Category Archives: DNA

Elizabeth (CORMACK) RENFRO – A Nice, Big X Match (Ancestor 45)

Posted on 18 September 2019 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

If you’ve been studying genetic genealogy for a bit, you may understand X DNA, but I’ll give a summation here. X-DNA is different from regular autosomal DNA. The 23rd chromosomal pair contains the sex chromosomes – those which determine the … Continue reading →

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Protected: TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN FTDNA Project Helpful Information

Posted on 31 May 2018 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

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Genetic Genealogy – DNA Testing and You

Posted on 23 November 2016 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

This article is the first in a series that William H. Blue, president of the National Blue Family Association (NBFA), invited me to write some time ago about DNA for genealogy. The series is appearing in issues of The Chalice, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on DNA, Privacy, and Big Corporations

Posted on 17 October 2016 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

By this time, my few readers should know that I mostly hate AncestryDNA, that 23andMe annoys me, and that I have only minor complaints about Family Tree DNA. I love genetic genealogy. I encourage DNA testing for genealogy with a … Continue reading →

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TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN – New Family Tree DNA Surname Project

Posted on 1 October 2015 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

I started a surname project at Family Tree DNA! 🙂

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