If you want to understand your DNA test results...
Start with a Tour of your DNA testing company
Get your DNA results working for you
Go from confusion to clarify
Learn to navigate your DNA testing company confidently
Understand what your DNA is telling you about your roots
What's included in each Tour:
An on-demand Tour experience with engaging video instruction and exercises, so you can go at your own speed: start, stop, and come back if you need to, or rewatch whenever you want
Indefinite access to your Tour, with occasional updates as MORE exciting new tools or features are added at the testing company, so you can KEEP learning MORE of what your DNA can tell you
A colorful, multi-page, interactive, printable PDF workbook you can fill in as you go along–and which becomes a useful reference guide
BONUS: A handy digital Quick Reference Guide, with at-a-glance reference for the important tools and features you’ll want to visit on the site
What you'll learn in each Tour
AncestryDNA
Welcome: Course Description and Resources
Unit 1: Ethnicity Results at AncestryDNA: Deep Ancestry
Navigating Your DNA Story
Dig into your AncestryDNA Ethnicity: Deep Ancestry
Ethnicity Inheritance
Implement Your Deep Ancestry
Unit 2: Ethnicity Results at AncestryDNA: Recent Ancestry
Dig into your AncestryDNA Ethnicity: Recent Ancestry Communities
Dig into your AncestryDNA Ethnicity: DNA Match Locations
Implement Your Recent Ancestry Results
Ethnicity Updates!
Unit 3: DNA Matches at AncestryDNA
An Introduction to DNA Matches
AncestryDNA Match List: Navigating the Match Page
AncestryDNA Match Profile
Implement Your DNA Matches at AncestryDNA
Unit 4: Next Steps: You've Only Just Begun!
AncestryDNA ThruLines
Take Next Steps
Unit 5: Set Your Settings (Settings Are Boring, But They Matter)
FamilyTreeDNA's Family Finder
Welcome: Course Description and Resources
Unit 1: Getting Started with FTDNA: An Overview
Testing vs. Transferring
Add a Family Tree to FTDNA
Unit 2: Ethnicity Estimates at FTDNA
Dig into your DNA : Ancient Origins
Navigating myOrigins
Let’s Explore myOrigins : Deep Ancestry
Implement Your Ethnicity
Ethnicity Updates
Unit 3: DNA Matches at FTDNA
An Introduction to DNA Matches
Family Finder Matches : Navigation
Family Finder Matches: The Match List Part I
Family Finder Matches: The Match List Part II
Family Finder Matches: Compare Origins
Implement Your DNA Matches
Unit 4: Next Steps: You’ve Only Just Begun!
Other Family Finder Tools
Additional DNA Testing at FTDNADNA Testing Plan
Do Genealogy!
Unit 5: Set Your Settings (Settings Are Boring, But They Matter)
MyHeritage DNA
Welcome: Course Description and Resources
Unit 1: Getting Started with MyHeritage DNA
Test vs Transfer
Navigating MyHeritage DNA
Unit 2: Ethnicity Results at MyHeritage DNA: Deep Ancestry
Dig Into Your Ethnicity - Navigation
Dig Into Your Ethnicity - Deep Ancestry
Implement Your Deep Ancestry
Unit 3: Ethnicity Results at MyHeritage DNA: Recent Ancestry
Dig into your MyHeritage Ethnicity: Genetic Groups
Implement your Recent Ancestry
Ethnicity Updates!
Unit 4: DNA Matches at MyHeritage DNA
An Introduction to DNA Matches
MyHeritage DNA Match List: Navigating the Match Page
Take Action! DNA Matches at MyHeritage
DNA Match Page: The Match Profile Page
Implement Your DNA Matches
Unit 5: Next Steps: You’ve Only Just Begun!
MyHeritage DNA Advanced Tools
MyHeritage DNA Theory of Family Relativity
Take Next Steps
Unit 6: Set Your Settings
Better Take a Look at Those Settings
23andMe
January 2024 update: 23andMe customers were impacted by a security breach in October 2023 and as a result, 23andMe temporarily disabled some of their features. Too many people have tested at 23andMe to ignore their entire site just because a few tools are currently disabled. Even when we have to figure out some ways to work around 23andMe's changes, it's still worth understanding how their site works and how to analyze what you can there.
Welcome: Course Description and Resources
Unit 1: Getting Started with 23andMe
Overview
Unit 2: Ethnicity Results at 23andMe: Deep Ancestry
Navigating Your Ancestry Composition
Dig Into Your DNA: Deep Ancestry
Let's Explore Haplogroups
Implement Your Deep Ancestry
Unit 3: Ethnicity Results at 23andMe: Recent Ancestry
Dig Into Your DNA: Recent Ancestry Places
Dig Into Your DNA: Recent Ancestry Relatives
Implement Your Recent Ancestry
Ethnicity Updates
Unit 4: DNA Matches at 23andMe
An Introduction to DNA Matches
23andMe Relatives: Navigating the Match Page
23andMe Relatives: DNA Match Profile
Implement Your DNA Matches at 23andMe
Unit 5: Next Steps: You’ve Only Just Begun!
Next Steps with Your Ancestry Composition
Family Tree Tool
Chromosome Browser
DNA Testing Plan
Do Genealogy!
Unit 6: Set Your Settings
Settings Are Boring, But They Matter
Unit 7: Recent Changes at 23andMe
Customer Reviews
"I was really impressed with the FTDNA tour I just finished! I thought it was going to be an easy overview of all the buttons to push on the site. But it was truly an in-depth look. Thank you!"
-Candice Steelman
"I have just recently joined [MyHeritage]. I've had DNA on there for a while. I had NO idea of all the awesome features of this website. Frankly, I doubt I would have ever found them on my own. I highly recommend this course for everyone, whether you've been a member for 2 days or 10 years. Diahan is an excellent instructor and shows you exactly how to find each and every feature and how to use them. Thank you SO much for doing this Tour!!"
-Penny Blackwell
"I had already "clicked" around quite a few of the links that Diahan explains in this course, but she did take me down some holes that I had missed. I really enjoyed her straight forward and fun demeanor she displays as she teaches. If you're just starting your AncestryDNA journey, I would highly recommend starting it here. I think you'll find this course well worth the price and time you invest in it."
-Barbara Hutchinson
"I've taken a number of DNA courses but this one taught by Lori and Diahan ranks right up there at the top of my favorites. I found it extremely interesting and useful. The knowledge I gained prompted me to do more research and to reach a new hypothetical conclusion on an adoption case I've been working on for several years. I highly recommend this tour."
-Rod Merrill
