DNA Testing of New York’s New Governor David Paterson
As of Monday the 17th of March, David Paterson will be the Governor of New York State. Lt. Gov. Paterson recently sat down with Susan Arbetter of WHMT’s NYNOW to discuss the results of his genetic...
View ArticleTGG Interview Series V – Whit Athey
The name Whit Athey is undoubtedly very familiar to many genetic genealogists. Whit’s Haplogroup Predictor, used to predict an individual’s paternal haplogroup based on DNA test results, is one of the...
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The Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee Rejects DNA Testing
See the new article at Seed Magazine “Inheriting Confucius,” which discusses efforts to generate a family tree containing the 2 million+ descendants of Confucius. Kong De-Yong, a 77th(!) generation...
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Personal Genome Project Begins Releasing Information
The Personal Genome Project (PGP) was established to analyze and publicly share the genomes and personal information of up to 100,000 volunteers in order to advance understanding of “genetic and...
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Family Tree DNA Discovers Y-DNA Signature That Might Represent the Prophet...
An article in the United Arab Emirate newspaper The National (wikipedia) does a terrific job of highlighting recent research from Family Tree DNA. The story – “DNA could illuminate Islam’s...
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Columbia Professor Alondra Nelson Reviews The PBS Series “Faces of America”
In October 2008, I reviewed an article by Dr. Alondra Nelson in the journal Social Studies of Science entitled “Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry†(Social...
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Sequencing the Genome of Sitting Bull and Other Famous People
ScienceNews reports that researchers led by Eske Willerslev at the University of Copenhagen are attempting to sequence the genome of legendary Native American “Sitting Bull” (see “Genome of a Chief”)....
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NFL Players Xavier Omon and Ogemdi Nwagbuo Confirmed as Half-Brothers
Direct-to-consumer DNA testing has led to the re-joining of yet another family. Y-DNA and autosomal testing by Family Tree DNA has revealed that two NFL players , Xavier Omon (San Francisco 49ers)) and...
View ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte’s Y-DNA Haplogroup Belonged to E1b1b1c1* (E-M34)
Researchers have recently discovered that Napoleon Bonaparte’s Y-DNA belongs to haplogroup E1b1b1c1* (M34+). Dominique Vivant Denon was the director-general of French museums under Napoleon. Denon...
View ArticleFinding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” is a new series from Henry Louis Gates Jr., who previously brought us series such as Faces of America, African American Lives, and African American Lives...
View ArticleDNA Testing of New York’s New Governor David Paterson
As of Monday the 17th of March, David Paterson will be the Governor of New York State. Lt. Gov. Paterson recently sat down with Susan Arbetter of WHMT’s NYNOW to discuss the results of his genetic...
View ArticleTGG Interview Series V – Whit Athey
The name Whit Athey is undoubtedly very familiar to many genetic genealogists. Whit’s Haplogroup Predictor, used to predict an individual’s paternal haplogroup based on DNA test results, is one of the...
View ArticleThe Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee Rejects DNA Testing
See the new article at Seed Magazine “Inheriting Confucius,” which discusses efforts to generate a family tree containing the 2 million+ descendants of Confucius. Kong De-Yong, a 77th(!) generation...
View ArticlePersonal Genome Project Begins Releasing Information
The Personal Genome Project (PGP) was established to analyze and publicly share the genomes and personal information of up to 100,000 volunteers in order to advance understanding of “genetic and...
View ArticleFamily Tree DNA Discovers Y-DNA Signature That Might Represent the Prophet...
An article in the United Arab Emirate newspaper The National (wikipedia) does a terrific job of highlighting recent research from Family Tree DNA. The story – “DNA could illuminate Islam’s...
View ArticleColumbia Professor Alondra Nelson Reviews The PBS Series “Faces of America”
In October 2008, I reviewed an article by Dr. Alondra Nelson in the journal Social Studies of Science entitled “Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry†(Social...
View ArticleSequencing the Genome of Sitting Bull and Other Famous People
ScienceNews reports that researchers led by Eske Willerslev at the University of Copenhagen are attempting to sequence the genome of legendary Native American “Sitting Bull” (see “Genome of a Chief”)....
View ArticleNFL Players Xavier Omon and Ogemdi Nwagbuo Confirmed as Half-Brothers
Direct-to-consumer DNA testing has led to the re-joining of yet another family. Y-DNA and autosomal testing by Family Tree DNA has revealed that two NFL players , Xavier Omon (San Francisco 49ers)) and...
View ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte’s Y-DNA Haplogroup Belonged to E1b1b1c1* (E-M34)
Researchers have recently discovered that Napoleon Bonaparte’s Y-DNA belongs to haplogroup E1b1b1c1* (M34+). Dominique Vivant Denon was the director-general of French museums under Napoleon. Denon...
View ArticleFinding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” is a new series from Henry Louis Gates Jr., who previously brought us series such as Faces of America, African American Lives, and African American Lives...
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