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Genealogy in a time of Covid – A personal review of 2020

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Phil Grass

Introduction 2020 has been a year like no other – well unless you lived in AD 536. On a personal level we (my family) have been very lucky to live and work in a low Covid-risk environment. At a personal … Continue reading →

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RootsTech London 2019 – show report

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Phil Grass

“Build a Show and they will come” (or something like that). Those were the words of Steve Rockwood, President and CEO of FamilySearch during his keynote speech, opening the  RootsTech London 2019. He was, naturally, paraphrasing the famous line from … Continue reading →

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Show Report – Family Tree Live – 26th/27th April 2019

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Phil Grass

Last weekend I got out of the house and actually out of the country to visit Family Tree Live, held at the rather spectacular Alexandra Palace in London . This is one of the many Family History shows on offer … Continue reading →

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Managing your DNA matches with Excel

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Phil Grass

Normally when I write something here it’s because I think I have something useful to say. This time I want to write about how I record my DNA matches in Excel. I’ll be honest, I’m sure I’m not the first … Continue reading →

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Opinion – FamilyTreeDNA must decide if they are for genealogists or law enforcement agencies

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Phil Grass

I’m really sorry about the click-bate headline, I promise not to do it again. I was also rather hoping that I didn’t need to write a post about privacy issues at familytreedna.com. However, last week, a story broke in Buzzfeednews that … Continue reading →

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BigY is Working

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Phil Grass

About a year ago I wrote about the results of my BigY test, the discovery test of large parts of the male y chromosome. I thought it was worthwhile to post an update on my results and to explain why … Continue reading →

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yDNA whole chromomsome testing – The Whats and Whys of FamilyTreeDNA’s BigY test

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Phil Grass

Recently I got the results back from my Y chromosome test at FamilyTreeDNA. I want to share my results and use them to illustrate the benefits of taking such a test. I’ve writen this article for people who are interested … Continue reading →

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Ethnicity Estimates and Britishness – 2017 Edition

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Phil Grass

Lets face it, “Ethnicity Estimates”, i.e. analysing your DNA to break down your ancestry into different regional world populations, are fun. In certain circumstances it can be useful for a genealogist, for example researching an unknown recent ancestor. At a more … Continue reading →

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“Ethnicity” Estimates from DNA testing

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Phil Grass

IMPORTANT: This article was written in 2015. If you would like to read a more up-to-date version of this article please visit my post: Ethnicity Estimates and Britishness – 2017 Edition Last week I received my DNA results from ancestry.com. … Continue reading →

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