Genealogy Research and Education
If you’re thinking of transferring your Ancestry DNA to MyHeritage, then you should consider these questions: How do you transfer your Ancestry DNA to MyHeritage? How big is the MyHeritage DNA database compared to others? What are the advantages of having your DNA on MyHeritage? How much do the DNA features cost with MyHeritage? How … Read more
If you’ve started using MyHeritage after working with other genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com, you may find the privacy settings to be confusing. Worse than that, you may not realize that the default MyHeritage privacy settings are different from other family tree websites. MyHeritage is more generous in giving other people access to your trees … Read more
You can widen your family tree research by putting your DNA onto several different DNA websites. Some of your DNA matches will have done the same, and it can be really useful to have information from two sites to analyse them. This article details four ways to find your Ancestry DNA matches on MyHeritage and, … Read more
July 2020 has been a bad month for security hacks and breaches in the world of genealogy and DNA testing websites. On 19th July 2020, GEDmatch (owned by Verogen) announced a security breach on their Facebook page. They took their website down to address the issues, and it is still down at the time of … Read more
The number of people submitting DNA samples is rising, with a corresponding rise in the number of people on forums reporting that they have been asked by the test company to submit another sample. AncestryDNA say in their FAQ that: During the testing process, each DNA sample is held to a quality standard of at … Read more