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My Favorite Genetic Genealogy Resources

The following genetic genealogy resources list was inspired by a member of an online genealogy forum. In the comment boxes following this document, please add your own favorite links or resources and I will update accordingly. NOTE: Let me know of any broken, outdated or expired links. Thanks and ENJOY!

My Favorite New DNA Test: 
Nebula Genomics ($299, Whole Genomic Sequence Test 30x coverage)

General Genetics Tutorials, Links, Information:

AncestryDNA's new Genealogy Resource page (requires sign in):

23andme Genetics Tutorials
https://www.23andme.com/you/gen101/

GEDmatch Tutorials

What is a CentiMorgan (cM)
http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Centimorgan

DNA Shared for different relationships (in CentiMorgans cM)
http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Identical_By_Descent_segment

DNA Shared for different relationships (in Percentages)

Genealogy Resources

Roberta Estes Website with tons of Excellent PDFs and Explanations of Native American testing and many other topics:
http://www.dnaexplain.com/Publications/Publications.asp

Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. List of Links and Tutorials
http://www.kerchner.com/dna-info.htm

Stanford University Class Materials and Notes on Computational Genomics 
http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs262/cgi-bin/index.php
http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs262/notes/

Bioinformatics Database Links for the Technically-Minded:
http://hwiki.liebel-lab.org/wiki/index.php/Bioinformatic-Databases

Dienekes -  Genetic Archeology Blogger:
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/

Native American Resources
Native American Links & Information:

Native American Haplogroups and Genetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas

Native American Ancestry & Genetic Testing (PDF) by Roberta Estes
http://www.dnaexplain.com/Publications/PDFs/AutosomalDNATesting5-20-09.pdf

Native American Ancestry Explorer Facebook Group (send a request to join)

Y-DNA Haplogroup Links & Information:
(Be aware that Haplogroups often change names so you could be looking at an old designation)
(On the other hand, 23andme still uses "older" designations for many Haplogroups!)

Wikipedia - Still one of the best first places to look for Haplogroup Data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Y-chromosome_haplogroups_by_populations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Human_Y-DNA_haplogroups

Y-DNA Haplogroups by Country & Ancient Y-DNA:
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/european_y-dna_haplogroups.shtml

Ancient Y-DNA Migration Maps and Info (maybe older?):
http://jowsey.com/genealogy/GeneticGenealogy.html

Another Ancient DNA Site
http://www.buildinghistory.org/distantpast/ancientdna.shtml

Adriano Squecco Y-DNA Spreadsheets:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/YDNA-SNPs-Comparison-Project/166307390055000
http://daver.info/ysub/

Y-DNA Haplogroup Projects Listing and Links at ISOGG:
http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Y-DNA_haplogroup_projects

ISOGG Y-DNA Tree:
http://www.isogg.org/tree/ISOGG_YDNATreeTrunk.html

ISOGG Y-DNA SNP Index:
http://isogg.org/tree/ISOGG_YDNA_SNP_Index.html

Thomas Krahn's FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA Tree:
http://ytree.ftdna.com/index.php?name=Draft&parent=root

Thomas Krahn's explanation of above:
http://www.dna-fingerprint.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=27

Thomas Krahn's Utility to find your Y-DNA Haplogroup? (I haven't tried this):
http://www.dna-fingerprint.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18&page=1

A collection of resources to help  users search genealogical records online and evaluate their validity -
http://wiht.link/genealogical-resource.

mtDNA Haplogroup Links & Information:
(Be aware that Haplogroups often change names so you could be looking at an old designation)
(On the other hand, 23andme still uses "older" designations for many Haplogroups!)

James Lick's Utility to find Current Estimate of your mtDNA Haplogroup
http://dna.jameslick.com/mthap/

Phylotree.org Latest mtDNA Reference Haplogroup Tree
http://www.phylotree.org/tree/main.htm

Ian Logan spreadsheet of various mtDNA samples and where found
http://www.ianlogan.co.uk/sequences_by_group/haplogroup_select.htm

Wikipedia Haplogroups Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Human_mtDNA_haplogroups

ISOGG mtDNA Haplogroup Projects Listing and Links
http://www.isogg.org/wiki/MtDNA_haplogroup_projects

MtDNA Haplogroup Family - Individuals 
http://www.thecid.com/mtdnatree/individuals.html

Health-Related Links & Information:

Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Links
http://simd.org/Links/

Find a Certified Geneticist for Health Issues:
http://www.abmg.org/cgi-bin/SrchGen

Get Health Results using your 23andme Raw Data (Not for the faint of heart - Includes less rigorous studies)
http://www.promethease.com

2 comments:

  1. Luke Jostin's post is no longer online. It was outdated anyway and even he disclaimed it four years ago in favor of the Graham Coop blog version of the same article.

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  2. Thank you. I will make the appropriate deletion.

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