Broken Branches: How to Detect Cases of Misattributed Parentage in Your Family Tree

Paul Woodbury, MEd., AG
Sep 20, 2024
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About this webinar

Most individuals will have at least one case of misattributed ancestry in the first several generations of these family tree. Genetic genealogy testing is often the source of discovery of such events. Even so misattributed ancestry may go undetected unless DNA test results are analyzed carefully. Learn how to detect cases of misattributed ancestry and how to leverage genetic genealogy test results to identify a previously unknown biological ancestor.

About the speaker

From a young age, Paul Woodbury fell in love with genealogy research. To pursue his passion for this field, he studied genetics and family history at Brigham Young University. To aid in his desire to ...
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  1. CJ
    Carol Johnson
    1 year ago

    Very informative. Presented in a way that it could be easily applied to problems, I learned a lot.

  2. MS
    Maria Starliper
    1 year ago

    Excellent! I love all his webinars! He's such an excellent speaker! He has a gift of explaining very difficult relationships & genetic possibilities for the layman. Believe me it's advanced stuff. His excellent communication skills allow me to understand it all. Well done!

  3. KM
    Karrisa Moseley
    1 year ago

    Watching the section on "Lower than Expected" shared DNA may have led me to uncover a previously overlooked NPE in my family...

  4. LK
    Lejla Krdzalic
    1 year ago

    Really educative

  5. MB
    Michelle Burdis
    1 year ago

    I like Pauls Webinahs very much - - - I'm looking forward to techniques next time

  6. RM
    Rochelle Males
    1 year ago

    Wow! As always, such a fantastic presentation from Paul! Thank you so much for sharing with us this morning despite being a bit under the weather. So much information to soak in!

  7. CL
    Celia Lewis
    1 year ago

    Paul is so very expert in evaluating/analyzing DNA issues - I always learn so much from his webinars, and re-learn some tips as well! DNA analysis is definitely a science, and it take good analysis to make sense of some test results. Very enjoyable and helpful webinar.

  8. JH
    John Harland
    1 year ago

    Very impressed with the speaker's depth of knowledge. I also appreciated the speaker's encouragement to evaluate each situation and not jump to conclusions.

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