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7 Strategies to Set Up Your DNA Project for Success

September 29, 2023 by Paul - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 2 Comments

Family Tree Research

DNA testing plans and knowing how to set up a DNA project for success makes all the difference in solving family tree mysteries. At Legacy Tree Genealogists, we have helped thousands of clients utilize DNA evidence in the exploration of their family history research questions. From recent unknown parentage to historic misattributed ancestry, we have observed again and again that by inviting the right people to perform DNA testing in the right DNA databases, stubborn genealogy brick walls come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DNA Research Tagged With: 23andme, autosomal DNA, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, mitochondrial dna testing, myheritage, Y-DNA

Nine Tips for Successful Adoption Research with Genetic Genealogy

December 19, 2022 by Paul - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 2 Comments

Best adoption researchers

While DNA testing and genetic evidence are certainly useful for breaking down challenging historic brick walls, the implications of DNA testing can also hit closer to home in the modern era when it comes to adoption research.  In cases of adoption, unknown parentage or misattributed parentage, genetic genealogy methodologies enable identification of close biological ancestors whose identities might otherwise remain unknown, and which represent immediate brick walls for any genealogist dealing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adoption & Genetic Genealogy, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, genetic admixture Tagged With: adoption, adoption research, DNA testing, finding biological parents, genetic cousins, genetic genealogy, mitochondrial dna testing, Y-DNA testing

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