I believe MyHeritage DNA will continue togrow in importance due to their appeal to testers outside of the United States.
Best of luck with your searches/research and I would love tohear about any more MyHeritage DNA success stories in the comments below.
[Edited to add: MyHeritage has offered my readers a free 14-day trial for their genealogical records Complete Plan, plus over 50% off for the year for those who continue after the trial period. This offer is good for new customers only. The trial can be be found here.]20 comments: Labels:free uploads,MyHeritage,raw data Thursday, February 16, 2017 The New Living DNA Test: A Review of My Results
I mailed in my complimentary Living DNA kit at the end of October. The test is performed using the Illumina Global Screening Array Chip. I took some photos of the kit, so testers will know what to expect.
The Kit
Living DNA uses a swab for sample collection, as shown here. There are two in each kit. The collection process is relatively easy and involves no liquid. Although Living DNA is a British company, the mailing address for my kit was EurofinsGenomics in Louisville, Kentucky. (Eurofins is one of their partners according to the website, and the testing is done in Denmark.) The decision to use swabs for DNA collection instead of saliva, undoubtedly, makes shipping the samples to the lab from the United States, and internationally within Europe, simpler.
I received my results on February 7th, just as I was leaving for RootsTech. Now that I am home, I have had a chance to finally look them over.
ResultsMy results include an admixture prediction (percentages of overall ancestral origins based on autosomal DNA) and my mtDNA haplogroup (which was correct - U5b1b2). Males will also receive their Y-DNA haplogroup.
Currently, there is no relative matching feature, but it is expected to be added in the near future, which will be essential for genealogical and unknown parentage applications. This will be a terrific addition to the U.S.-based databases we already use in our research, since it will have a unique British, and presumably, European market.
I was excited to receive these results since I have recent English ancestry and they promised to provide a very detailed breakdown of ancestral origins within the British Isles, with 21 separate categories. You can see the descriptions of those categories here.
Reportedly, this test is only looking back to where your ancestors were about four to five generations ago, but the What you are made ofsection on the site states, "A typical profile provides your genetic ancestry going back about six generations." Either way, this is not a deep ancestry analysis and should reflect what we know about our recent ancestors. (Edit: The site has been updated to reflect a ten generation reach, which makes more sense to me.)
Like 23andMe's former version of Ancestry Composition, the admixture results are presented at three different levels: Global, Regional and Sub-Regions.
Here are mine.
Global
At 23andMe, I am 100% European.At AncestryDNA, I am 99% European.At Family Tree DNA, I am 97% European.
Regional
At 23andMe, I am 24.8% British/Irish and 22% Finnish.At AncestryDNA, I am 0% Great Britain, 10% Irish and 21% Finland/Northwest Russia.At Family Tree DNA, I am 27% British Isles and 23% Finland and Northern Siberian.
It is immediately obvious that something is off with the Living DNA estimate, since my grandmother was of full Finnish ancestry and all three of the other companies accurately detect that (21% - 23%). Conversely, Living DNA only estimates 12.6% in their Europe East category for me, which includes Finnish DNA. (On a side note, I consider this a misnomer. Finland is generally not considered to be part of Eastern Europe.)
Results Map
On the "Your Family Ancestry" page, in the How the Science Works section, Living DNA states this:I do not accept that explanation and I hope their other customers will not be misled by it either. It is absurd to claim that it is realistically possible to inherit 0% of a grandparent's DNA.
LivingDNA estimates that 81.7% of my DNA comes from Great Britain and Ireland. That is a significant overestimate. I have one great grandfather of full British ancestry (~12.5%) and one second great grandmother of full British ancestry (~6.25%). All of the rest of my known British ancestry, with the exception of two possible Irish 5th great grandparents, is Colonial American. I do have some genealogical brick walls, but my matches on those lines do not indicate that behind any of them is a recent British ancestor. The other reputable companies estimate I am between 10% - 27% British/Irish.
CeCe's Family Tree, British Ancestors in RedClick on Image to Enlarge
I also have a great grandparent of full Norwegian ancestry as well as a significant amount of German ancestry.
So, let's look at my Sub-regional estimates:
Sub RegionsClick on Image to Enlarge
According to these results, my ancestors came from many different areas of England, which is certainly possible if you look very deep into my pedigree, back to my immigrant ancestors in the 1600's. Focusing on my more recent English ancestors, let's see if these estimates are consistent with their known origins.
My great grandfather, George Henry Allen was born in Australia, but both of his parents, George Allen (b.1851) and Flora Chitts (b.1849) were born in Gloucestershire, England, as were their known ancestors. So, I should have inherited about 12.5% of my DNA from this area.According to this page, Gloucestershire ancestry would fall into the South Central England sub-region. I have an estimated 8% from this category. So, a little low, but not impossible when taking into account the randomness of recombination.
My third great grandfather Thomas Armstrong was born 1801 in Cumberland (as were his known ancestors). I would have inherited approximately 3.125% of my DNA from him. The area that was once Cumberland is now part of Cumbria. According to Living DNA I have 6.4% in the Cumbria category.
My third great grandmother Dorothy Hudspith was born 1811 in Northumberland (as were her known ancestors). I would carry about 3.125% of her DNA. Northumberland would be in the Northumbria category. 0% of my DNA is predicted to have originated in Northumbria.
As I mentioned, I have two unconfirmed fifth great grandparents from Ireland (on different lines). One of them was reportedly born in County Armagh. If this is accurate, then I would expect to have about 1.56% of Irish DNA. I have 2.1% in the Southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland category, so this appears to be roughly consistent.
What does that leave?14.5% South Wales Border - no known recent ancestry from this area14.1% Central England - no known recent ancestry from this area12.4% Southeast England -This category could be representative of my German ancestry. The site states this about it:
5.8% Cornwall - no known recent ancestry from this area5.1% South Yorkshire - no known recent ancestry from this area1.3% Northwest England - no known recent ancestry from this area1.1% Devon - no known recent ancestry from this area11.5% Unassigned Great Britain and Ireland
12.6% Finland and Western Russia - expected ~25%4.2% Scandinavia - expected ~12.5%
ConclusionsDue to my large amount of distant Colonial American ancestry, my overall British DNA is likely a challenge to specifically categorize. Focusing on my last six generations, these results were not consistent with my known ancestry. Failing to recognize half of my Finnish ancestry and significantly underestimating my Norwegian/Scandinavian ancestry does not inspire confidence. The site explained that German ancestry could be included in the Southeast England category, so that may explain why none of mine showed up elsewhere. Even with this caveat, however, this does not accurately portray my ancestral origins.
I suspect that I am not the only one who will see over-inflated British percentages, but that remains to be seen when more results are delivered and reviews published.
This test's launch has been highly anticipated and has definitely been getting a lot of buzz, but I think it is important to recognize that any time a company is claiming to provide very specific sub-regional percentages, we must take it with a big dose of salt. As always, I support and appreciate the efforts to advance our field. It has to start somewhere and we can't expect perfection. I look forward to improvements and the future of this exciting company.
If you are interested in seeing what Living DNA will predict for you, you can order your kithere.
43 comments: Monday, November 7, 2016 MyHeritage Launches DNA Testing ServiceMyHeritage is announcing a new DNA testing service today, MyHeritage DNA.
MyHeritage DNA results will include ethnicity reports and a DNA matching service for $79 + shipping (intro price). The initial reports currently include 25 ethnicities, but will grow to more than 100 thanks to MyHeritages Founder Population project, also unveiled today. More than 5000 participants have been handpicked to serve as references for this project by MyHeritage from its 85 million members, by virtue of their family trees exemplifying consistent ancestry from the same region or ethnicity for many generations. (More details in the press release included at the end of this post.)
MyHeritage DNA will integrate viewing family trees for DNA Matches to pinpoint the connection path, and automatically identifying which surnames and geographical locations they have in common (not common ancestors at this time). I am told that a chromosome browser will be coming in future updates and that the testing chip is "industry standard" which should mean it will be compatible with Gedmatch. If you haven't uploaded your raw data from another testing company to MyHeritage yet, you may want to consider doing so quickly before they cease offering that option.
We are still waiting on many details of the test and I will report back when I know more. I am not ready to recommend the product until I learn more about it, but it has exciting potential. In the meantime, I have posted some screen shots of results provided by MyHeritage. Check out the sitehere.
Matching Service
Possible Relationship Predictions
Ethnicity Estimates
MyHeritage DNA kit
Official Press Release:
MyHeritageLaunches Global DNA Testing Service for Uncovering Ethnic Origins and MakingNew Family Connections
With 85 million usersworldwide, 2.1 billion family tree profiles, 7 billion historical records andavailability in 42 languages, MyHeritages new DNA service further strengthensits position as a global leader in family history.
DNA is the hereditarymaterial in the cells of the human body and it carries within it a uniquegenetic record. The MyHeritage DNA kit enables users to test their DNA toreveal valuable information about their family history and ethnic origins. Thekit consists of a simple cheek swab and takes only a minute to complete, with noneed for blood or saliva. The sample is then mailed to MyHeritage DNAs lab foranalysis and the user is invited to view the results on the MyHeritage website.In its initial version, MyHeritage DNA provides two main features: detailedethnicity reports that map the users ethnic and geographic origins, and DNAMatches for finding relatives. Additional features and capabilities are plannedfor the future.
MyHeritage DNAresults include fascinating ethnicity reports, showing the percentage of theuser's DNA that come from different populations around the world. The initialreports currently include 25 ethnicities, but this will improve dramaticallythanks to MyHeritages unique Founder Population project unveiled today the largest of its kind ever conducted. More than5000 participants have been handpicked for this project by MyHeritage from its85 million members, by virtue of their family trees exemplifying consistentancestry from the same region or ethnicity for many generations. In the nextfew months, the project will be completed, resulting in a rich DNA data set of morethan 100 ethnicities that will enable MyHeritage to show users their ancestralroots with far greater resolution than other services. To this end, the companyhas been sending its DNA kits to project participants far and wide, fromUzbekistan to Fiji, from Greenland to South Africa, and every corner of theglobe. Standard ethnicity reports are currently available, with the expertreports to be released at no additional cost to users following the completionof the Founder Population project.
DNA test resultscomplement MyHeritages core offerings, including family trees and historicalrecords the tools traditionally used by family history enthusiasts. DNA canbe used to prove or disprove a documented family tree connection, or answer thequestion of whether two people sharing the same rare surname are actuallyrelated. DNA is also indispensable for overcoming seemingly insurmountableobstacles in traditional research, as in the case of adoptees searching fortheir biological family without access to their adoption records. On the otherhand, when DNA locates a match between two people who have the same ancestor orancestors, family trees and historical records are often essential for piecingtogether the exact relationship path between them.
MyHeritage DNA is seamlessly integrated with the other services provided byMyHeritage on all web and mobile platforms, as well as offered on a dedicatedstandalone mobile app released today named MyHeritage DNA. Thanks to itsexpertise in family trees and its vibrant community, MyHeritage provides itsDNA customers with features not offered by most competing services including23andMe, such as viewing family trees of the majority of their DNA Matches topinpoint the connection path, and automatically identifying which surnames andgeographical locations they have in common. DNA can be a fascinatingintroduction to the world of family history, and customers who embark on thisjourney by taking a DNA test can easily use MyHeritage's tools to furtherexplore what made them what they are.
DNA testing is thefuture of family history, said MyHeritage Founder and CEO Gilad Japhet. Wesee DNA as a natural evolution of our business and look forward to harnessingit to reunite families, engage in new pro bono projects, and enrich the livesof millions of users.
MyHeritage DNA kits are availableat the affordable introductory price of $79 + shipping (prices vary bylocation). To order, visit the MyHeritageDNA website. MyHeritage has already amassed a significantnumber of DNA kits uploaded by its users from other DNA services, providingvaluable matches on MyHeritage from day one. With the launch of MyHeritage DNA,the company will cease to offer DNA kits of other vendors. Users who havealready tested their DNA on other services are welcome for a limited time toupload their DNA data to MyHeritage at no cost to benefit from free DNAMatches.
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