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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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- Additional DNA classes at RootsTech
| 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 | Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, AG® |
| Thursday, 25 April 2024 10:00 AM MDT | DNA Basics: An Introduction to DNA and Genealogy | English | Link | Youtube | 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 | Savannah Larson, AG® | |
| Monday, 25 April 2022 11:45 AM MDT | Visual Phasing and Reconstruction | English | Link | Tanner Blair Tolman, AG® | |
| Monday, 25 April 2022 2:30 PM MDT | Immigration Research and DNA: A Case Study | English | Link | Savannah Larson, AG® | |
| Monday, 25 April 2022 3:15 PM MDT | Using DNA to Find an Unknown Grandparent: A Case Study | English | No Handout | 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 | 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 | Forensic Genetic Genealogy | English | No Handout | Rootstech | Jarrett Ross |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Research Tools Part 3: DNA | English | No Handout | RootsTech | The Family History Guide |
| 2020 | Adding Branches to Your Family Tree Using DNA 2020 | English | Handout | RootsTech | Angie Bush |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Ask A Scientist from AncestryDNA | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Barry Starr |
| 2022 | Ask us about DNA | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Fiona Brooker & Michelle Patient |
| 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 | Compreendendo os resultados da etnia do DNA | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Rhett Dabling |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Essential Considerations for DNA Evidence | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Blaine Bettinger |
| 2021 | Ethical dilemmas with DNA testing | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Dr. Penny Walters |
| 2023 | Examining Success in DNA Testing | English | No Handout | RootsTech | FamilyTreeDNA |
| 2019 | Examining Your DNA Matches with DNA Painter: Jonny Perl | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Jonny Perl |
| 2023 | Expanding Your Family Tree with SideView and More AncestryDNA Innovations | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Crista Cowan |
| 2022 | Exploring the Chromosome Painter - Family Finder's myOrigins Chromosome Painting Tool | English | No Handout | RootsTech | FamilyTreeDNA |
| 2022 | Extending Time Horizons with DNA | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Rob Spencer |
| 2022 | Finding Relatives to Prevent Hereditary Cancer | English | No Handout | RootsTech | ConnectMyVariant |
| 2023 | Finding the Living: Genealogy in Reverse | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Cheri Hudson Passey |
| 2022 | Genealogical Research and DNA Testing: The Perfect Companions | English | Handout | RootsTech | Kimberly Brown |
| 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 third-party DNA tools can help with your family history research | English | Handout | RootsTech | Jonny Perl |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Linking Families With Rare Genetic Condition Using Genealogy | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Deborah Neklason |
| 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 |
| Date | AncestryDNA® 103: ThruLines™ and Custom Groups | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Brooke Alius & Randon Morford |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Review of The Y-DNA Matches Page on FamilyTreeDNA | English | No Handout | RootsTech | FamilyTreeDNA |
| 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 |
| 2023 | The Latest Research Tools to Assist with Your DNA Matches | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Gal Zrihen |
| 2020 | The Leeds Method: Grouping DNA Matches to Identify Shared Ancestors | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Dana Leeds |
| Ammon Knaupp | The Pattern of Genetic Inheritance and Its Incredible Implications | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Provider |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Three Next Steps For Your DNA Test--Shared Matches | English | No Handout | RootsTech | Diahan Southard |
| 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® |
| 2022 | Who Is FamilyTreeDNA? | English | No Handout | RootsTech | FamilyTreeDNA |
| 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 |