Ask the Experts with Blaine Bettinger

Join me for this informative conversation with genetic genealogy expert Blaine Bettinger! I love his expertise, energy, and enthusiasm for DNA testing and all things genetic genealogy. Things you might want to read more about are MyHeritage’s Genetic Groups and Theory of Family Relativity and their global diversity (especially outside the United States) of their testing pool, family trees, and historical records.
Genetic Groups: https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/...

Theory of Family Relativity https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/...

cM Explainer https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/...

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More take-home tips and resources from Blaine Bettinger

Using the same passwords across multiple websites is dangerous, as the 23andMe breach illustrates. Change your passwords and keep them unique at every website you use, including DNA testing companies.
What are the top 3 posts on Blaine’s blog? Read these:
Shared cM Project: https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/201...

X-DNA Charts: https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/201...

Everyone Has Two Family Trees – A Genealogical Tree and a Genetic Tree: https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/200...

Blaine's New Facebook Group, Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence:   / genealogyandai  

To Purchase Blaine's book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Blaine-...

How to use the Shared cM Project: If you already have a hypothesis of how you’re related, use it to ask the project for an opinion, rather than using it to predict a relationship!

We couldn't get to everyone's questions in the chat, but I noticed someone asking about the Shared cM Project histograms. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/...

When using MyHeritage's cM Explainer tool, remember that it just gives you possibilities, and to keep in mind what you may already know about your family's generational span. Here's our new blog post. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/...

To learn more about Blaine, you can visit his website, The Genetic Genealogist https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/

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