DNA Reference Works

Journals Articles - DNA and Genealogy

Leary, Helen F. M., Certified Genealogist. "Sally Hemings's Children: A Genealogical Analysis of the Evidence." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 89 (September 2001), 165-207. Special issue on Jefferson-Hemings.

Lustenberger, Anita A., Certified Genealogist and certified genetic counselor. "Genetics & Genealogy," genetics column in New England Ancestors, starting in Fall 2002 issue.

Moneta, Daniela, Certified Genealogist. "Virginia Pughs and North Carolina Wests: A Genetic Link from Slavery in Kentucky." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 97 (September 2009), 179-194. Demonstrates the use of DNA to help determine the parentage of a family descended from slaves.

Morse, Stephen P. "From DNA to Genetic Genealogy, Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask." Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (March 2009), 27-37.

Morse, Stephen P. "Genealogy Beyond the Y Chromosome: Autosomes Exposed." (http://stevemorse.org/).

Wayne, Debbie Parker. "An Introduction to DNA and Genetic Genealogy." Texas State Genealogical Society Stirpes 49 (June 2009), 21-25.

Books and Journals - DNA and Genealogy

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Theme Issue on Genetics and Genealogy, Vol. 93, No. 4, December 2005.

Fitzpatrick, Colleen and Andrew Yeiser. DNA and Genealogy. Fountain Valley, Cal., Rice Book Press, 2005.

Fitzpatrick, Colleen. Forensic Genealogy. Fountain Valley, Cal., Rice Book Press, 2005.

Note: The Fitzpatrick books go into more of the technical details of DNA analysis for genealogical purposes.

Kennett, Debbie. DNA and Social Networking: A Guide to Genealogy in the Twenty-first Century. Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2011. (See my review.)

Shawker, Dr. Thomas. Unlocking Your Genetic History. Nashville, Tenn., Rutledge Hill Press, 2004.

Smolenyak, Megan Smolenyak and Ann Turner. Trace Your Roots with DNA. Emmaus, Penn., Rodale Press, 2004.

Books - DNA Technology and Forensics
(For a deeper understanding of the technological aspects of DNA and the process of analysis.)

Butler, John M. Forensic DNA Typing: Biology, Technology, and Genetics of STR Markers. Second edition. Burlington, Mass., Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.

Michaelis, Ron C., Robert G. Flanders, and Paula H. Wulff. A Litigator's Guide to DNA: From the Laboratory to the Courtroom. Burlington, Mass., Academic Press, 2008.

Books - DNA and Deep Ancestry of Humans
(Some of these books offer controversial theories on the migration of early humans.)

Olson, Steve. Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002.

Oppenheimer, Stephen. The Origins of the British, A Genetic Detective Story: The Surprising Roots of the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers, 2006.

Note: JOGG article by Kevin D. Campbell analyzing Oppenheimer's clan definitions.

Sykes, Bryan. The Seven Daughters of Eve. New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 2001.

Sykes, Bryan. Adam's Curse. New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 2004.

Sykes, Bryan. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland. (Published in the UK as Blood of the Isles.) New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 2006.

Wells, Spencer. Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey. New York, Random House, 2002.

Wells, Spencer. Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project. Washington, DC: National Genographic Society, 2006.

Technical and Scientific Papers

Technical Papers on DNA can be found on many Web sites and using Google Scholar.

European Journal of Human Genetics, free access - http://www.nature.com/ejhg/archive/index.html

Family Tree DNA - http://www.familytreedna.com/scientific-papers.aspx or on the home page scroll down and click on "Scientific Papers"

Nature journal, free access to 1998-2005 - http://www.nature.com/ejhg/archive/index.html

PubMed Central - Open Access - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/openftlist.html

Websites

International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) - http://www.isogg.org/

Journal of Genetic Genealogy (JOGG) - http://www.jogg.info/

DNA Testing Adviser (Richard Hill) - http://www.dna-testing-adviser.com/ - Free guide: How to Identify Ancestors and Confirm Relationships through DNA Testing and information on using DNA for adoption research
Identifinders (Colleen Fitzpatrick) - http://identifinders.com/
Forensic Genealogy (Colleen Fitzpatrick) - http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/

Genetealogy (Megan Smolenyak) - http://www.genetealogy.com/

Kerchner's site with DNA glossary - http://www.kerchner.com/kerchdna.htm

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Primer on Molecular Genetics (US DOE) - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer/toc.html

Personal Genome Project Study Guide - http://www.pgpstudy.org/

Mail Lists and Groups

DNA-Newbie Yahoo Forum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-NEWBIE/

Genealogy DNA List on RootsWeb - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/DNA/GENEALOGY-DNA.html

ISOGG Member Yahoo Forum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ISOGG/

There are also many lists related to DNA research on a specific surnames, DNA signatures, ethnic groups, and localities.

Blogs

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog - http://dienekes.blogspot.com/

DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy (Emily Aulicino) - http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/

Genetic Genealogist (Blaine T. Bettinger, ) - http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/

Genomes Unzipped: Public Personal Genomics - http://www.genomesunzipped.org/

John Hawks Weblog - http://johnhawks.net/weblog

Your Genetic Genealogist (CeCe Moore) - http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com

DNA Testing Companies

ISOGG Y-DNA Testing Comparison Chart - http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Y-DNA_testing_comparison_chart

ISOGG mtDNA Testing Comparison Chart - http://www.isogg.org/wiki/MtDNA_testing_comparison_chart

Converting markers between commercial companies - http://www.smgf.org/ychromosome/marker_standards.jspx

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) - http://www.familytreedna.com/ (2011: acquired DNA Heritage and ybase.org)

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Group (SMGF) - http://www.smgf.org/

African Ancestry - http://www.africanancestry.com/

DNA Ancestry (was Relative Genetics) - http://dna.ancestry.com/

DNA Fingerprint - http://www.dnafingerprint.com/

EthnoAncestry - http://www.ethnoancestry.com/

Oxford Ancestors - http://www.oxfordancestors.com/

Publicly Accessible DNA Databases – Y-DNA

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Group Y-DNA DB (SMGF data) - http://www.smgf.org/

US Y-STR DB (Forensic data for estimating population frequenceis for forensic work) - http://www.usystrdatabase.com/

Ysearch (FTDNA data and publicly submitted data) - http://www.ysearch.org/

Ybase: genealogy by numbers (DNA Heritage data and publicly submitted data, control transferred to Family Tree DNA in April 2011) - http://www.ybase.org/

YHRD - Y Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database (Forensic and scientific community data) - http://www.yhrd.org/

Publicly Accessible DNA Databases – mtDNA

HvrBase++ (mitochondrial DNA) - http://www.hvrbase.org/

mitoSearch (FTDNA and publicly submitted data) - http://www.mitosearch.org/

mtDB - Human Mitochondrial Genome Database - http://www.genpat.uu.se/mtDB/

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Group mitochondrial DNA DB (SMGF data) - http://www.smgf.org/

Publicly Accessible DNA Databases – autosomal / atDNA

HvrBase++ (autosomal DNA) - http://www.hvrbase.org/

NCBI Genome Map Viewer - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/

DNA Tools

WorldFamilies.net (WFN) - Administrative Tools, Information, and Web space
WFN Reference Archive - Reference Information

Athey - Whit Athey's Haplogroup Predictor

FTDNA - Family Tree DNA - Thomas Krahn's Y Chromosome Browser

McDonald - Doug McDonald's TMRCA Calulatorc

McGee - Dean McGee's Y-Utility: Y-DNA Comparison Utility, Ysearch Mode

Morse - Webpages by Stephen P. Morse, One-Step Tools for Genetics (DNA)
includes:

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) - Fetching DNA Markers in One Step - fetches your Y-DNA test results from Family Tree DNA or from the Ysearch database (requires your login information).
Updating Ysearch DNA Markers in One Step - fetches your Y-DNA test results from FTDNA and updates an existing account in the Ysearch database (requires your login information).
Searching for Matches in the Sorenson Database in One Step - allows manual input of Y-DNA values or extracts values for comparison (requires your login information).
Haplogroups - Predicting Haplogroups in One Step - dervied from Whit Athey's haplogroup predictor.
Group Chart - Building a Color-Coded DNA-Group Chart in One Step - builds a haplotype table from data extracted from FTDNA, Ysearch, or a user-created spreadsheet (requires your login information).
Distances - Obtaining DNA Distances in One Step - computes genetic distance between a group of people (based on Group Chart tool, similar to McGee Y-DNA Utility
Migration Details - Determining Your Ancestor's Migration Details in One Step - enter a haplogroup to display a narrative migration trail from one of several sources
Migration Map - Mapping Your Ancestor's Migration Path in One Step - enter a haplogroup to display a charted migration trail

Pike - David Pike's Utilities for Family Tree DNA and/or 23andMe autosomal results

Pike - David Pike's Phasing Tools

SHAPEIT- Segmented HAPlotype Estimation and Imputation Tool

Stanford - Stanford University's Interpretome - utilities written as exercises for srudents in a course on Personalized Medicine and Genomics. Includes ancestry painting after comparing autosomal DNA test data to Hapmap2 or Hapmap3 and several other ways of exploring your DNA results.

See Debbie's GATA GACC! DNA and Genetic Genealogy presentation for basic DNA information.

See Debbie's Maternal Lines: Using Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) presentation for mtDNA information.

See Debbie's Paternal Lines: Using Y-DNA presentation for Y-DNA information.

See Debbie's Going Nuclear: DNA Discoveries to Trace All Lines of Descent presentation for Autosomal DNA (atDNA) information.

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