A presentation by Kitty Munson Cooper blogging at blog.kittycooper.com
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All About ISOGG - isogg.org
ISOGG reception at the Family Tree DNA conference in 2023
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Founded in 2005, ISOGG was the first society for DNA testers
photo courtesy of Katherine Borges
Autosomal testing did not start until 2010 and took time to gain momentum
Initially ISOGG focused on Y and mitochondrial tests and thus Family Tree DNA and its projects
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ISOGG has a terrific amount of information about DNA testing on its website
The Resources Tab
has lists of speakers and consultants
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The speaker and consultant page has a list that can be clicked on the left side
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Lets look at the Y SNP tree page next
The Yahoo forum is gone, replaced by other social media such as FaceBook
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The Y SNP tree menu item will bring you here
Each umbrella haplogroup has its own page
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Here is part of the R page
Starting in 2018 these are in spreadsheets in google docs
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The 2017 tree is easier to read but the nominclature is older
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Also there are project leaders for the different subclades listed at the top of the page
The JoGG menu item takes you to the Journal of Genetic Genealogy
also founded in 2005
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Sample titles from the most recent issue
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The best resource at ISOGG is its WIKI
maintained by well known genetic genealogists such as Tim Janzen and Debbie Kennett
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You can click on a topic from the homepage to see a list of those articles in the WIKI
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On the home page under the list of Genetic Genealogy Resources is a link to a page with the History of this field up to 2008
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On both the WIKI home page and the DNA testing page there is a list of Genetic Genealogy Resources
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The DNA testing page has a lot of information, both an overview and a list of articles
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The DNA testing page includes a substantial list of DNA tests
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Many pages in the WIKI could use updating but it is still an amazing repository of information
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One page that is kept up-to-date is the Autosomal testing comparison chart by Tim Janzen
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Many pages have timeless information like the definitions and abbreviations
https://isogg.org/wiki/Genetics_Glossary
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The glossary is an invaluable collection of definitions of DNA terms
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The abbreviations list is very useful
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Personally, when I want to look up something genetic I ask google and include the ISOGG wiki
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Table from Cousin Statistics page:
isogg.org/wiki/Cousin_statistics
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Observed table of cousin statistics:
isogg.org/wiki/Cousin_statistics
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Table of autosomal DNA shared
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Autosomal DNA statistics page
isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_statistics
If you are on Facebook, join the ISOGG facebook group, they are also on X and Mastodon
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ISOGG campaigned for GINA www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/timeline-genetic-information-nondiscrimination-act-GINA
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ISOGG in Ireland - Katherine Borges is front center
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photo courtesy of Katherine Borges
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ISOGG - A Great Resource
By Kitty Cooper
ISOGG - A Great Resource
The web site for the International Society of Genetic Genealogy is a tremendous repository of resources
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