ABCs of DNA
Videos, Handouts and Slides
Phasing and X DNA
April 18, 2020
Philip Spivey presents a talk on how to separate paternal and maternal DNA matches.
Y Chromosome and the SNPs and STRs
May 16, 2020
Marty Brady presents a review of the Y chromosome and the mutations that are used in genetic genealogy.
Handout (PDF format, 171 kB)
Slides (PDF format, 3.89 MB)
Recorded video of the presentation
An Introduction to DNA
June 20, 2020
Philip Spivey gives a talk on the basics of DNA and how it is used in genetic genealogy.
Handout (PDF format, 105 kB)
Recorded video of the presentation
Identifying DNA Matches
July 18, 2020
Philip Spivey gives a talk on how to identify your DNA matches.
GEDmatch
August 15, 2020
Lark Robart, Philip Spivey and Marty Brady discuss how to use the tools on GEDmatch and Law Enforcements involvement in GEDmatch.
DNA Painter
September 19, 2020
Marty Brady, Chip Mansure and Philip Spivey discuss the features and tools of the DNA Painter website.
Handout (PDF format, 114 kB)
Chip’s slides on clustering (PDF format, 3.2 MB)
Recorded video of the presentation
MyHeritage, Inside and Out
October 17, 2020
John Farris, Chip Mansure and Richard Wright give instruction on how to use the features and tools of MyHeritage.
John Farris slides on clustering (PDF format, 486 kB)
Chip Mansure slides on endogamy (PDF format, 1.6 MB)
Richard Wright slides on smart matches (PDF format, 881 kB)
Recorded video of the presentation
AncestryDNA, Tools and Techniques
November 21, 2020
Lark Robart and Marty Brady present information on how to sort and make sense of your DNA matches and how ethnicity estimates are done by Ancestry.
Lark Robart’s Handout on DNA Matches (PDF format, 555 kB)
Marty Brady’s Handout on ethnicity estimates (PDF format, 1.4 MB)
Recorded video of the presentation
Recombination and Segment Inheritance
January 16, 2021
Marty Brady discusses intrachromosomal and interchromosomal recombination and how they interact to create DNA segments and diversity in sex cells (gametes).
Recorded video of the presentation
DNA for Geographic Mapping
May 15, 2021
John Farris discusses DNA Mapping and how it can give us a better understanding of our heritage.
Finding Unknown Parents
June 19, 2021
Philip Spivey discusses using DNA to help identify biological families.
Proving a Relationship
July 17, 2021
Lark Robart discusses how genealogists go about proving family relationships.
Comparing Third Party Tools
August 21, 2021
There are many helpful tools available to genetic genealogist for analyzing DNA matches.
Marty Brady & Chip Mansure discuss some of the best.
Y-DNA: A Key Player in Genetic Genealogy
September 18, 2021
The unique characteristics of Y-DNA make it a valuable tool for researchers. John Farris discusses how it is used.
Visual Phasing (Part 1)
October 16, 2021
Presented by Marty Brady and Philip Spivey
The Leeds Method and Organizing Matches
February 19, 2022
Presented by Philip Spivey
ThruLines at Ancestry
April 16, 2022
Presented by Lark M. Robart
Recorded video of the presentation
Handout
New Mexico Genealogical Society DNA Project
August 20, 2022
Presented by Henrietta Martinez Christmas
Investigative Genetic Genealogy
September 17, 2022
Presented by Philip Spivey