Video Link    When genetic genealogy websites hand you lemons, write your own programs. What tools should we consider to be the minimum standard for genetic genealogy?  

Age Regression    Could AI do age progressions and regressions?  I have plenty of photos of my ancestors when they are old, but none of when they are younger.  I think it would be cool to imagine what some of my ancestors looked like young.

  Artificial    There's no such thing as artificial intelligence. No true AI. But what if it were possible to combine traits from the children to build a visual composite of someone using AI tools?

  Finding Family    Adoptees are not alone in facing unique challenges in tracing their biological roots, every non-parental event comes with a challenge. We'll use DNA testing to provide essential clues and connections to unravel these events going back multiple generations.

  Validate    So, you think you’ve got a rock-solid family tree. Think again. You will never know how good or bad your family tree is until you validate with DNA matches.

  Skeletons    Would you like to uncover hidden family relationships, dredge up ancestral secrets, or expose the skeletons in your family tree? DNA can help.

  Stone Walls    Sometimes you run into a stone wall in your family tree. You can use DNA to go around those stone walls.

  Find the Living    As genealogists we spend most of our time dealing with the departed and chasing ghosts. But sometimes we need to find the living and that can be more difficult than finding the dead.

  Color Code    Grouping your DNA matches with colors and surnames is an extremely valuable technique that can streamline your genetic genealogy research.

DNA Reference    Creating a DNA reference tree involves using your DNA matches to establish a framework that shows their genetic relationships.

  Video Link    Managing a second family tree as a scratch pad can be a helpful approach for genealogists to test theories, or keep track of speculative information without impacting their main family tree.     Ancestry allows me to create as many family trees as I want.  So, I do.  I have a tree for my main family and I have trees for specific projects like everyone who has ever lived on my street.  I have one family tree that I use as my scratch pad.  It’s where I check family lines before I add them to my main tree.  My scratch pad tree is used for all my research.    It’s so easy to add additional trees.  Just go to Create and Manage trees and select Create a new tree.  It will ask you to add a new home person (the first person for the tree), you can enter any name.  You will also need to enter at least the father or the mother.  It will ask you whether the tree should be public or private.  Fo...

  Video Link   &    Quick Reference    Mike's 20 rules for genealogy in one complete video. Enjoy!     You don’t have to live by my rules, but you should create and live by your own set of rules to guide your research and solve your family history mysteries.      Download the Quick Reference Guide!