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Videos[edit | edit source]

The chart below contains links to relevant online class recordings available through the FamilySearch Learning Center, RootsTech On Demand, and the FamilySearch Library Facebook Page. The chart is sortable by clicking the desired column heading.

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Date Class Title Language Handout Link to Recording Presenter
Thursday, 25 April 2024 9:00 AM MDT Using DNA to Find the Unknown Father in Sweden English Link Youtube

Learning Center

Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, AG®
Thursday, 25 April 2024 10:00 AM MDT DNA Basics: An Introduction to DNA and Genealogy English Link Youtube

Learning Center

Beth Taylor, CG®
Thursday, 25 April 2024 11:15 AM MDT How to Build Quick Trees English Link Youtube Jalyse Ortiz
Thursday, 25 April 2024 12:30 PM MDT Heaps of Clues: Navigating DNA to Uncover Your Mystery Match English No Handout Youtube Savannah Larson, AG®
Thursday, 25 April 2024 1:30 PM MDT Using DNA to Determine Relationships English Link Youtube Beth Taylor, CG®
Thursday, 25 April 2024 2:45 PM MDT DNA Genome Reconstruction English Link Not Available Tanner Blair Tolman, AG®
Thursday, 25 April 2024 3:30 PM MDT Why Oh Why Do Your Y-DNA? English Link Youtube Tanner Blair Tolman, AG®
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 11:30 AM MDT Getting Started with atDNA Part 1: Clustering English Link Youtube Beth Taylor, CG®
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 1:00 PM MDT Getting Started with at DNA Part 2: Determining Relationships English Link Youtube Beth Taylor, CG®
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 2:00 PM MDT Double Trouble: Using DNA to Solve Two Generations of Adoptions English No Handout Youtube Daniel R. Jones, MS, AG®
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 3:00 PM MDT Finding an Unknown Father Using DNA: A Case Study English Link Youtube Tanner Blair Tolman, AG®
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 4:00 PM MDT A RootsTech Chat with DNA Expert Diahan Southard English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 5:00 PM MDT A Case Study in Finding a Family Member Through DNA - DNAngels English No Handout Youtube DNAngels
Monday, 26 April 2021 Grouping DNA Matches English Link YouTube Beth Taylor, CG®
Monday, 25 April 2022 11:45 AM MDT Quick and Dirty Trees: Crowdsourcing Your DNA Connections English Link Facebook Savannah Larson, AG®
Monday, 25 April 2022 11:45 AM MDT Visual Phasing and Reconstruction English Link Facebook Tanner Blair Tolman, AG®
Monday, 25 April 2022 2:30 PM MDT Immigration Research and DNA: A Case Study English Link Facebook Savannah Larson, AG®
Monday, 25 April 2022 3:15 PM MDT Using DNA to Find an Unknown Grandparent: A Case Study English No Handout Facebook Beth Taylor, CG®
Monday, 26 April 2021 9:00 AM MDT Why Genealogists Use DNA English No Handout YouTube Beth Taylor, CG®
Monday, 26 April 2021 9:45 AM MDT How Genealogists Use DNA English No Handout Learning Center

YouTube

Kori Robbins, AG®
Monday, 26 April 2021 2:15 PM MDT Using DNA to Find Unknown Parents: A Case Study English No Handout YouTube Daniel R. Jones, AG®
Monday, 26 April 2021 3:00 PM MDT Using DNA to Solve a Brick Wall: A Case Study English No Handout YouTube Debbie Gurtler, AG®
Monday, 25 April 2019 11:00 AM MDT I've Tested my DNA, Now What? English Link Learning Center Beth Taylor, CG®
Monday, 25 April 2019 2:30 PM MDT Introducción a la genealogía genética Spanish Link Learning Center Paul Woodbury
Unknown Tecnología de coincidencias de ADN una nueva frontera en genealogía Spanish No Handout Learning Center Daniel Horowitz
Unknown Teste Genealógico de DNA Portuguese No Handout Learning Center Adriano Almeida
Wednesday, 12 June 2023 Shared DNA Matches - the only DNA Tool You will Ever Need English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Wednesday, 12 June 2023 You Can DO the DNA #4–See What DNA Success Looks Like: Real Case Studies English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Tuesday, 6 April 2021 4 Next Steps for Your DNA English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Thursday, 25 February 2021 How Home DNA Testing Has Redefined Family History English No Handout Youtube Libby Copeland
Monday, 22 March 2021 Finding Ancestors through DNA English No Handout Youtube Lauren Vasylyev and Camille Andrus
Thursday, 11 February 2021 Using DNA to Find Unknown Parents English No Handout Youtube Beth Taylor, CG®
Thursday, 25 February 2021 Secrets and Surprises: Uncovering Family History Mysteries through DNA English No Handout Youtube Debbie Kennett
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 DNA Triangulation: What, Why, and How English No Handout Youtube Roberta Estes
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 DNA and Lineage Societies English No Handout Youtube Katherine Borges
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 DNA Basics Made Easy English No Handout Youtube Shannon Combs-Bennett, MSc, QG, FSAScot
Tuesday, 23 November 2021 DNA Brick Walls English No Handout Youtube Shannon Combs-Bennett, MSc, QG, FSAScot
Tuesday, 23 November 2021 The Case for DNA, Part 1: Understanding the Basics English No Handout Youtube Renate Yarborough Sanders
Tuesday, 23 November 2021 Understanding Basic Genetic Genealogy and My DNA Results English No Handout Youtube Olivia Fordiani
Thursday, 18 February 2021 Will They Share My DNA? English No Handout Youtube Robert Kehrer
Thursday, 13 May 2021 Your DNA Questions Answered English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 DNA and Genealogy: The Basics English No Handout Youtube Beth Taylor, CG®
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 Before You Test: DNA Basics You Need to Know, Part 1 English No Handout Youtube Drew Smith
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 Before You Test: DNA Basics You Need to Know, Part 2 English No Handout Youtube Drew Smith
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 Before You Test: DNA Basics You Need to Know, Part 3 English No Handout Youtube Drew Smith
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 I Am Adopted – How Do I Use DNA to Find My Parents? English No Handout Youtube David Ouimette, CG, CGL
Thursday, 25 April 2021 How Home DNA Testing Has Redefined Family History English No Handout Youtube Libby Copeland
Thursday, 25 April 2021 How Can a DNA Test Help Me Find My Ancestors? English No Handout Youtube Robin Olsen Wirthland
Wednesday, 10 February 2021 What Can You Do with Your DNA Test? English No Handout Youtube Michael A. Kennedy
Friday, 26 March 2021 Understanding DNA Ethnicity Results English No Handout Youtube Anonymous
Friday, 26 March 2021 Problems with Shared Centimorgans English No Handout YoutubeAlternate Diahan Southard
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 The Case for DNA, Part 2: To Test or Not to Test? English No Handout Youtube Renate Yarborough Sanders
Tuesday, 16 February 2021 Strengths and Limitations of Genetic Testing for Family History English No Handout Youtube Ugo A. Perego, Ph.D.
Tuesday, 26 April 2021 DNA Painter Interview with Jonny Perl English No Handout Youtube Jonny Perl
Friday, 4 June 2021 Your DNA Guide: Diahan's Tips for YDNA English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Monday, 8 February 2021 Using DNA Ethnicity Estimates in Your Research English No Handout Youtube Diana Elder, AG®, AGL®
Thursday, 4 February 2021 Using the Shared Centimorgan Project English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Monday, 8 February 2021 Tracing Ancestral Lines in the 1700s Using DNA, Part 1 English No Handout Youtube Tim Janzen, MD
Monday, 8 February 2021 Tracing Ancestral Lines in the 1700s Using DNA, Part 2 English No Handout Youtube Tim Janzen, MD
Thursday, 27 May 2021 Using Y-DNA to Research Your Surname English No Handout Youtube Dr. Maurice Gleeson
Friday, 5 March 2021 Helping African Americans Trace Slaveholding Ancestors Using DNA English No Handout Youtube Andre Kearns
Sunday, 3 March 2024 You Can DO the DNA #1–Get Started (or Restarted) English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Sunday, 3 March 2024 You Can DO the DNA #2–Get Your Best Ethnicity Estimate English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Thursday, 20 May 2021 How to Interpret a DNA Cluster Chart English No Handout Youtube Nicole Dyer
Tuesday, 24 August 2021 Discovering Native American Ancestry through DNA English No Handout Youtube Ugo A. Perego, Ph.D.
Tuesday, 5 June 2021 The Basics of Unknown Parentage Research Using DNA, Part 2 of 2 English No Handout Youtube Kitty Munson Cooper
Tuesday, 27 February 2021 Why Don't I Match My Match's Matches? English No Handout Youtube Kimberly Brown
Monday, 12 April 2021 Getting Started: Finding Ancestral Homelands through DNA English No Handout Youtube Rhett Dabling
Tuesday, 30 March 2021 Understanding Your DNA Ethnicity Results English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Saturday, 4 March 2023 FamilyTreeDNA – Let’s Play Connect Forefathers! English No Handout Youtube FamilyTreeDNA
Monday, 12 June 2023 Top 10 Tips for Identifying Ancestors with DNA from RootsTech 2023 English No Handout Youtube RootsTech
Monday, 13 January 2020 FamilySearch: How DNA Impacts Genealogy Work English No Handout Youtube RootsTech
Tuesday, 6 April 2021 4 Next Steps for Your DNA English No Handout Youtube Diahan Southard
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 DNA Search Angels to the Rescue by DNAngels English No Handout Youtube DNAngels
Saturday, 5 June 2021 The Basics of Unknown Parentage Research Using DNA, Part 1 of 2 English No Handout Youtube Kitty Munson Cooper
Monday, 19 April 2021 Getting Started: Finding Ancestors through DNA, Books, and Print English No Handout Youtube Lauren Vasylyev and Camille Andrus
Sunday, 3 March 2024 Genealogy's Secret Weapon: How mtDNA Can Solve Family Mysteries English No Handout Youtube Katy Rowe-Schurwanz
Wednesday, 5 April 2023 Navigating Racial Challenges in DNA Connections English No Handout Youtube Cheri Daniels and Donald Shore
Saturday, 4 March 2023 RootsTech 2023: The Latest Research Tools to Assist with Your DNA Matches English No Handout Youtube Gal Zrihen
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 The Basics of Genetic Genealogy, Part 1 of 2 English No Handout Youtube Shannon Combs-Bennett, MSc, QG, FSAScot
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 The Basics of Genetic Genealogy, Part 2 of 2 English No Handout Youtube Shannon Combs-Bennett, MSc, QG, FSAScot
Tuesday, 13 June 2023 Finding Your Elusive Female Ancestors: Part 2 – Utilizing DNA and Searching Her FAN Club English No Handout Youtube Julie Stoddard
Monday, 19 June 2023 From Ali to Clay: Taking the Family Narrative to DNA English No Handout Youtube FamilySearch
2023 ¿Adopción, parentesco desconocido o incorrectamente atribuido? - el ADN puede ayudar Spanish No Handout RootsTech Paul Woodbury
2022 Associating Autosomal DNA Segments With Ancestors English No Handout RootsTech Roberta Estes
2022 Jewish DNA & Ethnicity: History, Migration, Genetics English No Handout RootsTech Schelly Talalay Dardashti
2022 Jewish Ethnicity & DNA: History, Migration, Genetics English Handout RootsTech Schelly Talalay Dardashti
2022 Using Cluster Auto Painter English No Handout RootsTech Patricia Coleman
2023 3 Benefits of YDNA Family Projects English No Handout RootsTech Diahan Southard
2021 Adding MyHeritage Data to DNA Painter English No Handout RootsTech Patricia Coleman
2022 ADN y genealogía: Lo básico Spanish No Handout RootsTech Debbie Gurtler, AG®
2022 Adventures of an Amateur Genetic Genealogist English No Handout RootsTech Geoff Nelson
Date Title Language Handout Link Provider
2022 AncestryDNA® 101: Beginner's Guide to AncestryDNA® English No Handout RootsTech Lisa Elzey
2022 AncestryDNA® 102: How to Use AncestryDNA® Matches to Make Family History Discoveries English No Handout RootsTech Kelly Becker
2022 AncestryDNA® 103: ThruLines™ and Custom Groups English No Handout RootsTech Brooke Alius & Randon Morford
2022 AncestryDNA 2021 English No Handout RootsTech Crista Cowan
2023 Aspects of Adoption English No Handout RootsTech Dr Penny Walters, Marie Cappart, Jonny Perl
2021 Como analisar minhas correspondências de DNA em MyHeritage Portuguese Handout RootsTech Naomi Sutton
2021 Differences in DNA Results Between My 6 Children English No Handout RootsTech Dr. Penny Walters
2021 Differences in Ethnicity Results between My 6 Children English No Handout RootsTech Dr. Penny Walters
2020 DNA Clusters: Power in Numbers English No Handout RootsTech Randy W. Whited
2023 DNA Endogamy Research English No Handout RootsTech Tanner Blair Tolman, AG®
2023 DNA Group Projects: Why You Should Join and How They Help English No Handout RootsTech FamilyTreeDNA
2022 DNA Interest Groups That Keep 'em Coming Back English No Handout RootsTech Mckell Keeney
2021 DNA Interest Groups—Live Discussion English No Handout RootsTech Mckell Keeney
2023 DNA Misconceptions English No Handout RootsTech Kelli Jo Bergheimer
2022 DNA Painter Introduction English No Handout RootsTech Jonny Perl
2023 DNA Upload: How to Transfer Your Autosomal DNA Data English No Handout RootsTech FamilyTreeDNA
2021 Ethical dilemmas with DNA testing English No Handout RootsTech Dr. Penny Walters
2022 Extending Time Horizons with DNA English No Handout RootsTech Rob Spencer
2023 Finding the Living: Genealogy in Reverse English No Handout RootsTech Cheri Hudson Passey
2021 Getting Started with DNA Painter English Handout RootsTech Patricia Coleman
2023 Help! My Ancestors Were Related to Each Other English Handout RootsTech Diahan Southard
2022 How do AncestryDNA® Communities help tell your story? - Ancestry® English Handout RootsTech Ancestry
2023 How to Use Labels to Organize Your DNA Matches English Handout RootsTech MyHeritage
2023 How to Use the Theory of Family Relativity™ English Handout RootsTech MyHeritage
2022 Introduction to Exploring AncestryDNA® For More Family Discoveries - Ancestry® English No Handout RootsTech Ancestry
2021 Introduction to YDNA for Genealogy English Handout RootsTech Vivs Laliberte
2023 Investigative Genetic Genealogy: A Conversation with Industry Leaders English Handout RootsTech Mckell Keeney, Mitch Morrissey, CeCe Moore
2020 Kicking DNA Up a Notch to UnMask Unknown Ancestors English No Handout RootsTech Roberta Estes
2022 Latest DNA Painter Releases English Handout RootsTech DNA Painter
2023 Let’s Play Connect the Forefathers! English Handout RootsTech Sherman McRae
2024 Mapping a DNA Match in a Chromosome Map English No Handout RootsTech DNA Painter
2023 Mitochondrial DNA: rCRS vs RSRS English No Handout RootsTech Jim Brewster
2023 mtDNA: Mitochondrial DNA Mutations English No Handout RootsTech Jim Brewster
2023 mtDNA: mtDNA Haplogroups and the mtDNA Haplotree English No Handout RootsTech FamilyTreeDNA
2022 Piling on the chromosomes English No Handout RootsTech Debbie Kennett
2022 Planes para las Pruebas del ADN Autosómico English No Handout RootsTech Paul Woodbury
2021 Quick Tip: What is a Centimorgan? English No Handout RootsTech Diahan Southard
2021 Revealing Your Mother's Ancestors and Where They Came From English No Handout RootsTech Roberta Estes
2021 Should I Take a DNA Test Elsewhere? Or at All? English No Handout RootsTech Diahan Southard
2022 The Human Genome Project English No Handout RootsTech Kelli Jo Bergheimer
2020 The Leeds Method: Grouping DNA Matches to Identify Shared Ancestors English No Handout RootsTech Dana Leeds
2021 The Pattern of Genetic Inheritance and Its Incredible Implications English No Handout RootsTech Ammon Knaupp
2021 The SCREEN Method: A DNA Match Note System That Really Helps! English No Handout RootsTech Alison Wilde
2022 The Tree of Mankind Age Estimates English No Handout RootsTech Paul Maier
2022 Top Ten Reasons To DNA Test For Family History English No Handout RootsTech Michelle Leonard
2022 Top Tips For Identifying DNA Matches English No Handout RootsTech Michelle Leonard
2021 Tracking Down Ancestors English No Handout RootsTech Diahan Southard
2021 Ugo A. Perego: A Personal Genetic Journey English No Handout RootsTech Ugo A. Perego
2021 Using DNA to Find Unknown Relatives English No Handout RootsTech Beth Taylor, CG®
2023 Y-DNA Big Y: A Lifetime Analysis English No Handout RootsTech FamilyTreeDNA
2023 Y-DNA: An Overview of Your Results English No Handout RootsTech Katy Rowe
2023 Y-DNA: How SNPs Are Added to the Y-DNA Haplotree English No Handout RootsTech FamilyTreeDNA
2022 Y-DNA: How SNPs Get Added to The Y Haplotree at FamilyTreeDNA? English No Handout RootsTech FamilyTreeDNA