DNA Downer: Strategies for Dealing with DNA Fatigue

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   4 years ago

   One of my favorites \n\nOne of the best webinars i've been to. Spoke clearly and not too quickly and didn't mumble. Content was excellent. Left me with much food for thought. Thank you.\n\nPresenter was knowledgeable and interesting\n\nQuestions and answers were very informative and helpful.\n\nReinforced good strategies. I always liked that Blaine speaks with you, not to you! Very personable \n\nRight on time with great strategies to follow up on.\n\nSome good ideas for working through DNA burnout. Thanks!\n\nSome interesting ideas on re-looking at your research, thanks Blaine!\n\nStrategies were just what I needed. Well thought out and with suggestions of how to accomplish each strategy. \n\nSuper, as usual, thank you\n\nThank you for the wonderful ideas!\n\nThank you for this. It was very timely and I liked hearing Blaine say that it's okay to take a break. I feel like I should be doing more, but perhaps a break or doing something different (genealogically) is what I need.\n\nThank you so much for an informative webinar. I always enjoy hearing Blaine talk about anything related to DNA. \n\nThanks! First session I’d attended.\n\nThis was awesome as always. It feels good to hear that it's ok to take a break - I always feel guilty.\n\nThis was great! I have been bogged down and overwhelmed by my DNA matches. Blaine Bettinger is such a good speaker, and this webinar will help me get my act together to try all the ways of figuring out who all these long-lost relatives are. Thank you! \n\nthx! just in time for me!\n\nUseful suggestions; thanks so much!\n\nvery easy to follow!\n\nVery good. Thank you. \n\nvery helpful webinar. I found that taking a break really does work with clearing your mind and clarifying things. Thanks!\n\nVery helpful. Introduced new avenues.\n\nVery informative and motivating. \n\nVery informative thank you\n\nVery logical approach to fatigue bye leaving DNA for a time and working with your records!\n\nVery skilled presenter; Obviously very knowledgeable. The entire presentation was well-worth the listening. But especially I liked his recommendation to build a bushy tree. The last few months I have been working with Common Ancestor/thru-lines. Adding new entries that are verified improves those processes. I find several genealogy acquaintances are not familiar with those.\n\nvery very Helpful !\n\nVery well explained\n\nWell done, easy to follow\n\nWell-done; it is good to step back from intense research. Thank you!\n\nWOW. I hope I live long enough to use all this information. Great job. I can hear the bricks cracking already.

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   4 years ago

   I always enjoy listening to Blaine speak.\n\nI always learn something from listening to Blaine.\n\nI always learn something new about DNA & Genetic Research from Blaine's presentations. Thank you!\n\nI always learn something new from Blaine!\n\nI can't believe how intently I listened, thank you for this. It's like it's OK to say Hey, I need a break so everyone stop asking me for projects!! \n\nI enjoy the way Blaine explains things so clearly. :)\n\nI enjoyed learning some new strategies when working on my DNA matches.\n\nI found the strategies and tips to be useful, even without DNA fatigue.\n\nI guess I knew many of these ideas, already.\n\nI liked the focus. Yes, DNA is great when it works but sometimes, you need to have strategies for the times it is not working to help fill out your tree. I have done most of ideas presented and it is nice to hear it is OKAY to WALK AWAY for a time. Thanks.\n\nI love Blaine and got some great ideas.\n\nI love hearing Blaine talk on DNA. I learn something new to try with every talk he gives. Thank you!\n\nI plan to access more of Blaine's webinars!\n\nI really enjoyed it and have taken a number of bullet points, which I will act on. My only comment is that I am in Australia, and presenters often think and talk in American terms which are foreign to some of us. DNA is international. As an aside I have just got my granddaughter's DNA results, the only continent not mentioned is Antarctica.\n\nI really enjoyed the 5 suggestions and took a lot of notes with try this. Also I had never heard of LucidChart so I'm going to look into that. Thanks!!\n\nI think Blaine addressed the topic in a way that was helpful for me.\n\nI think I need a break!\n\nI took this course because it was Blaine but what I came to realize was that I had grown fatigued. Thanks for all the excellent tips and strategies on what I can do. It also helped to give those cM # markers (i.e. 50 or 20 and 40) on where to draw the line for my research and focus\n\nI will listen to anything from Blaine! \n\nIncredibly helpful! I hope to hear more from him Thanks Blaine\n\nIt was good to be reminded that taking a break is a valid choice. \n\nI've done 2 DNA test but am just starting into using it - BUT Blaine explained things so simply and clearly that I followed everything and he's given me some ideas about how to approach my genealogy research integrating DNA and records early on rather than continuing first with records and then addressing DNA information. Blaine's a wonderful presenter because he obviously helped more experienced DNA users and me at the same time!\n\nListening to Blaine always perks me up and makes me look at things in a new way.\n\nListening to one of Blaine's webinars is always time well spent. I feel better about my own DNA fatigue (based on very few good matches because many of my ancestors had few children who survived to adulthood) and empowered to keep on working.\n\nLots of great ideas.\n\nLots of GREAT info \n\nLots of new ideas, well presented.\n\nLots to do to make better use of the DNA matches.\n\nLove anything Blaine Bettinger presents.\n\nLove Blaine and his presentation\n\nLove Blaine! And good suggestions\n\nLoved the topic on DNA fatigue. Very informative nd Blaine is always great! \n\nMany hints for my research. \n\nNice to get permission to step back & take a break if things get too frustrating & I find I need that reminder from time to time.\n\nNice to listen to a DNA webinar without it using how we get DNA. That gets repetitive. \n\nNone, at this time: However, this was awesome presentation. I really enjoyed Blaine and the moderator for putting together this amazing Educational program on Genetics (DNA).

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   4 years ago

   encouraging information!\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent as always and so not science focused for us non tech people\n\nExcellent presentation by Blaine as always!\n\nExcellent presentation by Blaine. I always learn something new from his presentations.\n\nExcellent presentation including the handout and the many examples. \n\nExcellent presentation with much review and acceptance of frustration. Thank you! I realize there are many questions asked because there are so many participants. \n\nExcellent presentation! Blaine always has interesting and helpful information! Thanks!\n\nExcellent presentation: very clear. I think of him as the gold standard.\n\nExcellent tips and strategies\n\nExcellent webinar. Love the concrete strategies to accept and move forward from DNA fatigue!\n\nExcellent, as always.\n\nexcellent, as always. Thank you.\n\nFantastic, as always!! I love the ideas (and validation on what I've already been doing). Thank you so much. I can't wait for the next one. Blaine is always so informative!\n\nGood advice, as always, from Blaine. \n\ngood ideas\n\nGood info from Blaine. Thank you.\n\nGood presentation and information.\n\nGood strategies to follow.\n\nGood suggestions presented in a well prepared and spoken presentation. Syllabus also very helpful. Thank you\n\nGreat as usual. \n\nGreat content with practical information for strategies during DNA downtime.\n\nGreat ideas for different ways to look at DNA matches.\n\nGreat ideas on how to keep interest up when DNA has got you down.\n\nGreat ideas to achieve a renewed interest in your matches. \n\nGreat ideas, not only for overcoming DNA fatigue but just general genealogy research fatigue! Thanks Blaine!\n\nGreat information on expanding your genealogy while taking a break\n\nGreat information thank you!!\n\ngreat information. Thx\n\nGreat job done by Blaine as usual. I always learn something from him even after ready his book.\n\nGreat presentation! Very helpful information.\n\nGreat presentation, as I have no first cousins this helps me quite a bit in finding relatives.\n\nGreat strategies.\n\nGreat thanks! As always!\n\nGreat tips from DNA Fatigue by Blaine Bettinger!!\n\nGreat!\n\nGreat! Blaine is always excellent! \n\nHe always has important things to teach \n\nHe is always great! Tonight was no exception.\n\nHelped me a lot Thanks for the Great information

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4. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   4 years ago

   Excellent. Always learn something knew when Blaine Bettiger is in the house.\n\nA different take on DNA work - very helpful although I do most of it already. Just not enough hours in the day. Love all of Blaine's talks - clear and pertinent.\n\nA lot of good ideas to keep me moving forward!\n\nA lot of information...\n\nA smart man who is very easy to listen to and can get the information across to me.\n\nAlways a fresh way to look at problems. \n\nalways a good Bettinger webinar\n\nAlways a great time when Blaine is helping us learn\n\nAlways great information from Blaine Bettinger. So helpful. It was also nice to hear that it is ok to take a break. \n\nAlways great to hear Blaine Bettinger speak. He has new thoughts, great perspective and very solid information. Thank you!\n\nalways has great ideas \n\nAlways highly informative!!!\n\nAlways interesting things to learn from Blaine's webinars.\n\nAlways learn something from Blaine\n\nAnother useful webinar. Must get at my genealogy!!!\n\nAppreciate the Q and A. Thank you for an inspiring session on strategies to jump start the energy and motivation.\n\nAs always, Blaine Bettinger's information is clear and useful. I discovered I have been doing some of his strategies to keep myself motivated but the webinar also added new things to consider. Thank you!\n\nAs always, great presenter\n\nAs always, wonderful! Great tips.\n\nAwesome as always!! Lots of great information.\n\nAwesome webinar. Explained DNA fatigue in very simple terms.\n\nBlaaine's presentations are always outstanding.\n\nBlaine always delivers timely presentations \n\nBlaine always delivers!\n\nBlaine always gives great webinars\n\nBlaine always has something useful to help with research projects!\n\nBlaine as always present needed information in an easy to understand way.\n\nBlaine does a great job every time.\n\nBlaine explains everything in a simple and understanding way.\n\nBlaine has a way of making the topic interesting but also something I can do.\n\nBlaine has some useful tips and strategies about how to get past DNA Burnout!\n\nBlaine is a great resource. Thank you.\n\nBlaine is a wonderful presenter. He offered us practical advice about dealing with DNA fatigue, which many people probably have but may not admit. In effect, he gave people permission to step back from their DNA research and not feel guilty about it.\n\nBlaine is always excellent! Thank you!\n\nBlaine is always great.\n\nBlaine is always great. Lots to think about.\n\nBlaine is always informative!\n\nBlaine is always the best with DNA.\n\nBlaine is brilliant as always. I did not realise how DNA fatigued I really was. I do need to step back.\n\nBlaine is just a fountain of knowledge, when it comes to genetic genealogy, and he has a brilliant delivery style, making things easy to comprehend.\n\nBlaine is pretty brilliant but this webinar was not the most helpful. The Q&A section picked it up a bit though because it had more specifics.\n\nBlaine is such an excellent presenter. He doesn't talk over your head, and gives practical advice.\n\nBlaine is such an outstanding speaker.\n\nBlaine is wonderful, but still quite a bit above my skill set. I'd like to have someone explain the double helix model and relate it to the terminology genealogists use - what is are the rungs of the ladder called, etc.\n\nBlaine talks informatively without making one feel uniformed or silly. Good talk!\n\nBlaine was great, as always. \n\nBlaine was very clear, as usual\n\nBlaine's advice is good common sense, not only when applied to DNA but reviewing our documents as well.\n\nBlaine's webinars are always great!\n\nDr. Blaine Bettinger is an excellent and interesting presenter.

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