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Citizen Science
My husband, Jim, who is kind of a geeky guy in the best of ways and really is interested in genetic genealogy from a technologist’s perspective, asked me a question about the new mitochondrial...
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Family Tree DNA Conference 2012 – Nits and Grits
First things first! I want to thank Max and Bennett for graciously hosting the 8th Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference in Houston, Texas! This is actually the 9th year, but a pesky hurricane...
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2012 Top 10 Genetic Genealogy Happenings
2012 has been a very busy year for genetic genealogists. There have been lots of discoveries and announcements that affect everyone, now and in the future. The watchwords for 2012 would be “churn”...
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Products of The Motherland
This week, President Barack Obama paid a visit to Senegal, the stepping off point for slavery, for slaves, their last step on African soil on their way to the New World, wherever that was destined to...
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The Human Family Tree
A great introductory documentary by National Geographic called the Human Family Tree featuring Spencer Wells, and lots of New Yorkers who DNA tested. Like all Nat Geo productions, the photography and...
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Bryan Sykes Finally Meets Eve’s 7 Daughters
Professor Bryan Sykes who studied Otzi the Iceman in 1994 and would go on to author the first genetics book written for public consumption, The Seven Daughters of Eve, passed away on December 10 at age...
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DNA Day: Forty Years On and We’re Still Shaking The Tree!
Genealogists are always excited when DNA Day in April arrives because it means two things: Celebrating DNA Sales This year we have a 40th anniversary to celebrate along with some great sales. Those of...
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Where Did My Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup Come From?
Mother’s Day is approaching, so I’m writing articles about mitochondrial DNA inspired by the most common questions in the Mitochondrial DNA for Genealogy Facebook group. I’ll be adding these articles...
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DNA for Native American Genealogy – Hot Off the Press!
Drum roll please…my new book, DNA for Native American Genealogy, was just released today, published by Genealogical.com. I’m so excited! I expected publication around the holidays. What a pleasant...
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FamilyTreeDNA Keynote, RootsTech Wrap + Special Show Pricing Still Available
Am I ever whipped. My two live Sessions that were actually a series of three classes each took place on Friday. Yes, that means I presented 6 sessions on Friday, complete with a couple of Zoom...
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Top Ten RootsTech 2022 DNA Sessions + All DNA Session Links
The official dates of RootsTech 2022 were March 3-5, but the sessions and content in the vendor booths are still available. I’ve compiled a list of the sessions focused on DNA, with web links on the...
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Mitochondrial Eve Gets a Great-Granddaughter: African Mitochondrial...
Such wonderful news today! We have a birth announcement, of sorts, detailed in our new paper released just today, “African mitochondrial haplogroup L7: a 100,000-year-old maternal human lineage...
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I’m still VERY excited about the haplogroup L7 discovery. Mitochondrial Eve’s new 100,000-year-old great-granddaughter. So is the rest of the Million Mito Team We’ve created a short video explaining...
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The Best of 2022
It’s that time of year where we look both backward and forward. Thank you for your continued readership! Another year under our belts! I always find it interesting to review the articles you found most...
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