Michelle Leonard’s expert DNA explanations are accompanied by step-by-step instructions and DNA tasks, woven through the pages, for you to dive in and get hands-on experience in mastering your DNA test results.

There are check lists and research logs to help you keep your progress organised.

The contents of this bumper 52-page printed guide include:

• DNA tests: the basics
• Setting yourself up to succeed
• Your testing strategy
• Check how robust is your tree?
• Useful resources: 4 important tables
• Watch out for outliers
• How to link your Ancestry DNA
• Organising matches: Direct Ancestors Groups Method
• Organising matches: ABCD Group Method
• Start clustering your matches
• Master Research trees
• Your ‘Identifying Matches Check List’
• Useful tips for contacting matches
• Create a master off-site repository
• Insights to ‘ethnicity estimates’
• Adoption, unknown parentage & MPEs
• ‘No tree’ - tips & tricks
• Quick & Dirty trees
• Developing a DNA testing wish list
• Uploading raw DNA data
• Downloading raw DNA data
• Triangulation explained
• What are chromosome browsers?
• Create your own X-DNA chart

The DNA Bootcamp Workbook was created to accompany the Family Tree online course 'DNA Bootcamp'. It can be used as a standalone aid to DNA research, but this would depend on prior knowledge of using DNA for family history.

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