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Okay. Let’s do what we did last post for autosomal this time for the X chromosome. I’ll assume you already know the unique pattern of how the X chromosome get’s passed down, where males get their one X from their mother and females get one of their Xs from their mother and the other from their father. ...

Back to Behold, but still DNA. I am adding some DNA features to Behold that I know I need and are not in any genealogy programs currently out there. Basically, I want to know the expected (i.e. mean) amount of autosomal, X, Y and mt DNA that each person will share with main person (or people) selected for ...

I happened to come across a post by Robert Davis on the Ulster Co NY Y-DNA group at FamilyTree DNA. Robert said: Double Match Triangulator …would be of use in finding links (common matches) between two individuals that are not themselves matches. and hence the ICW tool of FF is of no use. That was an ...

With the #RootsTech #InnovatorShowdown coming, and with DMT entered, I wanted to get one last update to DMT in while I could. You can get the new Version 1.3 here. My realization of DM Theorem 1 (and Corollary 1) made me want to change the DMT overlap detection algorithm somewhat. Now each Triangulation Group ...

I haven’t seen a list of 2017 Roots Tech Ambassadors anywhere. So here’s the people I’ve found: Alison Taylor, USA – Pictures and Stories  Allison Kimball, USA – Simple Inspiration Amy Archibald, USA – Revealing Roots and Branches (Ambassador Coordinator) Amy Johnson Crow, USA ...

When I think of something in the middle of the night, I just have to write it down as soon as I get up. My mind’s background processor has been absorbed in figuring out how to get the output from Double Match Triangulator to display the two halves of each Chromosome pair. It’s tricky. Currently, DMT is ...

I’ve been watching with much interest on the RootsTech Devpost site, some of the great programs that are being submitted to the showdown. Prior to the submitted programs being announced, I was able to find many of them because of the videos they produced on either YouTube or Vimeo, or through their entries as ...

For the 2017 #RootsTech Innovator Showdown, a requirement is that the submitted program must be accompanied by a 60 to 90 second video uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo. As of eight days ago, I had my Double Match Triangulator program all ready, I had the required project page all filled out at Devpost.com with ...

Today, Nov 24, 2016, I celebrated my 60th birthday. It was so nice to also celebrate it yesterday with my Australian genealogy friends who were wishing me the best when here in Winnipeg it was still the day before. But that was not all it was. This was also my last day of work as I head into ...

I’ve gone through the 1.1.99 version of DMT I created about a month ago, have made some improvements and have now produced the 1.2 release. You can find and download the new version on the DMT page. If you don’t have more than one Chromosome Browser Results (CBR) file from FamilyTreeDNA of your own to ...