When I opened Ancestry.com today, I was greeted with this letter from Tim Sullivan, president of the subscription database providers: To the Ancestry community, You had an incredible year in 2014, showing more commitment and passion than ever for discovering your family story. Here at Ancestry, we worked hard this past year to make our
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Family Tree of Languages Has Roots in Anatolia, Biologists Say
Recently, I stumbled upon that headline and was immediately intrigued. I learned that it appeared over an article from the 12 Aug 2012 issue of The New York Times. You can check it out at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html. The following statement is especially interesting to me as a Finnish-American: Historical linguists see other evidence in that the first Indo-European
Read on »“It Was Like Coming Home,” Says Michaela Pereira in CNN Roots Series
Just today (17 Oct 2014) I learned that the TV network CNN has been running a series this past week of short family history reports about its on-camera personalities. Here is how CNN described the programs: CNN HOSTS JOURNEY TO FIND THEIR “ROOTS” “ROOTS: OUR JOURNEYS HOME” kicks off Sunday, October 12th, with a two-hour
Read on »Videos Explain DNA and Genetic Genealogy
Videos are available from the Institute for Genetic Genealogy’s International Genetic Genealogy Conference held August 15, 16 and 17, 2014, in Washington D.C. Attendees were emailed links to access all the presentations online, but you can purchase access to the entire package of 27 presentations for $50 and individual videos for $4. The organizers have stated
Read on »Ancestry DNA Results for a Niece
Just got an exciting email from a niece. She reports that she has taken the AncestryDNA test! Her results: Europe 100% Europe West 46% Finland/Northwest Russia 34% Ireland 10% Great Britain 8% Trace Regions 2% At a quick glance, this squares up with what I would expect. She has great grandparents on her mother’s side
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