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Colleen Murray
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Book Review: The Lost Family
I recently finished Libby Copeland's book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, which came out about this time last...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
DNA & Forensic Genealogy
I've received my certificate for the "All-DNA Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum" that I completed in 2020 through the Salt Lake...
Colleen Murray
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Advanced DNA Practicum
I just handed in my last assignment for the All-DNA Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum course, offered through the Salt Lake Institute...
Colleen Murray
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Genealogy & Positivity
If you’re like me, you are staying home as much as possible right now, to social-distance and help “flatten the curve”. It’s easy to get...
Colleen Murray
- Jan 12, 2020
- 3 min
Not just tall trees
Do you remember when you first started working on your family tree? Your goal was probably to enter immediate relatives, and then move...
Colleen Murray
- Nov 4, 2019
- 4 min
Y-DNA and the Waiting Game
I first tested my father’s Y-DNA back in 2014- and it wasn’t until a few weeks ago, five years later, that he finally received a match...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 9, 2018
- 1 min
Personal Genome Sequencing
I just listened to a fascinating discussion on CBC Radio: The Current on personal genome sequencing. Although we have become used to...
Colleen Murray
- May 20, 2016
- 3 min
My DNA Journey
Image Courtesy FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com Several years ago, my husband gave me a DNA test as a birthday gift. I did the cheek...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 10, 2015
- 1 min
Learning about DNA
It’s a snowy day in Edmonton, and even though I do have to venture out to the Land Titles office to pick up some information for my house...