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It seems like my last post was a bit confusing to many people. I expect that the way I drew the boxes (to be segments) and the way I connected them with lines (indicating matching) was not intuitive, and it did not allow people to see that Double Matching with two people actually triangulates. I’m going to ...

Important Note:  After this article was written, I found many people had trouble understanding the concepts, as the diagrams were confusing them more than helping them. This article has been completely rewritten (just two days later) and uses a different diagramming that is akin to ...

A few days ago, Roberta Estes posted: Concepts – Segment Size, Legitimate and False Matches where she compared a child’s matches against those of her parents. She downloaded the Chromosome Browser Results (CBR) file from FamilyTreeDNA for a set of parents and a child, and then explained how she did the ...

DMT is a semi-finalist in the #InnovatorShowdown at #RootsTech 2017. This is a new version of the program with several improvements. You can get the new version on my DMT page. It is freeware to help you do  autosomal DNA segment analysis. Now Works with Older CBR files My own FamilyTreeDNA results ...

I found out about this On December 29, when Martin Geldmacher of Germany requested a trial key for Behold on the Behold Download page. He wrote in the “Please let me know how you found out about Behold” box the following: I am trying to find a way to read/convert an old Gedcom 1.0 file (created by FHS). ...

It’s always an exciting day when your DNA results come back. After analyzing my uncle’s results ad infinitum for the past six months, I finally bit the bullet and sent away for my own test. The FamilyTreeDNA Holiday Season sale with coupons for extra dollars off was quite motivating. I ordered my own test ...

Update: January 16, 2017. Contest Winner Chosen. My daughter did the random stuff and pulled the name out of the hat (actually it was a plastic bag) The lucky winner was:  Carole Steers Congratulations, Carole If you don’t have your pass already to RootsTech, Feb 8-11, 2017 in Salt Lake City, then ...

Yesterday was 20 years from the day I put up my first official web pages in 1997. (Rats. I missed it. I should have had my web-iversary in my appointment calendar.) I started webhosting using the services of Concentric.net who in 2000 were acquired by XO. My original web address was: ...

When I was reviewing the #RootsTech 2017 Schedule several months ago to see what sessions I would be interested in attending, I was particularly attracted to the talk by Janine Adams and Brooks Duncan on “Go Paperless: Digitize & Streamline Your Research”, on Friday at 11:00 a.m., described as: ...

On Monday Dec 19, it felt like I might have sprained my ankle. It was my first squash game of the day and I planted my foot and I felt a tiny pop in my ankle. It wasn’t too bad and I tried to continue but less than a minute later I felt another pop in the ankle. Now it felt like a badly sprained ankle. I ...