Using MyHeritage DNA to Determine Immigrant Origins
Melanie McComb, MyHeritage Webinars
Content
Welcome
1m 17s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 14s
Introduction
6m 36s
MyHeritage Genetic Groups
1m 28s
Ethnicity Estimates
3m 15s
DNA Matches
8m 32s
Case Studies
25m 24s
DNA Tools on MyHeritage
4m 49s
Chromosome Browser
4m 52s
Announcements / prizes
5m 50s
Questions / answers
8m 56s
About this webinar
This class will briefly explain the different types of DNA (autosomal, Y-DNA and mtDNA) and provide helpful tips for analyzing your DNA matches to identify your strongest matches to help you go back to your immigrant ancestor. A few examples of using this approach will be shown through mini case studies.
About the speakers
Melanie McComb is a Senior Genealogist at American Ancestors. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Oswego. She is an international lecturer who teaches on va...
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Comments (61)
I ran out of space to say, that my other post proves everything you said, fitting it to a T. Are we related? Haha!
I had a similar NPE case, 2 generations closer, Irish-Americans c.1910, but the MIDDLE child, no less. And that is the MOST vexing of cases.\n\nMy tester had random unknown 3C+ among her matches, unsurprisingly. Performing a "Leeds set" of ICW over ALL her 2C-3C matches, showed the 3C unknowns must all be maternal paternal. A maternal uncle had tested, same unknowns but as 2C, ICWs showing them all must be paternal paternal, no others from the expected line. Uncle's paternal 1C had tested, but: at half the expected cM; only matched paternal maternal 2C; and did not match the unknowns.\n\nThe other family all had only Shallow-AND-Partial trees. Haha! But just 1 nuclear family. The closest were daughters' children, across country, 1 with different paternal ethnicity in their match usernames & surnames. Two sons had grandchildren who matched. That was all the unknowns. Expanding their tree, I found another son with grandchildren none testing yet, but that we need, and a bachelor.
Lots of good ideas on using MyHeritage DNA
This will be more helpful to me if I rewatch it sometime in the future when I'm more familiar with this level of depth in my research.
Great info. I even have a subscription to My Heritage and I learned new things. :) Thanks!
I am new to MyHeritage so this got my toes wet for looking at DNA. Once I get into it more I will have to watch again, as I do have a subscription.
Excellent information. Worth rewatching.
Fascinating! I actually learned specific answers to research I am involved with right now, without even having to write down a question!!! Very well presented.