Posts Tagged ‘ DNA ’

Y-DNA, It’s a Guy Thing…

Aug 6th, 2009 | By | Category: How-To

Just when I thought I’d have nothing notable to report this week, my Ancestry DNA test results came in…

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DNA, CSI, WTF?

Jul 10th, 2009 | By | Category: How-To

DNA testing, if you believe the hype, is one of the hottest things going in family history/genealogy today. I’ve been approached more than once about contributing a sample to one database or another. So I finally decided to look into it. Guess what I found.

First off, you all know that the DNA “science” we see on the sixteen versions of CSI/Law and Order is mostly crap, right? You won’t get your results in half an hour, they won’t tell you whodunnit, and the chances of finding a long-lost relative are practically nil….

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