DNA for the Overwhelmed with Robert Cameron Weir

The test kit was on sale. You bought one, dutifully deposited your saliva in the plastic tube and mailed it in. Now, a few weeks later the results are in: haplotypes and ethnicity estimates, something about earwax type, and a giant list of 537 people who (apparently) are your kinfolk. It is all a bit overwhelming. In this talk we’ll cut through the distractions and walk you through the exact steps to take to find, organize and interpret shared matches, a technique that works with all the major DNA testing services, and can be done with a spreadsheet, a word processor, or even a stack of index cards. Using this technique, we’ll make sense of the chaos and start extracting genealogical value from our DNA. This presentation is applicable to all DNA services, including those like Ancestry DNA which do not provide their customers segment-level match data. No prior background with genetic genealogy is assumed.

This free event takes place virtually on zoom. Anyone in the world may attend. Register at the link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUoduCuqTgvEtMJHOxM1ekxZ38mNlyvebIB

About the presenter: 

Robert Cameron Weir is a professional genealogist in Dover, New Hampshire.He is a 12th generation New Englander with 16 years’ experience in genealogical research. He holds a certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University’s Center for Professional Education and is a member of the Association for Professional Genealogists.  He is also a 1991 graduate of Harvard College.

Rob loves using his knowledge, expertise and creativity to help people find out more about their origins.  

His primary research focus is on New England, from 1620 to the present.  

Find out more on his website: https://yourigins.com/