Celebrating DNA Day: How a Simple Test Helped Me Untangle My Family Tree

April 25th is DNA Day—a day that marks the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick, and for many, it’s a day to marvel … Continue Reading →

Happy Anniversary To Me

Today marks the 10th Anniversary of this blog, Hound on the Hunt. When I looked at the numbers (because if you want to change your numbers, you need to know … Continue Reading →

There Are Just 40 Days Until RootsTech

As of today, it is just 40 days until RootsTech. Whether you’re going in person or virtually, there are things you need to do to prepare. But before we get … Continue Reading →

Organizing the Past: A New Year’s Genealogy Resolution

In the past, I’d decided that making New Year’s resolutions was setting yourself up for failure. Well, at least that was the case with dieting. But genealogy is another matter. … Continue Reading →

A Family Tree DNA Rabbit Hole

Created using ChatGPT and my prompt, create an image showing a rabbit looking down a DNA rabbit hole. As you know, I love working with DNA. On Monday, I went … Continue Reading →

Have You Transferred Your FTDNA Tree to MyHeritage?

The other day, I received an email from Family Tree DNA telling me that they would no longer support the tree they had on their site but that I could … Continue Reading →

Growing My Channel, But I Need Your Help

This past Tuesday, I uploaded a video on my YouTube Channel (you can watch it here) that I wanted to let you know about. In my video, I talk about … Continue Reading →

Cali Has Another DNA Test, This Time With Ancestry

You know how interested I am in DNA, so Cali has to be interested, too, right? Well, maybe not so much. (Never fear… Cali never does anything she doesn’t want … Continue Reading →

I’m A Mondays With Myrt Panelist

I’m so happy to announce that I’ve been chosen as a panelist on Mondays with Myrt. I hope you will join us this coming Monday, March 11th, at 9 a.m. … Continue Reading →

RootsTech 2024 Round-Up

I can’t believe it’s been a week since RootsTech. If you missed being in Salt Lake, you can still enjoy the virtual event from the comfort of your home by … Continue Reading →