Indirect evidence

Applying the EAM to DNA: Part 3, Evidence

Why do we take DNA tests? Reasons vary. Many people hope it will “tell me who I am.” That’s a reasonable expectation for adoptees and others with questions about their own parents and siblings. Others swab or spit because they think it will tell them where their ancestors come from. Experienced family historians turn to DNA to help resolve questions for which paper-trail research has turned up no explicit answer.

EE Mon, 11/12/2018 - 18:32
EAM & GPS: Newsflash! Siblings, not Twins
In another forum, a researcher asks how the "GPS" and its breakdown of sources vs. information vs. evidence applies to DNA.It’s a spot-on question in today’s research world, but it can’t be answered without straightening out a bit of confusion:
EE Mon, 11/12/2018 - 17:09