I finally got around to reading Blaine Bettinger's book The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy. DNA research has a learning curve and that learning curve will be drastically decreased by just reading this book. This book will be a great read to anyone just getting started…
A Look at Endogamy (Intermarriage within a Community)
In this post, A Look at Endogamy (Intermarriage within a Community) I hope to help explain why your DNA and the genealogical paper trail sometimes don't add up. A very common complaint that I get is that people tell me:…
Deep Ancestry Inside the Genographic Project
For a book that was written in 2007, Deep Ancestry Inside the Genographic Project by Spencer Wells continues to be very relevant. Since I often encounter people that tell me that they have tested with National Geographic on their Genographic…
Adam’s Curse The Science that Reveals Our Genetic Destiny
Bryan Sykes follows up on The Seven Daughters of Eve with an equally challenging and well-written book titled Adam's Curse The Science that Reveals Our Genetic Destiny. In this book, Sykes looks to a possible future without men. The seeds…