Williamson County (TX) Genealogical Society

WCGS DNA Special Interest Group

 
This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM and usually finishes at 8:30 PM. 
Meetings are conducted via Zoom. 
The purpose of the group is discuss topics related to Genetic Genealogy.  Areas of interest are:
 
DNA biology
how DNA is used in genealogy
analysis tools and methodologies
software capabilities
 
 
All interest and experience levels are welcome.
2026 Schedule
January
DNA Basics
February
Shared Matches, Colored Dots and Leeds Analysis
March
RootsTech Observations
April
DNA Painter-Chromosome Map
May
DNA Painter-WATO and WATO plus
June 
Cluster Analysis & Endogamy
July
Testing siblings, Endogamy, BanyanDNA
August
no mtg
September
yDNA and mtDNA
October
GEDmatch
November
no mtg
December
no mtg
 
 
General information links:
 
http://www.isogg.org/ - International Society of Genetic Genealogy
https://dnapainter.com/  DNA Painter with tools including Shared cM Project and WATO
http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/ - Blaine Bettinger's Blog
http://www.dna-testing-adviser.com/ - Richard Hill's Blog
http://dna-explained.com/ - Roberta Estes' Blog 
http://gedmatch.com - 3rd party online tool for autosomal testing (free)
http://www.dnagedcom.com/ - 3rd party online tool for autosomal testig (free)
https://www.dnatestingguides.com/ - The Best DNA Testing Kits For Ancestry