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Exploring Your Genetic Groups on MyHeritage

Gal Zrihen
Jul 12, 2022
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Genetic Inheritance
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Ethnicity Estimate
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Genetic Groups
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Exploring Genetic Groups
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Announcements
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

The MyHeritage DNA test pinpoints your origins across more than two thousand geographic regions and top-level ethnic groups. Learn how to explore, analyze, and interpret your results to gain insights about where you come from.

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About the speakers

Gal Zrihen
Gal Zrihen, Product Manager, responsible for MyHeritage DNA products. Leading a talented team of developers, QA Engineers, and designers to create and optimize DNA users’ entire journey — from ordering a DNA kit to making the most of their DNA res
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MyHeritage is the leading global destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history. Our platform and DNA kits make it easy for anyone, anywhere to embark on a meaningful journey into their past and treasure their family stories fo
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    Xana Miller
    8 months ago

    Thank you

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    Brian Boneham
    8 months ago

    Fantastic webinar with lots of great information to help with our ancestry research.

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    Evelyn Sanford
    8 months ago

    It was very interesting, and will definitely aid in understanding my DNA results, which I found to be mind boggling. Thanks Gal! So informative.

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    Charles Meiser
    8 months ago

    Interesting and very informative

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    Sarah Mundt
    8 months ago

    I learned about how to see my genetic groups within my ethnicities! I also like the map feature, using the “show my family members” layer, so I can see which countries to lean towards when scaling my brick walls in future investigations. Thanks for a easy to understand, interesting, and eye-opening presentation!

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    Kathy Everhart
    8 months ago

    As an advanced user, I was hoping for a bit more information on how I can incorporate this into my research. I appreciate that some time has to be taken to help beginners understand DNA and inheritance, and I understand that there is a time frame in which you need to work. I’d love to see a case study where this could be used in investigating (as Geoff said, one of those brick walls).

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    Rosalyn Dowling
    8 months ago

    Great presentation! Very helpful for me to in learning about My Heritage DNA. Thank you!

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    William Robinson
    8 months ago

    Learned alot today Thank’s

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