Charts

Relationship Chart - This free download from Family Tree Magazine is used to help identify the most recent common ancestor of two individuals.

Identical By What - This chart was included on Roberta Estes' blog article.                                       

The free X-DNA Inheritance Charts below by Debbie Parker Wayne are pdf files.  Other formats are available on her blog,  Deb's Delvings in Genealogy.  These will help narrow down which ancestors might contribute segments to a person's X chromosome(s).

 X-DNA inheritance chart for male

X-DNA inheritance chart for female

Charting Companion software by Progeny -This software has many kinds of charts that can be filled in on the computer rather than by hand.