DNA Seminar

Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/08/2024
8:15 am - 3:40 pm

Location
Meridan Community Centre
70 Springs Dr
MERIDAN PLAINS, QLD, 4551

Do you want to find out more about DNA?

Caloundra Family History will hold the DNA Seminar on 3 August 2024. This seminar is open to the public, other family history groups, interested persons and CFH members to attend.

Name: DNA Seminar

SHAUNA HICKS ~ SPEAKERS ~ HELEN V SMITH

Date & Time: Saturday 3 August 2024, 8.15 am to 3.30 pm

Location: The Function Room, Meridan Community Centre, 70 Springs Dr, MERIDAN PLAINS, QLD, 4551. Ample free off-street parking spaces are available.

Last Bookings: COB 31 July 2024.

Entry Fee: CFHRI Members $25.00, Non-Members $45.00. Includes all-day DNA seminar, morning tea, light lunch and afternoon tea. Please note in the Comments / Catering section if you require gluten-free or dairy-free catering. We will offer a limited selection of gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian options.

Raffles are available on the day.

There is a cafe on-site, trading from 7.00 am to Noon.

Registration 8.15 am

Housekeeping/Welcome 8.50 am

1st Presentation ~ 9.00 am – Shauna Hicks
Organising Your DNA Matches without the Headaches

Ancestry helpfully organises our DNA matches into paternal, maternal and undefined groups. This session demonstrates how to use Ancestry’s coloured dots with smart matches to identify family lines. Then it is possible to work on one family line at a time and avoid being confused with so many matches.

Morning Tea 10.15 am

2nd Presentation ~ 10.35 am – Helen Smith
Working with unknown parentage

Since the advent of autosomal testing in 2012, Genetic Genealogy, in conjunction with the usual genealogical records, has enabled many adoptee/unknown parentage cases to be solved. There is a process to follow using the tools available at Ancestry, MyHeritage and DNA Painter. It is a case of organised working, a lot of patience, “hurry up and wait times” and often targeted testing to gain the answer.

Lunch 11.50 am

3rd Presentation ~ 12.40 pm – Shauna Hicks
Looking for Granddad: A Case Study

In 2015 a DNA test proved that Granddad was not Dad’s biological father. Given this was my family name, it was a shock that took some time to adjust to. This presentation uses some basic DNA (Ancestry dots and smart matches) together with usual genealogy sources to identify who my Granddad really was.

Afternoon Tea 1.55 pm

4th Presentation ~ 2.15 pm – Helen Smith
Finding the Missing

Investigative genetic genealogy is one of the tools used to identify unknown remains in Australia and by the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Military. It is also being used in specific cases by the state police departments and other police departments internationally.