A presentation by Kitty Munson Cooper blogging at blog.kittycooper.com
All About ISOGG - isogg.org
ISOGG reception at the Family Tree DNA conference in 2023
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
ISOGG has a terrific amount of information about DNA testing on its website
The Resources Tab
has lists of speakers and consultants
The speaker and consultant page has a list that can be clicked on the left side
Lets look at the Y SNP tree page next
The Yahoo forum is gone, replaced by other social media such as FaceBook
The Y SNP tree menu item will bring you here
Each umbrella haplogroup has its own page
Here is part of the R page
Starting in 2018 these are in spreadsheets in google docs
The 2017 tree is easier to read but the nominclature is older
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
Sample titles from the most recent issue
The best resource at ISOGG is its WIKI
maintained by well known genetic genealogists such as Tim Janzen and Debbie Kennett
You can click on a topic from the homepage to see a list of those articles in the WIKI
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
On both the WIKI home page and the DNA testing page there is a list of Genetic Genealogy Resources
The DNA testing page has a lot of information, both an overview and a list of articles
The DNA testing page includes a substantial list of DNA tests
Many pages in the WIKI could use updating but it is still an amazing repository of information
One page that is kept up-to-date is the Autosomal testing comparison chart by Tim Janzen
Many pages have timeless information like the definitions and abbreviations
https://isogg.org/wiki/Genetics_Glossary
The glossary is an invaluable collection of definitions of DNA terms
The abbreviations list is very useful
Personally, when I want to look up something genetic I ask google and include the ISOGG wiki
Table from Cousin Statistics page:
isogg.org/wiki/Cousin_statistics
Observed table of cousin statistics:
isogg.org/wiki/Cousin_statistics
Table of autosomal DNA shared
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
ISOGG campaigned for GINA www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/timeline-genetic-information-nondiscrimination-act-GINA
ISOGG in Ireland - Katherine Borges is front center
photo courtesy of Katherine Borges
