Learn how to use Airtable, a spreadsheet database hybrid, to track matches, research, and clues to help you uncover the answer to your research question.

Learn strategies for correlating and summarizing your DNA discoveries in a research report to share with clients, cousins, or for your own records.

Learn to organize DNA results with a note-keeping protocol, diagrams, logs, and reports. Explore various tools to help, like Airtable, Lucidchart, trees, and Diagrams.net.

Steve Little, AI Program Director at the National Genealogical Society, will introduce the topic, covering the potential benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Genetic Genealogy today. Learn about the latest developments, the limitations, and the ethical and privacy concerns surrounding the use of AI in genetic genealogy, with an emphasis on current usefulness for genetic genealogists. This session highlights the intersection of artificial intelligence and genetic genealogy in this rapidly evolving field. Practical ways will be offered to improve data analysis and management as well as to leverage AI for sophisticated DNA analysis and lineage tracking. Users will be encouraged to integrate AI into their research toolkit for advanced insights.

• Setting Up Efficient Data Workflows

• Introduction to Scripting for Automation

• Demonstrating Advanced Analysis Techniques with AI

• Exploring the Use of Databases

• Inspiring Genetic Genealogists to Embrace AI for Skill Development

• Equipping Participants to Elevate Their Research with AI Technology

Millions of people turn to DNA testing and genealogy to learn more about their origins. Why? We’ll consider what drives this quest and how powerfully these discoveries can shape lives and change perspectives. We’ll talk about the idea of intergenerational identity, epigenetics (how past generations’ experiences can get handed down in our genes), and how we can rewrite–or put a fresh spin on–the stories from our past to build a better future.

This presentation will share case studies of how genetic genealogy has reunited Holocaust survivors and their children with lost family. 

Visual Phasing can be performed using just two siblings! This methodology combines chromosome maps of known matches with inferred segments & traditional visual phasing techniques.

As a global leader in family history, MyHeritage believes that every person has the right to know where they come from. That’s what’s led us to initiate our pro bono projects — such as DNA Quest, which provides free DNA kits to adopted children to help them find their biological families. It’s also what moves us to facilitate family reunions and assist people seeking long-lost family members through careful and methodical research.

In this session, you will witness some of the most moving family reunions facilitated by MyHeritage, and learn about the research that made these once-in-a-lifetime events possible.

Using GEDmatch, Ancestry, & MyHeritage, coupled with Sibling Summation, Genetic Visual Phasing, Triangulation, DNA Chromosome Segment Matching, Shared Cousin Matches & Family Trees to discover.

DNA research questions sometimes require different strategies. See this research question solved using DNA analysis strategies you can apply to your own research.

Join Roberta Estes of DNAExplained and Janine Cloud of FamilyTreeDNA, to examine how autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-DNA testing can help you research Native American ancestry.

This presentation would give reasons for and practical examples of using different types of DNA test results in tandem as complementary sources to help answer particular genealogy research questions. 

This eye-opening session will show you how to collaborate with your DNA matches using the incredibly popular, and often misunderstood, AncestryDNA ThruLines suite of tools. 

Does your family tree resemble a tumbleweed? Learn strategies to recognize and deal with endogamy in your DNA matches at the various commercial testing sites. 

Reach back further with Y-DNA! Learn how to use Y-DNA results to discover more about your father’s heritage and break brick walls

Autosomal DNA projects can achieve success with enough testers to overcome usual limitations – which can require far fewer testers than most people would expect. 

At this panel discussion, you will hear some of the highs and lows from the DNAngels search angels, including client stories and what the genetic genealogists experience through their client work.

DNA Learning can be a serious undertaking. Learn tips to create and manage a successful DNA Interest Group in your Society or Group

Using autosomal DNA to solve the mystery of who fathered Bridget's children, and who were her parents.

This presentation takes a Genealogical Proof Standard-based deep look at the information from Y-DNA testing and how it can be applied as evidence towards genealogical conclusions. 

New mtDNA developments can help you unlock the story of your direct maternal line. With the updated Mitotree and Mito Discover, mtDNA has become a powerful tool to learn about your matrilineal ancestors.

Diahan will share with us WATO+, Banyan, and Shared Matches of Matches tools and how she is using them.

MyHeritage’s revolutionary DNA technologies Theory of Family Relativity™, Chromosome Browser, AutoClusters, and cM Explainer™ reveal valuable information helping you understand your relationships to DNA matches.

Explore Dr. Nicole Price's journey, from a surprising revelation to an inspiring resolution as she seeks to uncover her birth father

Dot Clustering Explained: Utilizing Ancestry's Dots to Highlight Ancestral Lines and Uncover Misattributed Ancestors

A brief history of the development of genetic genealogy’s ethical standards, where the community is today and steps for consideration to support making ethical decisions.

Janine Cloud and Roberta Estes discuss the basics of running a Group Project, including tips and tricks for getting the most out of your project. 

Explore free synergistic genealogy tools: GEDmatch, DNA Painter, WikiTree, and mitoYDNA. Learn to enhance research with them on WikiTree. Confirm ancestral lines with DNA matching.

With no named father, a woman's origins can be revealed by combining DNA and documentary evidence. Learn genealogical techniques for uncovering complex cases.

Each Shared Match Cluster forms on a single Ancestor providing a laser focus on the genealogy, including a view behind Brick Walls.

The identity of Cate & Sam’s parents is solved using a combination of autosomal DNA probability tools with both matches and non-matches.

WWII soldiers buried as Unknowns await identification. 7th Armored Division Association Historian Wesley Johnston presents case studies of DNA identification after other methods failed.