The Compendium is a comprehensive guide to genetic genealogy terminology, best practices, and science. – Rebekah
A
Aboriginal
Adenine
Administrator
Admixture
Affected relative pair
American Indian
Amplification
Ancestor
Ancestral Haplotype
Ancestral Signature
Ancestral State
Allele
Ancestral Allele
Ancestral haplotype
Ancestry V1 Chip
Ancestry V2 Chip
Ancestry DNA (Ancestry.com DNA)
Ancestry-informative marker
Ancient Ancestry
Ancient DNA
Anthrogenealogy
Anthropology
Archaeogenetics
Ashkenazi Jewish
Atlantic Modal Haplotype (AMH)
Autosomal DNA (atDNA)
Adenine
Administrator
Admixture
Affected relative pair
American Indian
Amplification
Ancestor
Ancestral Haplotype
Ancestral Signature
Ancestral State
Allele
Ancestral Allele
Ancestral haplotype
Ancestry V1 Chip
Ancestry V2 Chip
Ancestry DNA (Ancestry.com DNA)
Ancestry-informative marker
Ancient Ancestry
Ancient DNA
Anthrogenealogy
Anthropology
Archaeogenetics
Ashkenazi Jewish
Atlantic Modal Haplotype (AMH)
Autosomal DNA (atDNA)
B
Back mutation
Base, see Base Pair
Base pair
Binary Polymorphism
Biogeographical ancestry
Buccal cell
Base, see Base Pair
Base pair
Binary Polymorphism
Biogeographical ancestry
Buccal cell
C
Cambridge Reference Sequence (CRS)
Catalyst
CCR5
centiMorgan (cM)
Centromere
Chromatid
Chromosome
Chromosome browser
Chromosome mapping
Clade, see Haplogroup
Cladogram
Coalescence age
Coding region
Cohanim Modal Haplotype (CMH)
Cohen
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
Complementary sequences
Convergence
Crossover
Cytosine
Catalyst
CCR5
centiMorgan (cM)
Centromere
Chromatid
Chromosome
Chromosome browser
Chromosome mapping
Clade, see Haplogroup
Cladogram
Coalescence age
Coding region
Cohanim Modal Haplotype (CMH)
Cohen
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
Complementary sequences
Convergence
Crossover
Cytosine
D
D9S919
Deletion
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Derived state
Descendant
Diaspora
Direct Maternal Lineage
Direct to Consumer Test (DTC)
Discord
DNA amplification
DNA replication
DNA segment
DNA sequencing
DNA signature
DNA testing
Double helix
Deletion
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Derived state
Descendant
Diaspora
Direct Maternal Lineage
Direct to Consumer Test (DTC)
Discord
DNA amplification
DNA replication
DNA segment
DNA sequencing
DNA signature
DNA testing
Double helix
E
Earliest Known Ancestor
Electropherogram
Endogamous, see Endogamy
Endogamy
Enzyme
Epigenome
Equifinality
Ethnicity
Exact match
Exogamy
Electropherogram
Endogamous, see Endogamy
Endogamy
Enzyme
Epigenome
Equifinality
Ethnicity
Exact match
Exogamy
F
Factoid
Fixation index (FST)
Founder effect
FTDNA – Kit Prefixes
Family Tree DNA
Family Tree DNA Time Predictor (FTDNATiP™)
Full genomic sequence (FGS)
Fully identical region (FIR)
Fixation index (FST)
Founder effect
FTDNA – Kit Prefixes
Family Tree DNA
Family Tree DNA Time Predictor (FTDNATiP™)
Full genomic sequence (FGS)
Fully identical region (FIR)
G
GEDCOM
Gene
Gene by Gene
Gene expression
Gene pool
Genealogical Data Communication (GEDCOM)
Genealogical time-frame
Genealogy
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Generation
Generation length
Genetic ancestry
Genetic anthropology
Genetic cousins
Genetic determinism
Genetic distance
Genetic drift
Genetic exceptionalism
Genetic family
Genetic genealogist
Genetic genealogy
Genetic paternalism
Genetic signature
Genetics
Genome
Genotype
Gigabase
Glacial Maximum
Group Administration Page (GAP)
Guanine
Gene
Gene by Gene
Gene expression
Gene pool
Genealogical Data Communication (GEDCOM)
Genealogical time-frame
Genealogy
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Generation
Generation length
Genetic ancestry
Genetic anthropology
Genetic cousins
Genetic determinism
Genetic distance
Genetic drift
Genetic exceptionalism
Genetic family
Genetic genealogist
Genetic genealogy
Genetic paternalism
Genetic signature
Genetics
Genome
Genotype
Gigabase
Glacial Maximum
Group Administration Page (GAP)
Guanine
H
Half-Identical Region (HIR)
Haplogroup
Haplotree
Haplotype
Heredity
Heterochromatin
Heteroplasmy
Heterozygous
Holliday junction
Homozygous
Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
Hypervariable region (HVR)
Haplogroup
Haplotree
Haplotype
Heredity
Heterochromatin
Heteroplasmy
Heterozygous
Holliday junction
Homozygous
Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
Hypervariable region (HVR)
I
Identical by Descent (IBD)
Identical by State (IBS)
Imputation
Inbreed
InDel
Insertion
International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)
ISOGG YBrowse
Israelite
Identical by State (IBS)
Imputation
Inbreed
InDel
Insertion
International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)
ISOGG YBrowse
Israelite
J
Journal of Genetic Genealogy (JoGG)
Junk DNA
Junk DNA
K
Kilobase
Kit
L
M
Male-specific Y, see Non-recombining Y (NRY)
Marker
Massively parallel sequencing
Match
Matriline, see Direct Maternal Lineage
Megabase
Meiosis
Micro-allele
Microsatellite
Mitochondria, see Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial Eve
Mitosearch
Mitosis
Modal haplotype
Most recent common ancestor (MRCA)
Mutation
Mutation rate
Marker
Massively parallel sequencing
Match
Matriline, see Direct Maternal Lineage
Megabase
Meiosis
Micro-allele
Microsatellite
Mitochondria, see Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial Eve
Mitosearch
Mitosis
Modal haplotype
Most recent common ancestor (MRCA)
Mutation
Mutation rate
N
Next generation sequencing (NGS)
No-call
Non-coding DNA
Non-paternity event (NPE)
Non-recombining Y (NRY)
Nuclear DNA
Nucleotide
Null value
No-call
Non-coding DNA
Non-paternity event (NPE)
Non-recombining Y (NRY)
Nuclear DNA
Nucleotide
Null value
O
One-name study
Organelle
Organelle
P
P arm
Palindrome
Parallel mutation
Parental phasing
Paternal lineage (Patriline)
Paternity test
Pedigree
Pedigree chart
Pedigree collapse
Personal genomics
Phasing
Phenotype
Pherogram
Phylogenetic tree
Phylogenetics
Phylogeography
Phylotree
Polymerase
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Polymorphism
Population
Population Bottleneck
Primer
Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Protein
Proxy
Pseudogene
Pseudophasing
Pseudosegment
Palindrome
Parallel mutation
Parental phasing
Paternal lineage (Patriline)
Paternity test
Pedigree
Pedigree chart
Pedigree collapse
Personal genomics
Phasing
Phenotype
Pherogram
Phylogenetic tree
Phylogenetics
Phylogeography
Phylotree
Polymerase
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Polymorphism
Population
Population Bottleneck
Primer
Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Protein
Proxy
Pseudogene
Pseudophasing
Pseudosegment
Q
Q arm
R
recLOH
Recombination
Reconstructed Sapiens Reference Sequence (RSRS)
Replication
Restriction enzyme
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)
Revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS)
Runs of Homozygosity (ROH)
Recombination
Reconstructed Sapiens Reference Sequence (RSRS)
Replication
Restriction enzyme
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)
Revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS)
Runs of Homozygosity (ROH)
S
Saturation
Search angel, see Adoption Search Angel
Second generation sequencing
Sequencing
Sex chromosome
Short tandem repeat (STR)
Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
SNP testing
Subclade
Surname
Surname era
Surname mapping
Search angel, see Adoption Search Angel
Second generation sequencing
Sequencing
Sex chromosome
Short tandem repeat (STR)
Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
SNP testing
Subclade
Surname
Surname era
Surname mapping
T
Thymine
Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA)
TiP
Transcription
Translation
Transmission event
Triangulation
Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA)
TiP
Transcription
Translation
Transmission event
Triangulation
U
V
Visual phasing
W
X
X-chromosome
X-match
X-match
Z
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