Building Family Trees Using Only DNA like Investigative Genetic Genealogy cases

In this new series, I will be researching the family trees of fellow youtubers and showing the process as I go along. This series will be a tutorial on how to do genealogy research while also highlighting the interesting ancestral history of your favorite youtubers. This second season will feature Mr. Beat, whose channel focuses on history, politics, geography, and other topics related to social studies. In the first few episodes of this season, I will be building Mr. Beat's family tree using only DNA.
This first episode will focus on reviewing top matches, identifying clusters, identifying the ancestors of each cluster, and creating a What Are The Odds (WATO) analysis.
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[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for doing this. You are amazing.

[@GeneaVlogger]

My pleasure!

[@Tayjay7175]

Hey daddy beat

[@dyread]

I hope this gets Mr Beat more interested in his ancestors. He seemed so uninterested in his DNA and ancestors, which I thought was a pity. I hope you can get him more interested :)

[@GeneaVlogger]

I've got a few tricks up my sleeve for upcoming episodes that I think he is really going to enjoy! Could we rename his video of "Top 10 Presidents" to his "Top 10 Cousins Who Were President"...maybe...😉

[@Cyberlucy]

Too short! I was riveted and then you stopped, LOL You're doing a great job!

[@rgbea]

One of the best series on KZbin to date. Really interesting, learning quite a lot

[@MusicInMotion_67]

This is what I'm currently working towards. Since it's so new you basically have to learn on your own, but I love it. It's like solving a puzzle. My goal is to bring the closure to families like I wish was brought to my own. I have a close family member who's been missing since 07.

[@jamiecrawley8457]

This is definitely the side of genealogy that I’m most interested in.

[@ginagaladriel]

I think these series will help me break down my tree walls!!! I didn't know about the What are the odds tool!!

[@cynsi7604]

So you’re the dude version of CeCe?! COOL!! ✌🏻 Thanks for giving the lost their name back & help to catch or identify the ones who took it away. 👍🏻

[@phxhoney1632]

Your doing this just in time for me..I have to uncover my moms, dad! Thanks!

[@AngelavengerL]

The dna element of your research is the most interesting and fascinating to me! It's crazy to think how many mysteries this kind of science could help solve.

[@barghast]

I thought we were gonna have to wait a little while for season 2 to start, I'm happy to see it's up so soon. Love the series! Also wanted to say I really admire your role as a forensic genealogist. You're doing great work.

[@godisloveireland]

Loving the way you have done this one!

[@AncestryNerd]

I love that you are creating family trees for famous KZbinr AND using forensic and genetic genealogy. This is literally how criminal cases get solved. I'm so excited you are sharing this with people. These skills can be learned by almost anyone. I love all the cool details you shared about what kind of information you might or might not know while investigating Jane Doe's and John Doe's. I am excited to see more people learn these skills and see how it effects society in the future 😍🤓

[@Elke_KB]

Very interesting and helpful. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@patriciaburns5963]

Wow! It is going to be so much fun learning from you. Thank you for doing this!

[@NataliaNNS]

I wasn’t expecting this to be so interesting! But it was great to see what your workflow looks like!

[@p0etrygh0st]

This is fascinating. I was expecting a similar video series to the last one. Its fun to also get an insight into your job.

[@yee3771]

Yay! Mr. Beat!!😍

[@debjordan4399]

Really learned quit a lot. I have been woking on my genealogy since 1971. Fantastic video.

[@Richard-zm6pt]

Can't wait for the next episode.

[@robinson-gissettealekjandr4772]

Fascinating idea using only the DNA results to build the tree off of. We admit we got curious after what felt like a cliffhanger and were able to find the connection from Kaspar and Neppie to Mr. Beat, but really interested to see how you pieced it together, and if we used the same records! A fascinating way to do research, and fascinating to get such an in-depth look at how you you create trees from the DNA matches. Definitely going to be using dnapainter much more often, especially this what are the odds tool!

[@DerDill]

Love the details!

[@more444store6]

I have thought for a long time, that on many of the cold cases, they could find information on perpetrators using their relatives dna. This is so cool!

[@KerrinGolden]

So helpful! ❤

[@LindaSchreiber]

Interesting!

[@rahannneon]

i used similar techniques to put together 2 family lines that my family had been working on for generations.

[@barbarabird3827]

Thank you! Most of my grandmother 's ancestors form 2 distinct clusters. Assuming a sister was actually her mother, the nearer cluster - father- is one of the sons of a large family I've identified (with a family pic! & lots his remote cousins in my matches) The more remote lot - 3C, 4C etc - presents more of a challenge : 3 (of the 4) key families kept marrying each other, & one of those shows lots of pedigree collapse. (Do they keep jumping out at me!) I think I've identified one pair of grandparents, but.. I doubt if I'll ever be able to put my solution in a tree. The other gp would be....!! Thank you - you encourage me to keep at it!

[@shannonbeat]

I’m so excited about this series! I think you have an awesome job! I’m actually wondering if we are distant cousins. I have the Ross name come up a lot in Ancestry matches. Also, the red hair is another clue in my family (although mine is red-ish only in the sun). 🤔

[@GeneaVlogger]

I doubt it is through my Ross side because my last name was changed from Rosenberg to Ross by my great-grandfather. Although I imagine there is some sort of distant relation somewhere in our family trees!

[@shannonbeat]

@@GeneaVlogger yeah I was just watching your earlier vlog about your grandfather. I had something similar happen with my maiden name, Kenney. It would have actually been Weezner, or a variation of that spelling, if it wasn’t for someone adopting a family member and changing their name. I’m grateful!!! 😃

[@geneticaffairs345]

Very nice, I love seeing how-to videos. I always learn something. Did you run an AutoTree for this matches? Pity that FTDNA doesn't provide shared cM between shared matches like MH/23andme/GEDmatch, otherwise AutoKinship could reconstruct some trees using only the DNA.

[@GeneaVlogger]

I didn't run the AutoTree for Mr. Beat but I hope to have many more seasons with lots of different guests, so I imagine I will likely use a lot of your amazing tools in some future seasons!

[@bookmouse2719]

Very interesting :)

[@Bre_R]

I liked what he said. I agree with him I could care less. I don’t focus on dead relatives too.

[@KantaKerro]

Who are even those people who get matches over 50 cM... :(((( I've never ever seen any people on GED or ancestry or myheritage have any ancestors in common with me, not even matching surnames in our family trees. And never ever I found any mentions of my ancestors in any online records or websites(at least up to 5 generations from me, that's how deep I managed to make my tree), how do people do it? I found the video useful nevertheless though, I'm looking forward for next episode! I try to pick up tips which are helpful to me, even though it has been very hard

[@familyrootstutorials]

I'm sure that you've answered this question before, but how did you get into forensic genealogy?

[@roderrickgaming9949]

Epic

[@cherylboyer1737]

Will there be an episode 2 for Mr Beat or will you feature a different subject next time?

[@GeneaVlogger]

Yes! In fact, my patreon patrons will have access to episode 2 later today. This season on Mr. Beat will have either 6 or 7 episodes in total. I have a LOT in store for this season :)

[@timlucakuhne451]

Hey Jarrott, I could help you with that Liebst-Line. At least with the siblings. As luck would have it, a brother of Kaspar Erasmus Liebst, namely Ludwig Bonaparte Liebst married Theresa Hödl, who is my 3rd-Great Grandaunt 4th removed So if you want to trace it back and then looking at the siblings and their descendants (or other Liebst DNA Matches), I could help.

[@GeneaVlogger]

Thank you for the offer! I'm much further ahead in the research at this point but I imagine you will really enjoy some of what I have coming up. I will be updating a lot of the tree on Geni.com as I go along, so if you are connected into Geni please feel free to add anything that you have to the Liebst branch. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to see there is already information on the Hödl family (Hoedl as I have found much of the American family likes to spell it).

[@sr2291]

Do you use X Matches in your research?

[@monarxsiramirez1720]

I know this is random, but I took my dna test from Myheritage and got my results recently. I am... 31.7% Mesoamerican and Andean 1.7% Native American 23.4% Irish, Scottish and Wales 15.1% Scandinavian 7.7% East European 5.7% Italian 4.7% Greek and South Italian 3.7% Iberian 6.3% North African I know I'm basically half American and half European, but I wish it was more precise. I don't know what Mesoamerican and Andean even means? Basically, I'm Mexican. But which indigenous group in Mexico do I fall under? That's the question I have.

[@melissahinton8928]

I would love if you did this for someone that is not fully European for example half European and half african american. I have.found struggles connecting african american dna ancestors

[@GeneaVlogger]

I am actually working on a future season which will focus on a guest of mostly African ancestry and it will involve DNA testing as well!

[@melissahinton8928]

Awesome! Cant wait!

[@GeneaVlogger]

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[@GambinoTheGoat]

Noice

[@tdmccoy1211]

How many of those solved cases did you participate on?

[@GeneaVlogger]

I'm not quite sure. And when you say participate, there are some cases where I will review reports which will then have genealogy research conducted by another team such as Parabon or Othram. My employer, DNA Labs International (DLI), has worked in conjunction with a lot of teams on a lot of cases because we are a certified lab for DNA extraction. Here is a link to a news article search which shows articles related to cases which DLI has been involved - www.google.com/search?q=%22DNA+Labs+International%22+genealogy&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS841US841&sxsrf=AOaemvLJRPkhXTpgwAp-8iMStc6Y5aBTUA:1631752857624&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB78GLoYLzAhWAMlkFHbNwDMgQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1680&bih=948

[@GeneaVlogger]

The only case where I was Lead Genealogist and can openly talk about it is the Beth Doe / Evelyn Colon case. But there are a lot of cases that I can't talk about yet because they are ongoing investigations.

[@tdmccoy1211]

@@GeneaVlogger thank you so much for the additional info! You've given me a new rabbit hole to hop into! SO interesting. I am one of those ppl that has concerns about privacy, but would never want to imped solving a crime like that. So it's all very interesting.

[@tdmccoy1211]

@@GeneaVlogger oh and btw, while I have your ear.... I'm sure you're probably aware of this but in our family on death records we often insist and put family members relationships by role played in ones life, out of respect. Like often Grandma's are actually Aunt's. And Aunts are actually cousins or 2nd cousins. When we buried my mom, the funeral home said, 'Ancestry isn't going to like that.' But we insisted. Do you find that often? Does it cause serious issues for folks in ur line of work? Edit: of course I mean you're aware of families doing this, not mine specifically! Lol 🤦🤦🤦

[@GeneaVlogger]

I actually am not familiar with this type of burial custom and it would make genealogy research much more difficult. There are some similarities to how some Dutch records I found will use the word for cousin in reference to an Aunt/Uncle. So do you mean that the death certificate doesn't list the actual parent's names? I'm not familiar of any common death records which list grandparents or extended family members, although it wouldn't surprise me that there are some out there. Do you know if this is a custom specific to a type of ancestry, religion, or region?

[@WhackaWhacka]

A few minutes into this and watching a social studies teacher of all people say he doesn't care about these "people who died a long time ago," actively disinterested in how he got here and the larger forces that led to it. .......eesh. I will keep watching, though.

[@GeneaVlogger]

That clip was from a few years back and in his livestream reaction to my series he mentioned that he has since changed his mind about that.

[@WhackaWhacka]

@@GeneaVlogger Good to hear.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

2:48 not sure about others, but I dont like that sound at all. Maybe thats just me, spookted the hell out of me Great video otherwise

[@GeneaVlogger]

I think that sound was actually a baseball bat hitting a wall or something like that

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

@@GeneaVlogger No wonder, use something else next time. Love your new series

[@gizzi1213]

You lost me a clusters. What was the common denominator that made that 5 unit cluster? And the odds tree? It would be helpful to see how the site works, how you determined what to enter etc. also I thought you were limiting yourself to familytreedna then you’re on ancestry making the tree. Confusing