RLP 170: Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana's experiment to see if doing surname searches at each DNA testing website could help her find matches about a research question. She then used the results of her searches to decide if she had enough matches to work on this research objective. Mary “Clemsy” Cline, born in 1818 in Missouri, is one of our brick walls. Diana talks about using the search features at AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FTDNA, and MyHeritage to filter her match list and find DNA matches with the surname Cline in their family tree. Once she found matches descending from the research subject, Mary Cline, and her hypothesized father, John Cline, Diana determined that there were enough matches to work with that she could do this project. We talk about finding additional matches using the shared matches of those found through the surname search.</span></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.danaleeds.com/leeds-method-time-to-consolidate/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Leeds Method: Why Do I Have More Than 4 Clusters? Or, Time to Consolidate!</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">at Dana Leeds' website https://www.danaleeds.com/leeds-method-time-to-consolidate/</span></p> <p><a href= "https://familylocket.com/choosing-a-dna-objective-using-a-surname-search/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Diana at Family Locket https://familylocket.com/choosing-a-dna-objective-using-a-surname-search/</span></p> <p><a href= "https://familylocket.com/familytreedna-family-matching-and-bucketing/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">FamilyTreeDNA Family Matching and Bucketing</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Nicole at Family Locket https://familylocket.com/familytreedna-family-matching-and-bucketing/</span></p> <p><a href= "https://thednageek.com/the-small-segment-debate-is-over/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Small Segment Debate Is Over</span></a> <