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| National Archives. 1926 Census Search page. 20 April 2026. |
Ireland's 1926 Census is now available for searching online at the National Archives. This is the first census to be released for independent Ireland, following the 1901 and 1911 censuses collected under British rule. According to the National Archives of Ireland, the census is being released online in phases.
Welcome Monday. Since last week, I am still waiting on things I wrote about earlier in the month, although only one of those things I expected to hear back on by now. While Sophia's mtDNA results have not yet arrived (it's been 15 weeks), cousin Joe's results came back (a month earlier than expected).
I have some travel from tomorrow so it's possible I'll have several updates once I return.
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| Chloe vs History channel, YouTube. |
A new YouTube channel has launched featuring a virtual influencer time traveling to various locations and events. The channel, Chloe vs History, is an AI creation from Majestic Studios in the UK (see this April 2026 interview with Majestic's creator, Jonathan Laramy). Majestic uses AI to create realistic videos of historic cities, and the new series takes this a step further with the virtual Chloe. This is a bit more advanced than the usual "AI slop" populating the Internet.
This March 2026 Sky News interview describes how Jonathan uses AI tools such as Seedance and Claude to create the videos.
I've been thinking for a while about "if your family stories could be streaming", and seeing Majestic's progress with AI storytelling definitely provides ideas for stories that I'd like to see with this approach.
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| DNAPainter. Chromosome Mapping. |
Using the tools on DNAPainter, I've started mapping the segments corresponding to my Mom's DNA matches on FTDNA and MyHeritage. Because I had already started a chromosome map using my Dad's DNA matches, I paid $55 for a year of access to the tools on DNAPainter. I don't mind supporting the site as I know Jonny Perl does amazing things, and it's a small amount to have more access to the features I already use on DNAPainter.
I expect I'll probably create a chromosome map using my own matches, as I'm expecting results from 23andme at the end of the month my from own test. I can't transfer my parents' earlier kits to 23andme, so I'll have to work with my own results there, and I still need to figure out how to transfer segments in common from Gedmatch to DNAPainter. From the transfers to MyHeritage and FTDNA, I am seeing good results so far. I'm up to 69 segments painted (18% coverage) for my Dad's results, and with some limited effort today, I'm up to 56 segments painted (12% coverage) on my Mom's results.
I can already see some cool segments in common on the Campuzano/Vasquez side of tree, because I can compare segments across cousins Catherine, Joe, Greg, Rodger and Eddie with my Mom's results.
There's more to come on this soon. In the short term this update fits with several of my maternal line research questions.
