Colleen Murray

2025 is a year of celebration in both Canada and Ireland for the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlement. Descendants can also join a group project at FamilyTreeDNA to share DNA results.

A book review on this recently published DNA book

I recently received notification that my blog has been chosen as one of the Top 100 Genealogy Blogs this year by Feedspot. It’s always...

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...

Title page of my presentation "How to Use DNA to Identify an Ancestor"

Irish research can be difficult, due to record loss or how the records were kept in the first place. When records fail us, sometimes DNA...

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...