Genney 2.0 has come with DNA support

Now the Swedish genealogy program has Genney arrived in version 2. One of the novelties is DNA support.

The first step is to register the tests. It might look like this:

In cases where two people have been tested and received the same result, it is appropriate to register it as a test and describe in the comment how the testing went. After all, they are mutually dependent on each other, confirm each other.

The first row in the image above is my own sample confirmed by a tested septum.

I go to my personal record in the program and select my DNA test for me:

The DNA sample I put into myself can be propagated to all my ancestors and their descendants, people who should have the same haplogroup as me. But I can be unsure about certain links and want to stop. Therefore, when I set my own haplogroup, I get a list where I can check how far away I want the haplogroup to apply.

My result is confirmed by a test on a septuagenarian. He is included in this list and thus automatically gets the same haplogroup as me. Since I know that both his haplogroup and mine match, I put a lock on us.

If the person has a DNA lock, no other test result on another person can overwrite this.

Since I know that my DNA and that of my son's DNA match completely, our common ancestor, Christoffer Larsson Norstedt born in 1672, is confirmed. That's why I put a lock on him too.

Now the haplogroup is entered on my ancestor and his descendants. The small green dot shows that there is Y-DNA.

Similarly, I put mtDNA into tested people and have it spread to my ancestry. The purple dot means mtDNA is present.

If there is a conflict between two tested, then you can control what you consider safe by putting locks in the appropriate places.

The DNA feature is fun and I will use it a lot to keep all my tests organized. I appreciate how the results spread to ancestors and descendants, that's how I want it. There is still quite a lot of manual handling, but it is probably difficult to get away from because you want to have full control over what the results actually mean.

There is some work to be done in terms of how the results are presented on screen and in reports. One would e.g. want to be able to see on a distant guess which contemporary tested person it actually got its haplogroup from. But it can be introduced in future versions.

Here you will find Genney: http://www.genney.se