Things have been moving along with my adventures in genetic DNA. It's a good thing I write things down or else I would have a hard time remembering how I have brought things forward since the last update because my plans have changed a long the way. But isn't that what often happens in genealogical research? It is very much a learn as you go endeavour as new information keeps popping up.
I have been watching a lot of webinars and quite a few of them are about using DNA in your family history research. One of my favourite webinar sites is Legacy Family Tree Webinars https://familytreewebinars.com/ and, as I now have some Y-DNA to play with, I watched Diahan Southard's presentation "The Y-DNA Test Should Be Your Favorite" which was excellent. That reminds me, I should watch it again to see what else I can get out of it. Legacy also has a lot more webinars about DNA including some of Blaine Bettinger's presentations. It is a subscription site but when the webinars are first run you can watch them for free.
While there is a lot of info on line about using genetic DNA, sometimes just talking to people can get you the furthest. At one of my genealogy society's chat groups, I found out about using GEDmatch and Facebook groups together. What a great idea, well, great if I get some useful response, I suppose. I have joined a couple of Scottish DNA Facebook groups as well as one for Ireland. There is no update yet on when the Irish project will be ready for viewing at Living DNA so maybe I will be able to pinpoint the origins of my Cavanagh family through the Irish DNA Facebook group - that is if I get any replies but with over 7000 members on the Irish FB group it is hard to keep a query front and centre. Wish me luck!
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