where2look4ancestors

Category: Genetic genealogy

  • Is DNA the Way to Jacob?

    I recently attended an interesting webinar about doing DNA research. The presenter proposed that one step toward identifying cousins who might lead back to our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) was by finding our grandparents’ siblings, their children and grandchildren, and then finding our great-grandparents’ siblings, children and grandchildren. Despite…

  • National DNA Day

    This day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953. If like me, you are new to the gene pool party, DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid which is the molecule that carries genetic information for the development and…