Author Archives: Administrator

Ancestry.com has just launched their public beta and soon the AncestryDNA autosomal tests will be available to everybody. When things go right its nice to share the good news. On 5/5 I received word that it was my turn to … Continue reading →

One of the goals of genetic genealogy is connecting our DNA matches with a common ancestor . In order to find that common ancestor we need a fully developed family tree going back at least 4-6 generations. In my case … Continue reading →

This post is for my DNA matches who are visiting our site for more information. Our DNA indicates we share enough common DNA to be cousins now what?  Wouldn’t it be nice to find the paper trail to our common … Continue reading →

Family Tree DNA has made a recent change to their Family Finder Matches in Common Filter Utilityl. Prior to April 3rd you could only see matches in common with your matches if they confirmed a known relationship using the “assign” … Continue reading →

GEDMatch.com has posted a new utility that  allows you to “Search for Possible Common Ancestors among GEDCOMs matching your DNA” . To use this utility you need to have uploaded  both a GEDCOM  and your DNA data to GEDMatch.com  a … Continue reading →

This is a condensed  list of grandparents by generation of Owen Cottrell s ancestors.  I hope genetic matches will find the list useful because often our results have a predicted number of generations to our common ancestor. Found a common … Continue reading →

I am so grateful that five cousins who are descendants of Hiram Cottrell and Elizabeth Reaves have now tested with Family Tree DNA and several of them have joined the Cottrell Family Research project.  I hope more will continue to … Continue reading →

I am curious about the significance of the number of matches with other Lost Colony/Melungeon Lore Project participants  in my Ancestor-projects.com research.   A certain percentage of participants in the Melungeon Lore project are quite certain of their Melungeon heritage … Continue reading →