by Jennifer Zinck | 12 October 2014 | Conferences, DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
Family Tree DNA kicked off its Decennial Conference on Genetic Genealogy at the Hyatt North Houston in Houston, Texas. Max Blankenfeld welcomed the crowd of more than 180 group administrators and acknowledged those who had been to all ten conferences as well...
by Jennifer Zinck | 19 June 2014 | DNA, Education, Forensic Genealogy, General, Genetic Genealogy
Most who know me know that I thrive on learning new things. I finished my MBA with a concentration in Project Management in 2006 and took a few years off before completing the Boston University Genealogical Certificate Program in December 2012 and ProGen Study Group...
by Jennifer Zinck | 18 June 2014 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
The Engineering team at Family Tree DNA has been busy preparing some new settings and features for us. Over the past week or two, there had been some question among admins about pricing on the Y-DNA25 test. It has been adjusted to put it inline with other tests. A SNP...
by Jennifer Zinck | 06 January 2014 | DNA, Education, Genetic Genealogy
Family Tree DNA is now offering FREE live webinars. Sign up for any or all that interest you. Kudos to Elise Freidman for including information on X chromosome matching so quickly! There are also three pre-recorded webinars to watch at your convenience. Don’t...
by Jennifer Zinck | 09 November 2013 | Conferences, DNA, Genetic Genealogy, Technology
Max Blankfeld opened the conference with a welcome. Max talked about competition making for healthy growth. This has been the best year ever and there are great things in the pipeline. In June of this year, what started as an acquisition became something that could...