See also DNA Glossary
Testing Companies (see also their information pages & company pages on Facebook)
- Family Tree DNA – http://www.familytreedna.com
also WorldFamilies.net – http://www.worldfamilies.net/ ('Where Genealogy Meets DNA Testing', see especially 'Using FTDNA') - 23 and Me – http://www.23andMe.com (health scan as well as genetic ancestry)
- Ancestry.com – http://dna.ancestry.com
- Genebase – http://www.genebase.com/
- Genetree – http://www.genetree.com/
- Oxford Ancestors – http://www.oxfordancestors.com
- Scotland's DNA – http://www.scotlandsdna.com/
Free DNA Databases (for entering and/or comparing DNA test results)
- Mitosearch – http://www.mitosearch.org/ (search for mtDNA matches)
- Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation – http://www.smgf.org/ (SMGF - search y-chromosome or mitochondrial databases)
- Yhrd – http://www.yhrd.org/ (y-chromosome haplotype searches)
- Ysearch – http://www.ysearch.org/ (search by y-chromosome genetic test results or by surname)
Tools for Genetic Genealogy
- GEDmatch – http://www.gedmatch.com (enter GEDCOMs &/or DNA test results – Y-DNA, mtDNA, atDNA – especially from FTDNA & 23andMe. Also includes tools for DNA comparisons )
- Y-DNA Comparison Utility – http://www.mymcgee.com/tools/yutility.html (tools for DNA comparisons based on markers &/or haplotypes from different companies)
Genetic genealogy mailing lists and discussion forums
- DNA forums – http://dna-forums.org/
- DNA Project Administrators email list – http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/ISOGG (ISOGG members only)
- Family Tree DNA discussion forums – http://forums.familytreedna.com
- Genealogy DNA mailing list – http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/DNA/GENEALOGY-DNA.html (to discuss DNA results & companies)
- 'Newbies' to DNA testing discussion groups – http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/DNA-Newbie (ISOGG members only)
Further reading
- 1000 Genomes – http://www.1000genomes.org
- 23andMe & the future – http://tinyurl.com/7ozqdqz (letter from 23andMe co-founder, particularly to 23andMe customers
- Ancient DNA extraction – http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2011/08/igeneas-king-tut-claims.html (blog post about unsubstantiated ancient DNA claims)
- Autosomal DNA – http://www.smgf.org/education/animations/autosomal.jspx (from SMGF)
- Autosomal DNA and expected percentages of a match – http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2010/09/known-relative-studies-with-23andme.html
- Autosomal DNA at FamilyTreeDNA – http://www.familytreedna.com/faq/answers/default.aspx?faqid=17
- DNA 101 Y-Chromosome testing – http://blairdna.com/dna101.html
- DNA and Family History – http://www.dnaandfamilyhistory.com/
- DNA basics – http://www.contexo.info/DNA_Basics/
- DNA glossary – http://www.isogg.org/course/glossary.htm (common genetic terms)
- DNA Testing – http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dna-testing/ (articles)
- DNA Tutorials – http://www.genetree.com/tutorials (short online videos)
- DNA Wiki – http://www.dnawiki.wikispot.org/
- Forensic Genealogy – http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/ (includes Most Recent Common Ancestor lookup tables)
- From DNA to Genetic Genealogy – http://stevemorse.org/genetealogy/dna.htm ("Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask")
- Genbank – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/ (submitted DNA sequences made available for scientific research)
- Genetics 101 – https://www.23andme.com/gen101/ (includes video tutorials)
- Human Genome Project – http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/info.shtml
- Indigenous DNA – http://www.indigenousdna.org (part of Genebase.com)
- International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) – http://www.isogg.org/ (includes free monthly electronic newsletter)
see also Comparing different companies mtDNA tests (2010) http://www.isogg.org/mtdnachart.htm
and also Comparing different companies yDNA tests (2008) http://www.isogg.org/ydnachart.htm - Interpreting Genetic Genealogy results – http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf-docs/Interpreting-Genetic-Genealogy-Results_web_optimized.pdf (eBook)
- Is the Answer in your Genes? – http://www.irishtype3dna.org/debbiekennett.php
- Mitochondrial DNA – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA (Wikipedia)
- Mitochondrial variability – http://tinyurl.com/yadktpy
- Mitomap – http://www.mitomap.org/
- Most Recent Common Ancestor – http://en.geneawiki.com/index.php/Most_recent_common_ancestor
- Most Recent Common Ancestor Calculation – http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/ftdna/TMRCA.html
- National Genographic Project – https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
- Online Journal of Genetics & Genealogy – http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/
- Projects on Family Tree DNA – http://www.familytreedna.com/projects.aspx (Surname, geographical and haplogroup projects)
- PhyloTree (Global human mtDNA phylogenetic tree) – http://www.phylotree.org/tree/main.htm (tree with mutations defining mtDNA haplogroups)
- Relative Roots – http://relativeroots.net/webinars/ (webinars, online lectures, about DNA & genealogy, intro talk is free, others cost)
- Short Tandem Repeat Internet DNA Database – http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/index.htm (information about markers & STR database)
- Short Tandem Repeats (STR) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_tandem_repeat (Wikipedia)
- Single-nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-nucleotide_polymorphism (Wikipedia)
- Steve Morse links to Genetic Genealogy – http://stevemorse.org/#genetic
- The Genetic Genealogist Blog (Blaine Bettinger) – http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/ (blogs, how to use DNA testing & includes free downloadable eBook)
- Tour of the DNA basics – http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/
- What can you learn from a DNA test? – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/dna-test.htm (large file, audio lecture)