You may have a Younger family in your ancestry, but that doesn’t mean you’re related to Cole. DNA studies show there were two distinct Younger families that came out of Virginia and Maryland about the same time. The following excerpt is from a longer article about how DNA studies can help genealogical research. Interesting…
Roberta Estes […]
Casino gambling offers more than amusement and the occasional jackpot. For American Indians, it can mean significant income, but only if they can prove their Native American bloodlines. DNA Diagnostics Center in Ohio will parse the eminent double helix of any person wishing to establish a genetic link to a tribe.
DNA technology is the information […]
I’ve wondered when the lawyers would start getting the big bucks available from lawsuits involving DNA data. As most genealogists know, Iceland has the best family records and DNA data in the world. So it makes sense that that data would be the first to land in court.
Five months after announcing a $39 million genetics […]
Winifred Bennett, an amateur historian whose casual suggestion at the dinner table 10 years ago that DNA testing might establish whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children by his slave Sally Hemings helped rewrite history, unsettle families and raise enduring questions about sex, race and the American past, died on Oct. 7 at her home in Arlington, […]
A study published in the open access journal BMC Biology reveals that fewer than 10% of African American mitochondrial DNA sequences analysed can be matched to mitochondrial DNA from one single African ethnic group. There has been a growing interest in the use of mitochondrial DNA to trace maternal ancestries, and several companies now offer […]
HOUSTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Family Tree DNA, whose growing array of DNA tests for genealogical purposes has established them as the world leader in genetic genealogy, will introduce ground-breaking new X chromosome tests (X-STR) in early October. The X-STR tests are the first ever available for genealogy applications by focusing on linked “haplotype blocks” […]
WASHINGTON - A piece of a size 5½ military boot found at a construction site in France helped Pentagon scientists identify the remains of a missing Cincinnati soldier killed during World War I.
Army Pvt. Francis Lupo’s remains will be buried with full military honors Tuesday in Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington, nearly nine decades […]
I’ve been expecting the following new release for several weeks. It seems that Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation and Relative Genetics are going to get into mitochondrial DNA testing in a big way - as they have been doing for years with Y-chromosome.
I gave a sample for the Sorenson Y-chromosome database years ago. I haven’t seen […]
Both Sorenson Molecular and Relative Genetics are here exhibiting at the FGS Conference. Sorenson’s booth is next to Everton’s, so I’ve had a chance to visit a bit with the non-profit company’s employees.
Following is a news release that I received this morning from Sorenson Companies.
Relative Genetics and Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation Team Up to Crack […]
Wi-Fi tv and the First Black Child Born in America Project Introduces Family Tree tv for People of All Ethnic and Religious Backgrounds
Wi-Fi tv’s Global Delivery to Present Family Tree tv Offering All Americans an Opportunity to Discover Their Family Heritage
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — August 24, 2006 — Wi-Fi tv Inc. (PINKSHEETS: […]
Once Stymied by Missing Family History Resources, an Army Physician Who Retired to Arizona and a California Writer Learn Definitively Who Their Extended Family is by Having Their Own DNA Tested. Like a Global Positioning System for Family History Buffs, the New Science of Genetic Genealogy is Transforming One of America’s Most Popular Hobbies.
The revolution […]
BOSTON - Thousands of black men fought for American independence during the Revolutionary War, yet their contributions rarely appear in modern history books.
Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Sons of the American Revolution are hoping to change that with an ambitious project to identify those soldiers and their descendants.
“My first goal with […]
Ah, schucks. It looks like I won’t be able to get my cheek swapped and prove my descent from the great philosopher after all… At least, not yet…
Chinese people desperate to prove they are descendants of Confucius have been told that DNA tests will not be included in the current compilation of the Family Tree […]
According to mathematical studies, the common ancestor for all of humankind didn’t necessarily live eons ago. The following is just a snippet of a fascinating article on the subject of human ancestry.
Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East Asia - Taiwan, Malaysia and Siberia all are likely locations. He […]
Is there something genetic about what career you choose? According to the following article excerpt, there may be. However, I doubt it. I would think that that socioeconomic factors - brought on by the family’s situation - probably have more to do with similarities in occupation than the family genes.
THEY are calling […]
The following is an excerpt from a well-written story by Jane Glenn Haas about genealogy, DNA, celebrities and outhouses..
There’s a true story about my irish great-grandfather, Patrick Glynn.
Stole a horse, he did. Well, “borrowed” would be a more delicate term.
He sold the “borrowed” horse at the weekly market in County Mayo and used the money […]
The following excerpt is from an interesting article about the boone society that I ran across this morning. Check it out.
Well, Daniel Boone himself is no longer alive, but his legacy as well as those of his siblings and descendants are alive and well. As you read this, I will have just returned from the […]
Traditional genealogical research, aided by today’s Internet technology is amazing as it is. but when you consider how much more information we can now obtain by DNA research, it’s pretty wild. What will be be able to learn from our DNA (and the massive databases being formed) 10 - or 20 years from now. I’d […]