The GEDmatch MDLP project has a mix of calculators that compare your ethnicity with DNA samples assembled by the project creator. Like the other calculators, this project measures how your DNA aligns with ancient samples alongside results from project volunteers and academic studies. The focus is on exploring your heritage from older eras of human … Read more
The Eurogenes project on GEDmatch has a set of admixture calculators that compare your ethnicity with a range of DNA samples from project volunteers and academic sources. Some of the Eurogenes calculators focus on ancient ancestries, such as the early Farmers and Hunter Gatherers. Others try to assess more recent eras of European and Asian … Read more
The Dodecad project on GEDmatch was one of the first admixture tools on the website. The other projects are based on the original Dodecad software. It’s important to remember that the admixture projects aimed to research ancient populations. You may get some insight into modern ethnicity, but it largely depends on how your heritage aligns … Read more
The GEDmatch website has had several owners since it was established in 2010. Its sale in 2019 caused quite a stir amongst both members and the wider genealogical community. This article looks at who owns GEDmatch now, and who was behind its creation. Who Owns GEDmatch? Verogen, a San Diego forensic genetics firm, announced in … Read more
GEDmatch released the Surname Search tool at the end of January 2021. This is part of the paid set of tools. It lets you search for any combination of surnames across the GEDCOM trees of your DNA matches. I’ve got two thumbs up with how it integrates with the One-To-One GEDCOM comparison tool. Used together, … Read more
This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on using GEDmatch Oracle within an Admixture project. We’ll address the basic concepts first, and then walk step-by-step through using and interpreting Oracle results. The original creator of the Oracle utility described it as a “little fun tool“. Bear in mind that the results are highly speculative. But they … Read more
This article shows you how to add a family tree to GEDmatch by importing a GEDCOM file to GEDmatch. We’ll also take a detailed look at privacy and living people. You should be familiar with how this works on any site where you upload a GEDCOM. Video Guide If you’d prefer a video walkthrough of … Read more
GEDmatch Ancestor projects are part of the free tier of GEDmatch membership. You must upload your DNA results to GEDmatch to access the feature. The application page lets you browse a list of available projects and apply to join one or more. This article is a walkthrough of how to join an Ancestor Project and … Read more
This article gives you illustrated instructions on setting up a link in 23andMe to your Ancestry family tree. If you tested with both 23andMe and Ancestry, there’s no way to link the DNA results. But we’ll show you how to transfer your DNA results to GEDmatch and compare them there. And if you tested on … Read more
GEDmatch Superkits are part of the paid tier on the GEDmatch website. You can combine up to four uploaded kits in your account into one GEDmatch Superkit – all representing DNA of one person. A GEDmatch Superkit won’t give you a sudden increase in DNA matches. You’re more likely to lose some distant matches at … Read more