Guide to Understanding Your Matches
The great value of receiving genetic testing is in comparing your genetic profile, or haplotype, with others. Many databases exist as resources for finding possible genetic cousins, but it may be difficult to evaluate how the matching genetic profiles apply to your genealogical situation. Below is a quick guide to understanding what it means when you match another individual. For easy access, choose one of the quick links below, or simply scroll down to review the entire chart. You can print this chart to use as a reference when querying the public databases.
- Click here to see the interpretation of a 18 marker test.
- Click here to see the interpretation of a 26 marker test.
- Click here to see the interpretation of a 43 marker test.
