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DNA and Complicated Cousins

Just to be upfront, I don’t have an answer yet to this only the questions. I have been working with genealogy for most of my life and with the DNA aspect of genealogy for several years. I already had my…

DNA Match – Double distant Cousins?

Finding relatives through DNA consists of looking at and evaluating the DNA match and then working through the genealogy paper trail to find out when and how we are related.  Two sisters, Joy and Lois, contacted me about a match.…

Duffy Origins – Part 1

DNA is an evolving science that is affecting what we believe about history and mythology.  The testing of the “Y” chromosome is looking back to the origins of the paternal line. Another way of saying that is it traces back…