In March, Paula will be sharing some of her favorite tools, both at the testing companies and third-party tools. Who knows, maybe this will include new toys announced at RootsTech!
Here are links to learn more about some of the things we discussed:
News from Ancestry:
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Networks
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/how-to-use-ancestry-networks
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/using-ancestrydna-to-power-family-history
News from 23andMe:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/23andme-premium-unlocking-4000-ancestry-regions-ancient-dna-and-the-future-of-family-tree-tools
News from FamilyTreeDNA:
https://blog.familytreedna.com/family-finder-matrix-update/
https://blog.familytreedna.com/updated-mtdna-tree-35000-new-branches/
https://blog.familytreedna.com/mtdna-discover-haplogroup-reports/
News from MyHeritage:
https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/03/introducing-cousin-finder-gain-dna-level-insights-without-a-dna-test/
https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/02/introducing-ancient-origins-trace-your-origins-back-10000-years/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/uncovering-your-story-with-myheritage-dna – has some discussion of the Ancient Origins, among other DNA features at MyHeritage
More information about what Paula called her favorite tools (for now, anyway!):
Ancestry’s SideView parental split: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/SideView-Technology and https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/DNA-Matches-Split-Up-By-Parent
Using Ancestry’s Pro Tools’ Enhanced Shared Matching: https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/pro-tools-dna-matches/
Custom Groups at Ancestry and at MyHeritage:
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Grouping-and-Filtering-AncestryDNA-Matches
https://education.myheritage.com/article/how-to-use-labels-to-break-new-ground-with-your-dna-matches/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/shared-dna-matches-the-only-dna-tool-you-will-ever-need
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/solving-a-virginia-mystery-using-dna/
DNA Painter:
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/practical-chromosome-mapping-gaining-insights-from-segments-of-dna/
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/four-ways-dna-painter-can-help-with-your-family-history-research/
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/what-are-the-odds-an-online-tool-that-can-help-solve-dna-puzzles/
https://dnapainter.com/blog/new-features-you-might-have-missed/
https://dnapainter.com/blog/enhanced-ancestral-trees-brick-walls-pictures-and-dots/
https://dnapainter.com/blog/dna-painter-dimensions-a-new-way-to-showcase-your-ancestral-line/
https://dnapainter.com/blog/eight-ways-you-can-use-ancestral-trees-at-dna-painter/
https://dnapainter.com/blog/introducing-places-new-map-ancestral-tree/
Charts:
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/weaving-dna-test-results-into-a-proof-argument/
https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/03/19/guest-post-the-mcguire-method-simplified-visual-dna-comparisons/
https://www.lucidchart.com/
https://app.diagrams.net/
Jonny Perl’s list of tools from RootsTech 2023: https://dnapainter.com/rt2023