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Colleen Murray
Dec 8, 20233 min read
Beginner DNA Course for Genealogy
Have you taken a DNA test, but struggle to do anything with your results? Have you sat through other DNA webinars, but failed to apply...
Colleen Murray
Sep 14, 20231 min read
DNA presentation tonight
Title page of my presentation "How to Use DNA to Identify an Ancestor"
Colleen Murray
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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 11, 20203 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20163 min read
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, 20151 min read
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...