'Genetic Genealogy in Practice' topics and sub-topics

Added 30 September 2016: Latest updates and order information available at http://debbiewayne.com/ggip/index.php.


We are getting questions about the contents of the newly-released book Genetic Genealogy in Practice written by Blaine and me (not to be confused with the book Blaine wrote alone¹).

Genetic Genealogy in Practice is only available at this time from the National Genealogical Society (NGS) (not on Amazon yet).

Genetic Genealogy in Practice (Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, 2016) by Blaine T. Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne contains these chapters and topics

1. Basic Genetics
   
   • Basic Genetics
     
   • Structure of the DNA Molecule
     
   • Y Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA)
     
   • Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
     
   • Autosomal DNA (atDNA)
     
   • X Chromosome DNA (X-DNA)
     
   • DNA Match
     
   • Genetic Distance
     
   • Haplogroups
     
2. Genetic Genealogy, Standards, and Ethics
   
   • What is the GPS?
     
   • How Genetic Genealogy Relates to the GPS
     
   • Advantages to Using DNA
     
   • Types of Genealogical Problems for Which DNA Can Provide Applicable Evidence
     
   • How Much DNA Evidence is Needed?
     
   • Importance of Tree Accuracy and Depth
     
   • Unexpected Findings Resulting from DNA Testing
     
   • Genetic Genealogy Standards and Ethical Issues
     
   • Considerations When Asking a Person to Participate in a DNA Study for Genealogical Purposes
     
   • International and Jurisdictional Considerations
     
   • Conclusions
     
   • Chapter 2 Exercises
     
3. Genealogical Applications for Y-DNA
   
   • What is Y-DNA?
     
   • Y-DNA Inheritance Pattern
     
   • Advantages and Limitations of Y-DNA
     
   • Test Strategies for Y-DNA
     
   • Types of Y-DNA Testing
     
     1. Y-DNA STRs (including Y-STR Testing and Analysis and Adoption and Misattributed Parentage)
        
     2. Y-DNA SNPs (including haplogroups and Large-Scale Y-SNP Projects)
        
   • Chapter 3 Exercises
     
4. Genealogical Applications for mtDNA
   
   • What is mtDNA?
     
   • mtDNA Inheritance Patterns
     
   • Advantages and Limitations for mtDNA
     
   • Test Strategies for mtDNA
     
   • mtDNA Tests
     
   • mtDNA Test Results
     
   • Haplogroups
     
   • Heteroplasmies
     
   • Hot Spots
     
   • Match-List Thresholds
     
   • Private or Family Mutations
     
   • Distance to Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA)
     
   • mtDNA Analysis
     
   • mtDNA Tools
     
   • Applications for mtDNA analysis
     
   • Chapter 4 Exercises
     
5. Genealogical Applications for atDNA
   
   • What is atDNA?
     
   • atDNA Inheritance Patterns
     
   • Recombination
     
   • Finding and Classifying Genetic Matches
     
   • Reporting Genetic Matching by the atDNA Testing Companies (23andMe, AncestryDNA, and Family Tree DNA)
     
   • atDNA Tools for Genealogists (23andMe, AncestryDNA, and Family Tree DNA)
     
   • Third-Party Tools
     
   • Test Strategies for atDNA
     
   • Genetic Matches and Genetic Networks as Hints for New Research
     
   • Chromosome Mapping and Triangulation
     
   • Limitations of chromosome mapping and triangulation
     
   • Ethnicity Predictions (including Third-party calculators, Limitations of ethnicity estimates, and Using ethnicity estimates)
     
   • Chapter 5 Exercises
     
6. Genealogical Applications for X-DNA
   
   • What is X-DNA?
     
   • X-DNA Inheritance Patterns
     
   • X-DNA Inheritance Charts
     
   • Advantages, Limitations, and Test Strategies for X-DNA
     
   • X-DNA Tools
     
   • Applications for X-DNA segment analysis
     
   • Chapter 6 Exercises
     
7. Incorporating DNA Testing in a Family Study
   
   • Incorporating Multiple Types of DNA Testing (including a brand new table "Examples of situations employing two types of DNA tests" describing how multiple types of tests can be used in a family study)
     
   • Supporting or Refuting a Paper Trail with DNA
     
   • Chapter 7 Exercises
     
8. Incorporating DNA Evidence in a Written Conclusion
   
   • The Genetic Genealogy Standards
     
   • Privacy Concerns
     
   • Sharing DNA Test Results
     
   • Citing DNA Test Results
     
   • Proof Argument Elements and Process
     
   • Examples Incorporating DNA Evidence in Genealogical Writing
     
   • Chapter 8 Exercises
     
9. Conclusion
   
10. Appendices
    
    • A. Charts For Exercises
      
    • B. Glossary (phrased in a manner that should be understandable without a biology degree)
      
    • C. Reading and Source List
      
    • D. Exercise Answers
      

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1. Blaine's book written alone is The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy available at http://www.shopfamilytree.com/guide-to-dna-testing-and-genetic-genealogy. Blaine says, "the Family Tree Guide is better suited for people who have no DNA experience, while the NGS book, Genetic Genealogy in Practice, is better suited for people who want to gauge and expand their DNA knowledge."

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To cite this blog post:
Debbie Parker Wayne, "'Genetic Genealogy in Practice' topics and sub-topics," Deb's Delvings, 12 September 2016 (http://debsdelvings.blogspot.com/ : accessed [date]).

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