MCGS Virtual DNA Group Meeting

The next Virtual DNA meeting is on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 at 7 pm.

For the next several meetings, each month we will be pursuing a topic based on the Roberta Estes blog series "DNA: In Search of...." which she announced in
DNA: In Search of Series Launches. This post forms the foundation of the series and discusses the basics of each of the four types of DNA tests; autosomal, X DNA, Y DNA, and mitochondrial DNA. She describes when and how each can be utilized in our search, and when it can’t.

This overall approach was suggested by our member, Kathleen Graham. Each month there will be a link to the blog post appropriate to the topic.

The topic for this second meeting of the series will be,

DNA: In Search of…Full and Half Siblings

This series of articles is about searching for unknown family members, and cousins. The same techniques can be applied to close members as well as ancestors further back in time. We will discuss what factors are an indication of Endogamy.

Read the post and be prepared to discuss,

4. Any other ideas/suggestions? Any need for follow up?

Here is another blog post you may want to read,

Half-Siblings On Your Family Tree? Try This Strategy by Melanie Mohler

and this more advanced one,

AncestryDNA IS Using FIRs to Distinguish Full and Half Siblings by Leah Larkin

You may also want to watch this YouTube video,

Can AncestryDNA find siblings or half siblings? by Andy Lee

Latest Blog Posts (updated 4/12/2024)

To attend the meeting please REGISTER by clicking on the button above.  The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.  We look forward to seeing you!