SAG DNA Painter 2020 Webinars - Activities and References

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1    Activities

To undertake these activities, you should register for a free DNAPainter.com membership.  


Activity 1 - Ancestral Tree tool

Using the Ancestral Tree tool-

  • manually prepare your pedigree tree back to your great grandparents,
  • download a picture of the tree and
  • share a copy of the tree to DNASydneyDiscussion[at]gmail[dot]com.


Activities 2&3 - What are the odds (WATO) tool

Use WATO Version 1 for this case study.   Just do as much as you can.  There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion at our next session.   You can email any questions prior to the next session to DNASydneyDiscussion[at]gmail[dot]com.


Research question: What is Gail's relationship to Chris, Deb, John and Rob?


This is an example of a DNA dilemma from my family.  You were introduced to the case study during Friday’s session.  At our next session, we’ll take some twists and turns with the case study to look at the WATO tool.


What we know:

  1. Gail is a shared match with Chris, Deb, John and Robert at GEDmatch.com.  Gail, Chris and Deb tested at FTDNA.  Chris, Rob and John tested at AncestryDNA.  Chris, Deb, John and Rob have transferred their raw DNA to MyHeritageDNA.  
  2. Deb, John and Rob are siblings.
  3. Chris is their first cousin.
  4. Deb, John and Rob's mother, Pat, is the sister of Frank, Chris's father.
  5. Frank and Pat are the children of Jim and Essie.
  6. Jim and Essie were born in 1891 and married in 1919 in Sydney.  Jim was born in Newcastle and Essie was born in Sydney.
  7. Frank was Jim and Essie’s first child.  He was born in 1920 in Sydney.
  8. Pat was Jim and Essie’s second child.  She was born in 1930 in Sydney.
  9. Chris was born in 1953 in Sydney.  She shares 517cM of DNA with Gail.
  10. Deb was born in 1955 in Sydney.  She shares 239cM of DNA with Gail.
  11. John was born in 1958 in Sydney.  He shares 235cM of DNA with Gail.
  12. Rob was born in 1964 in Sydney.  He shares 246cM of DNA with Gail.
  13. Gail was born in 1946 in Sydney.

Activities 2

Using WATO Version1, prepare a family tree showing the relationships between Jim and Essie and their grandchildren (Chris, Deb, John and Rob) showing the DNA each shares with Gail.


Activities 3

Duplicate your first WATO and then plot the 5 "possible" relationships between Gail and "the cousins".   From the information you have, are there any that can be ruled out as unlikely based on "time and place"?



2    Links to Stephen Sampson trees

Stephen Sampson Paternal tree


Stephen Sampson Maternal tree


3    References

Here's the link to Friday 14 August 2020's Hang Out: DNA Painter's tools for all family historians which will be available to until mid September 2020 for your to view - https://tinyurl.com/SAG14Aug


DNAPainter.com has excellent help available at https://dnapainter.com/help


You can also keep unto date with the DNAPainter blog at https://dnapainter.com/blog/


Here are video links-

https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=955

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyjcJxywTZI

https://www.rootstech.org/video/introduction-to-what-are-the-odds

https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=1288


DNA Painter Example

https://dnapainter.com/example


Michelle Leonard Webinar (free to view to 9 September 2020) - Using Chromosome Browsers, Segment Data and Triangulation

https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=1276


Roberta Estes’s DNA Painter - Chromosome Sudoku for Genetic Genealogy Addicts

https://dna-explained.com/2018/03/28/dna-painter-chromosome-sudoku-for-genetic-genealogy-addicts/


Roberta Estes’s DNA Painter - Mining Vendor Matches to Paint Your Chromosomes

https://dna-explained.com/2018/04/04/dnapainter-mining-vendor-matches-to-paint-your-chromosomes/


Roberta Estes’s DNA Painter - Touring the Chromosome Garden

https://dna-explained.com/2018/06/18/dna-painter-touring-the-chromosome-garden/


Roberta Estes - Triangulation in action at DNAPainter

https://dna-explained.com/2020/04/01/triangulation-in-action-at-dnapainter/


Andrew Millard’s What are the odds?  A tool for fitting a DNA match into a family tree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf-Zeid6L2Y


Leah Larkin (The DNA Geek)-

Science the Heck out of Your DNA, Parts 1 to 7

https://thednageek.com/science-the-heck-out-of-your-dna-part-1/

A major upgrade to What are the Odds

https://thednageek.com/a-major-update-to-what-are-the-odds/

Improving the odds

https://thednageek.com/improving-the-odds/


DNA Painter User Group - Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dnapainter/


DNA Painter: What are the Odds? (WATO) - Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WhatAretheOdds/


Deductive Chromosome Mapping

Blaine Bettinger - https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=1233

Anne Young - https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2020/10/07/dna-technique-deductive-chromosome-mapping/?fbclid=IwAR1eCBGh1PH5ljZ-xKX8oJznQLp__YaLSoQbY_WfQh5baErmdDkXQRDgrD4


Anne Young's Using the What Are the Odds Tool version 2

3    The Lindsay Surname Project and Y-DNA

Special event for the Australia and NZ Convenors of DNA SIGs

Tue, Sep 8, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (AEST)


Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.


https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/661818757



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