Strategies to Analyze Endogamous DNA

Alec Ferretti
May 1, 2024
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About this webinar

This lecture will discuss how best to weed out false-positive DNA Matches that test-takers from endogamous groups face daily. After discussing how endogamous matches differ from typical DNA matches, chromosome mapping tools such as DNA painter will be demonstrated to help identify more likely matches. The strengths and weaknesses of every testing company will be considered, when specifically considering endogamy.

About the speaker

Alec Ferretti is a New-York-City-based professional genealogist, who has worked for the Wells Fargo Family & Business History Center, researching family histories for high net worth clients. Alec ...
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  1. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Interesting presentation but a bit above my basic understanding of DNA. Will have to go back to basics and the watch this again

  2. SH
    Susan Hurley
    1 year ago

    I am glad I get to watch it again because it was a lot to take in!!!! The syllabus will be very helpful! Thank you Alec!

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  3. RH
    Ray Hodgson
    1 year ago

    One of the clearest presentations on endogamy that I have heard. Well done!

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  4. DL
    Dale Lutz
    1 year ago

    Very useful and understandable.

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  5. DE
    Diana P Enser
    1 year ago

    Absolutely brilliant! Very interesting and clearly explained.

  6. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    I enjoyed the humor and DNA methodologies.

  7. AK
    Amy Koehler
    1 year ago

    Host was very good and congenial and the speaker was excellent. He made a very complex subject understandable and approachable. I left with renewed confidence in the best approach to Endogamous dna

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  8. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Excellent (and fun!) speaker. Made a possibly dense subject understandable to this intermediate (lower level intermediate) DNA user.

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