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RLP 228: The Effect of Pedigree Collapse on DNA Matching: A Case Study

The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast

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Do You Have Pedigree Collapse?

Are Your Parents related tool just looks at DNA to see if the parents have any overlapping segments. Can you still compare expected amounts of DNA sharing with actual amounts for evidence of a relationship? So let's do a case study showing how we can do this with Glen Hopper. The test taker for this Hopper case does not have any known pedigree collapse in their own family tree. But then the discovery of a close DNA match who did have pedigree collapse on the relevant line caused additional analysis to be done.

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