Whenever Ancestry rolls out a new ethnicity update, a collective ripple of anticipation, and occasional dread, runs through the Irish genealogy community. For those tracing roots back to specific townlands, parishes, or provinces, even a minor tweak in percentages can feel like a sudden rewriting… 

Learn how to manage and organise multiple DNA kits, who to test first, and how to use GEDmatch kit numbers to solve family mysteries.

Learn how to upload your raw DNA data to GEDmatch, find new cousins across different databases and use kit numbers to track your research.

Opened your DNA results and feeling overwhelmed? Here is your guide to moving past the ethnicity map and finding the real family stories in your match list.

For many of us, ethnicity results can be a bit of a shock. Seeing 12% Scandinavian or 5% Welsh when you were certain your ancestors were 100% Irish can leave you feeling more confused than when you started. Before you worry that the test is… 

Beyond the DNA Basics: Is Y-DNA or mtDNA the Missing Piece to Your Irish Puzzle? Most of us start with a standard autosomal test (such as AncestryDNA) but sometimes our family history mysteries are hidden further back in time. This is where the specialist Y-DNA… 

When you open your DNA results for the first time, you’re often met with a wall of technical terms. It can feel like you need a degree in genetics just to view your results! To help you move from confusion to connection, I’ve put together… 

Taking the plunge into the world of genetic genealogy can seem like a daunting task. You are confronted with various options… AncestryDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage, and FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) all promise to unlock your family history, but each serve slightly different purposes. It’s important to make the…