Category Archives: DNA

Simon Fraser University needs older adults who have found closely related unknown genetic relatives to participate in online survey

Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia invites people, aged 55 and older, to complete an online survey for its Family Genealogists and Long-Lost Relatives Study, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. The study is focused … Continue reading

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MyHeritage brings its family tree tools to FamilyTreeDNA

MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA yesterday announced the launch of a new collaboration between the two companies that they introduced in March at RootsTech 2024. This collaboration, which includes integration between the MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA websites, enables FamilyTreeDNA customers to transfer their … Continue reading

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Big change for how some users will see the shared matches tool on AncestryDNA

Genetic genealogist Diahan Southard yesterday shared news on social media that there’s a change for how AncestryDNA Pro Tool subscribers can see how their shared matches are related to each other. In addition to subscribers seeing how they’re related to … Continue reading

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Privacy authorities for Canada and the UK launch joint investigation into 23andMe data breach

The privacy authorities for Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint investigation into the data breach that was discovered in October 2023 at genetic testing company 23andMe. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne and UK Information Commissioner John Edwards will investigate … Continue reading

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Simon Fraser University study seeks Canadians 55+ who found and met an unknown relative through DNA testing

A four-year project at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, called The Family Genealogists and Long-Lost Relatives (AGEGen2), aims to learn more about the experiences of diverse midlife to older-aged Canadians (aged 55+) who tested their DNA and then searched for … Continue reading

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CTV News looking for Canadians who’ve uncovered a surprise in their DNA test results

If you’ve tested your DNA and discovered an interesting surprise or two, CTV News would like to hear from you. CTVNews.ca wants to speak to Canadians about their experience with genealogical DNA tests from companies such as 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage … Continue reading

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Watch for updates on AncestryDNA

If you haven’t looked at your DNA results on Ancestry in a while, you may to keep an eye open for updates that should be coming in the next few weeks. Some think the updates will be improved ethnicity estimates. … Continue reading

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MyHeritage releases cM Explainer to predict relationships between DNA matches with greater accuracy

MyHeritage announced yesterday the release of cM Explainer, a free new feature they say accurately estimates familial relationships between DNA Matches. cM Explainer is fully integrated into the MyHeritage platform to shed light on any DNA Match found on MyHeritage. … Continue reading

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Genetic genealogy solves two Toronto murders — on YouTube

On Sunday, I caught a repeat airing of Fifth Estate’s How DNA technology led to murder charges — nearly 40 years later. The program first aired on CBC in December, and after watching it on television, I discovered it’s available … Continue reading

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How genetic genealogy helped uncover the fate of a girl who disappeared 68 years ago in Montreal

Rosemarie Doederlein was 14 when her mother sent her to a bakery a few blocks from their Notre-Dame-de-Grâce apartment one afternoon in late 1954, a couple of months after she had arrived in Montreal from Germany with her parents and … Continue reading

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