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Identifying Malinda Prater’s parents

February 17, 2021 mckell11 4 Comments

RESEARCH REPORT Prepared by Mckell Keeney for siblings and cousins (fellow descendants) RESULTS SUMMARY Malinda Prater, born about 1816 in…

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Posted in: DNA, Family history Filed under: Case study, Research Report

Templates for Search Angels

March 4, 2020 mckell11

RootsTech Salt Lake City is a wrap! I had a blast and learned so much at various classes. Thanks to…

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Posted in: DNA, Family history Filed under: DNA, genealogy, genetic genealogy, Informed Consent, RootsTech, Search Angel

Welcome to the Family!

March 6, 2019 mckell11 4 Comments

I have 40 first cousins (19 on my dad’s side and 21 on my mom’s side.) Seems like plenty of…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, ancestry, biological family, biological mother, birth dad, California adoption, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy, unknown parentage

On Extreme Genes radio show!

October 7, 2018 mckell11

I was honored to be interviewed by Scott Fisher about my Search Angel training for this weekend’s broadcast of Extreme…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: DNA, Search Angel

DNA Day in the USA!

April 25, 2018 mckell11

Happy DNA Day! If you have tested at Ancestry.com but you haven’t tested at 23andMe (or you have tested at 23andMe but…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: ancestry, DNA, genealogy, genetic genealogy

RootsTech first-timer

March 2, 2018 mckell11 4 Comments

It’s my first year at RootsTech, and with around 15,000 genealogists attending, the first day was a bit chaotic for…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, ancestry, Blaine Bettinger, CeCe Moore, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy, i4GG, misattributed parentage, RootsTech

Topics for DNA Interest Groups

February 20, 2018 mckell11

Our March 1st East Valley DNA Special Interest Groups will be led by Alyson Johnson (Beginning Group) and by Ken…

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Posted in: DNA, Uncategorized Filed under: ancestry, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy

Uploading a DNA file to other sites

February 9, 2018 mckell11

DNA pdf upload to other sites Feb 2018

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Posted in: DNA, Uncategorized Filed under: ancestry, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy

DNA Topics for Saturday Conference

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I’m speaking tomorrow, Saturday, February 10th, 9:55 am-10:55 am at the Mesa FamilySearch Genealogy Conference at the LDS Institute on…

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Posted in: DNA, Uncategorized Filed under: ancestry, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy

Ancestry DNA sale: $69 U.S./$109 Canada

February 7, 2018 mckell11

AncestryDNA just announced their winter sale, starting now – only $69 for DNA kits – through Feb 25th. (U.S. price)…

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Posted in: DNA, Uncategorized Filed under: ancestry, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy

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