Making the Most of GEDmatch – An Interview with Kitty Munson Cooper

In this episode of Best Websites, DNA Expert Kitty Munson Cooper offer tips for using GEDmatch to better understand your DNA test results. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-04-BW.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: GEDmatch GEDmatch is a handy third-party tool that allows you to compare your DNA test results with over 1.5 million profiles across many of the major DNA test companies. GEDmatch also offers several features to help you better understand your test results and make meaningful discoveries about your heritage. In this episode, Kitty Munson Cooper chats with Family Tree Magazine editor Andrew Koch about GEDmatch and what its key features entail. Resources Mentioned in This Interview: * GEDmatch * Kitty Cooper’s Blog How to Take Advantage of the Tools at GEDmatch: A Basic Primer GEDmatch allows you to compare your DNA test results with other results from many of the top testing companies. Here is a guide for using many of its tools. Family Tree Magazine /* Embedded-box css */ .embedded-box{ padding: 25px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; color: #82878c; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.05); overflow: auto; zoom: 1; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif; } .acf-embed-title{ margin: 0 0 15px; font-weight: 600; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.3; } .acf-embed-description { display: inline-block; } .acf-embed-description img { float: left; max-width: 160px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .wp-embed-site-title a{ position: relative; display: inline-block; padding-left: 35px; } .wp-embed-site-title span { color: #82878c; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; } .wp-embed-site-icon { position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 0; transform: translateY(-50%); height: 25px; width: 25px; border: 0; padding-bottom: 0px!important; } Visit Our Sponsor: Newspapers.com Dive into the newspapers where your family’s history unfolds as you search nearly a billion pages in seconds. Newspapers.com offers an unparalleled treasure trove of historical newspapers, providing a window into the past. With papers from the 17th century to today,