Autosomal DNA Basics
- atDNA: Finding matches on all ancestral lines
- ISOGG portal on Autosomal DNA
- Beginner’s Guide to Autosomal DNA Testing – FTDNA Learning Centre
- myFTDNA pages User Guide – Family Finder – FTDNA Learning Centre
- myFTDNA autosomal results FAQs – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Autosomal DNA transfer program – FTDNA
- FTDNA Webinars on Family Finder
- ISOGG Wiki on Autosomal DNA tests
- Identical by Descent – ISOGG Wiki
- Autosomal DNA Match Thresholds – ISOGG Wiki
- Entertaining explanation of Irish atDNA – Maurice Gleeson
- Step by step analysis of atDNA matches – Maurice Gleeson
- The Porcupine Chart – Genetic Ancestors – Jim Bartlett
- Autosomal DNA – How to use it in practice – Maurice Gleeson
- I’ve got my autosomal DNA results – now what do I do? – Debbie Kennett
- atDNA: Who can test and how can it help your genealogy? – Emily Aulicino
- Concepts: How your autosomal DNA identifies your ancestors – Roberta Estes
- Concepts: Identical by… Descent, State, Population & Chance – Roberta Estes
- Concepts: centiMorgans and SNPs – Roberta Estes
- Everyone has Two Family Trees: a Genealogical Tree and a Genetic Tree – Blaine Bettinger
- Full Sibling versus Half Sibling DNA Matches – Kitty Cooper
- Determining half relationships with Polynesians Part II – Kalani Mondoy
Autosomal DNA Segments & Triangulation
- How to Triangulate – Jim Bartlett
- Measuring Segments – Jim Bartlett
- Recombination & Crossovers – Jim Bartlett
- Autosomal DNA Pile-ups – Jim Bartlett
- How to create a Lazarus Kit – Blaine Bettinger
- Small segments – various articles by Blaine Bettinger
- Phasing Yourself – Roberta Estes
- Phasing – ISOGG Wiki
- What a Difference a Phase Makes – Ann Turner
- Concepts: Parental Phasing – Roberta Estes
- Creating a Phased Parental Kit at GEDmatch – Roberta Estes
- DNArboretum Chrome Extension for viewing FTDNA trees – Genealogy Junkie
- Ahnentafel to Gedcom Converter – Kitty Cooper
- Does Triangulation Work? – Jim Bartlett
- Proof of Sticky Segments – Jim Bartlett
- CA (common ancestors) & MRCA (most recent common ancestors) – Jim Bartlett
- Autosomal DNA Triangulation, Part 1 & Part 2 – Debbie Kennett
- A Triangulation Feature on the New 23andme – Kitty Cooper
Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA)
- Y-DNA: the Direct Paternal Line
- Free Y-DNA tests for selected surname projects – ISOGG Wiki
- Beginner’s Guide to Y-DNA Testing – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Y-Chromosome DNA Portal – ISOGG Wiki
- Y-chromosome DNA Haplogroups – ISOGG Wiki
- Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree – ISOGG Wiki
- European Y-DNA Haplogroups – Eupedia
- Y-DNA generational probabilities – FTDNA
- myFTDNA pages User Guide – Y-DNA results – FTDNA
- Key & Colour Coding on the Y-STR results page – FTDNA
- Fathers, Sons & Brothers DNA Project – FTDNA
- What is a haplogroup? – Roberta Estes
- The Three Brothers – A great explanation of Haplogroups – Roberta Estes
- Y-DNA Genetic Difference – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Y-DNA Expected Relationship Chart – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Y-DNA testing FAQs – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Y-DNA transfers – FTDNA
- FTDNA Y-DNA Transfer Program
- FTDNA Webinars on Y-DNA
- HELP! My Y-DNA matches have a different surname! – FTDNA
- ISOGG Wiki on YDNA tests
- y-str.org – Felix Immanuel’s tools
- Big Y test information – FTDNA
- Big-Y Matching – FTDNA
- Zero/Deletion/Null marker values in Y-DNA STR results – Roberta Estes
- Why should I test Y-DNA SNPs? – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Advising members on Y-DNA SNP testing – FTDNA GAP webinar
- Y-DNA: Chromosomes, Markers & Evolutionary Trees – Maurice Gleeson
- Genetic Distance, Genetic Families, & Mutation History Trees – Maurice Gleeson
- Y-Utility Y-DNA Comparison Utility – Ysearch mode
- Y-Utility Y-DNA Comparison Utility – FTDNA mode
- Building a Mutation History Tree with STR data – Maurice Gleeson
- Haplogroups of European Kings & Queens – Eupedia
- Tested 67 ySTR markers? Now what? – Dr D Dowell
- What’s your ySNP testing strategy? – Dr D Dowell
- Building a Family Tree with SNPs, STRs & Named People – Maurice Gleeson
- Combining SNPS, STRs & Genealogy to build a surname origins tree – Maurice Gleeson
- STRs vs SNPs, Multiple DNA Personalities – Roberta Estes
- Surname Projects: Understanding what you see – Maurice Gleeson
- Surfing the SNP sunami – NGS for Genetic Genealogists – John Cleary
- Making sense of your Y-DNA results – Matches, Projects & Utilities – John Cleary
- Using SNP Testing & STRs to enhance a genetic genealogy project – John Cleary
- Use of Big-Y results in the Gleeson projects – Maurice Gleeson
- SNP Tsunami continues into third year – Dr D Dowell
- Y-DNA matches with different surnames – Maurice Gleeson
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
- mtDNA: the Direct Maternal Line
- Beginner’s Guide to mtDNA Testing – FTDNA Learning Centre
- Mitochondrial DNA Portal – ISOGG Wiki
- Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups – ISOGG Wiki
- European mtDNA Haplogroups – Europedia
- What is a haplogroup? – Roberta Estes
- mtDNA haplogroup tree – PhyloTree.org
- MitoMap & MitoMaster – upload FASTA file for analysis
- James Lick mtHap – upload FASTA file for analysis
- mtDNA Haplogroup Mutations – view the mutations for your haplogroup
- Differences between RSRS and rCRS reference sequences – Phylotree.org
- mtDNA testing comparison chart – ISOGG Wiki
- mtDNA generational probabilities – FTDNA
- myFTDNA pages User Guide – mtDNA – FTDNA Learning Centre
- mtDNA results page – FTDNA
- mtDNA testing FAQs – FTDNA Learning Centre
- FTDNA Webinars on mtDNA
- ISOGG Wiki on mtDNA tests
- mtDNAcommunity – mtDNA tools & phylogeny
- Recent mtDNA mutation examples: Judy G Russell & Dave Dowell
- Mitochondrial – the Maligned DNA – Judy G Russell
- Genetic History of Polynesians & NZ Maori (mtDNA) – Edana Lord
- Zero/Deletion/Null marker values in mtDNA results – Roberta Estes
- Haplogroups of European Kings & Queens – Eupedia
X-chromosome DNA (X-DNA)
- X-DNA’s helpful inheritance patterns
- X-Chromosome Testing – ISOGG Wiki
- X-Match Webinars: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 – FTDNA
- That Unruly X Chromosome – by Roberta Estes
- X-chromosome inactivation – NY Times
- How the X-chromosome helps with maternal vs paternal – Kitty Cooper
- Phasing the X-chromosome – Jim Owston
- X-Chromosome – The X-tra Special Chromosome – Emily Aulicino
- What does shared X-DNA really mean? – Kitty Cooper
- X Chromosome Recombination’s Impact on DNA genealogy – Jared Smith
Adoption & Adoptees
- Using DNA to solve adoption mysteries – YouTube video by Maurice Gleeson
- Solving Irish adoption mysteries with DNA – Maurice Gleeson
- Utilising DNA testing to break through adoption roadblocks – ISOGG Wiki
- Adoption and DNA – by CeCe Moore
- DNAadoption – by Rob Warthen (courses, information & tools to help understand your DNA results)
- DNAadoption’s YouTube Channel
- Methodology to identify relatives using your autosomal DNA – DNAGedcom
- Step by step analysis of atDNA matches – Maurice Gleeson
- Exploiting AncestryDNA to find ancestors using mirror trees – Dan Edwards
- DNA detective work: Data mining through mirror trees (PDF) – Dan Edwards
- AncestryDNA: The search for biological family – Ancestry
- AncestryDNA: More tips for identifying biological family – Ancestry
- DNA-Adoption – Yahoo Group
- DNA-Adoption Tools – Yahoo Group
- DNA Detectives – Facebook Group
- DNA Detectives Down Under – Facebook Group
- Australian Adoption DNA Project – FTDNA
- About the Adoption DNA Project – FTDNA
- Global Adoptees Genea DNA Project – FTDNA
- DNA and adoptions – Radio interview with CeCe Moore – Blog Talk Radio
- DNA Adoption Reunion Stories – DNAAdoption
- Can DNA help you find your birth parents? (Part I) – Huffington Post
- Can DNA help you find your birth parents? (Part II) – Huffington Post
- Also see DNA Success Stories and links to articles in the media
Donor Conceived Resources
- Donor Conceived DNA Project – FTDNA
- DNA for the Donor Conceived (DNA Detectives) – Facebook Group
- Donor Children Australia – Facebook Group
- Australian Donor Conceived People Network – Facebook Group
- Donor Sibling Registry
- RUDC – Are You Donor Conceived?
- Sperm Donors Anonymous – Film
- Sperm donor information to be made available to offspring – The Age
- Sperm Donor Fathers Reveal Struggle of Not Knowing Who Their Kids Are – CGS
- Sperm donor father rights: Dads struggle not knowing children – PerthNow
- Victorian Government considers world-first laws making it easier for donor-conceived offspring to identify sperm, egg donors – ABC News
- ABC Documentary Sperm Donors Anonymous lifts the lid on donor conception conceived – SMH
- Wealthy sperm donor fears contact from 2 dozen offspring Melbourne – The Age
- Donor sperm used in Australia largely from men in the US – ABC PM
- Proposed law changes could allow sperm donor-conceived children to get info about dads – Herald Sun
- Sperm donor-conceived woman reveals unexpected biological connection to Professor Manning Clark – ABC News
- Wellington scientist helps find dad who made 800 sperm donations – The Dominion Post
- Patricia Issberner – Sperm Donor Revealed? – The View
- Lost Girls – donor conceived girls find donor half-siblings through DNA – 23andMe blog
- British scientist Bertold Wiezner fathered 1000 children in Britain – Daily Mail
- The man known as Derek who fathered 500 British children – Daily Mail
- The donor detectives – ABC Radio National
- World’s most prolific sperm donor – with 800 children – finds clients through Facebook – The Telegraph
- Indiana Fertility Doc Who Allegedly Used Own Sperm Faces Felony Obstruction Charges – NBC News
Ethnic Makeup & Admixture
- What is Ancestry? – DNA.LAND (a must-read about ethnicity results!)
- myOrigins Walkthrough – FTDNA
- myOrigins Population Cluster Descriptions – FTDNA
- Ethnicity Testing and Results (from the various companies) – Roberta Estes
- Admixture: Not Soup Yet – Judy G Russell
- ISOGG Wiki on Admixture Analyses
- Genetic History of Polynesians & NZ Maori (mtDNA) – Edana Lord
- AncestryDNA – The Viking in the Room – Ancestry blog
- Exploring our Western European DNA – Ancestry blog
- What does our DNA tell us about being Irish? – Ancestry blog
- How long ago did a trace ancestry enter my family tree? – The Root
- Australo-Melanese DNA found in Native American population – Roberta Estes
- Irish people have more complex origins than previously thought – Marie McKeown
- Archaeologists discover remains of first British settlers in North America – World News Daily
- African DNA in the British Isles – Roberta Estes
- Irish Origenes Viking Ireland Report & Map – Irish Origenes
- DNA study shows Celts are not a unique genetic group – BBC News
- Ethnicity Chromosome Mapping & Determining “Ethnicity” of shared DNA segments between related individuals – TL Dixon
- DNA shows Northern Irish descended from painted warriors Pict tribe who battled the Romans – Irish Central
- DNA reveals vikings brought their women with them when raiding the British Isles – Daily Mail
- DNA of ancient children offers clues on how people settled the Americas – NY Times
- DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start – BBC News
- Deciphering DNA’s Astrology: Admixture Tools – IOWA DNA Project
- Hawaii to allow DNA testing as proof of native ancestry – BuzzFeed News
- Ethnicity Testing: A Conundrum – Roberta Estes
- Coming down the 2016 Admixture pike – TL Dixon
- Pacific Islanders got a double whammy of Stone Age DNA – Science News
- Understanding AncestryDNA ethnicity results – Ancestry on YouTube
- DNA Nation raises tough questions for Indigenous Australians – The Conversation
- Will AncestryDNA tell me if I have Aboriginal or Maori ethnicity? – Ancestry
Ancient DNA
- Ancient DNA Kit #s for comparison at GEDmatch – Felix Immanuel
- Ancient DNA project – FTDNA
- ISOGG Wiki on Ancient DNA
- 20 physical traits of a Neanderthal – Abroad in the Yard
- Ancient DNA Calculator – Felix Immanuel
- DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree – Science
- Paleogenetics helpling to solve the pre-history mysteries – AEON
- Finding your inner Neanderthal – 23andMe blog
- Scientists sequence first ancient human genome from Africa – NY Times
- How a one night stand in the Ice Age affects us all today – The Conversation
- Hunting for DNA in Doggerland, and ancient land beneath the North Sea – Wired
- Genographic Researchers in Australia Uncover Unique Branches of the Human Family Tree – National Geographic
- The Neanderthal Advantage – 23andMe blog
Health Reporting
- Promethease.com – health reports from your autosomal raw data for $US5
- Promethease autosomal tool – ISOGG Wiki
- Promethease Genetic Health Information Alternative – by Roberta Estes
- A Health Data Option: Promethease, a place to start – by Judy G Russell
- Interpreting a Promethease report – SNPedia
- 23andMe’s Drug Development – by the Centre for Genetics & Society
- And now… Ancestry Health – by Roberta Estes
- SNPs of genetically inherited traits, conditions and diseases – Eupedia
- Why you shouldn’t know too much about your own genes – The Washington Post
- How privacy law affects medical and scientific research – Genomics Law Report
- Genomics and me – Ben Martynoga
- How one family faced difficult decisions about DNA sequencing – The Wall Street Journal
- Ancestry is talking to the FDA about using DNA to estimate risk of disease – The Verge
- Genetic Testing Position Statement – Australian Medical Association
- DNAdose – Australian DNA testing for medication dosage optimisation
- 23andMe, Ancestry, and Selling your DNA information – Roberta Estes
Endogamy
- Endogamy – Description & Links – ISOGG Wiki
- Endogamy I – Jim Bartlett
- Jewish Genomics Presentation – NY Genomics Centre
- Diamond Endogamy – Israel Pickholtz & Lara Diamond
- Determining half relationships with Polynesians Part II – Kalani Mondoy