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Contents
What's new
- DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All - NY Times - 30 Jan 2012
- Bret Hart Submits DNA for Project - TWNP News - 29 Jan 2012
- Of Culture and Cows: What We Teach Our Genes - Wall Street Journal - 28 Jan 2012
- The scientists behind Mitochondrial Eve tell us about the "lucky mother" who changed human evolution forever - io9 - 27 Jan 2012
- With DNA Testing, Suddenly They Are Family - NY Times - 23 Jan 2012
General
- DNA undermines notorious murder case - (Originally published in) The Detroit News - 21 Feb 2011
- SVC students unveil genealogy project - Bennington Banner - 8 Dec 2010
- Mysteries of Tiny Bodies From 1930s Will Linger - New York Times - 17 Nov 2010
- Branching out - The Southern Gazette - 3 Nov 2010
- Don't "Protect" Us From Our Own Genetic Information - Huffington Post - 20 Jul 2010
- True history hides deep under the bark of the family tree - USA Today - 8 Mar 2010
- Genealogy magazine takes on genetics - Bangor Daily News - 30 Nov 2009
- Are You My Cousin? - Huffington Post - 16 Nov 2009
- Technology helps unearth family trees - CNN - 9 Nov 2009
- Society of Genealogists Members Help in Genetic Genealogy Research - SoG - 15 Oct 2009
- I.B.M. Joins Pursuit of $1,000 Personal Genome - NY Times - 5 Oct 2009
- So, What's in a Name? The search for deep roots of a family tree - The Sag Harbor Express - 16 Sep 2009
- Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation is First to Adopt Genetic Genealogy's New Industry Standard for Reporting Y-DNA Profiles - Earth Times - 17 Aug 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- Man with amnesia searches for clues - The Wichita Eagle - 16 Aug 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- DNA Brings Genealogies Closer Together - Ancestry Magazine - Jul 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- Youths plunge into serious study of DNA at advanced UA laboratory - Arizona Daily Star - 7 Jul 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- DNA could illuminate Islam's lineage- The National - 18 Jun 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- Bideford Mayor's DNA plan to prove Founding Fathers' theory - North Devon Gazette - 17 Jun 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- DNA may identify sailor 68 years after Pearl Harbor - The Dallas Morning News - 25 May 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- Family Secrets: An Adopted Man's 26-Year Quest for His Father - Wall Street Journal - 2 May 2009
- Vast language, gene study unveils our history - San Francisco Chronicle - 1 May 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance - The News & Observer - 23 Mar 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- Genealogy helps uncover truths passed down the generations - nj.com - 12 Feb 2009 [broken link Oct 2013]
- DNA: The Next Dotcom? - Entrepreneur.com - Feb 2009
- The web of human progress revealed - The Guardian - 22 Jan 2009
- Does Publishing Need Genealogists? - Publishers Weekly - 12 Jan 2009
- NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy - Medical News Today - 30 Dec 2008
- What's in your genes? - NY Post - 12 Nov 2008
- Testing chart [Broken URL October 2013]
- 50 Best Inventions 2008: The Retail DNA Test - TIME Magazine - Nov 2008
- Are You My Cousin? - AARP - Nov/Dec 2008
- DNA testing helps connect the branches on family trees - Pittsburgh-Tribune Review - 10 Sep 2008 [Broken URL October 2013]
- Genealogy Gets More Precise - Technology Review - 11 Aug 2008
- Our Journey - 60 Minutes (Australia) - 18 May 2008
- DNA expert to speak at historical society meeting - The Troy Messenger - 25 Apr 2008 [Broken URL October 2013]
- DNA tests could force a rewrite of city's history book - L.A. Times - 6 Apr 2008 [Broken URL October 2013]
- Tamil Nadu Family Traces Roots to 70,000 Years Back - Ground Report - 5 Apr 2008 [Broken URL October 2013]
- Computer Program Reveals Anyone's Ancestry - LiveScience - 4 Apr 2008
- Finding deep roots, new genomics software infers ancestry with high accuracy - Stanford News Service - 19 Mar 2008
- BBC genealogy show bought by NBC - The Guardian - 11 Mar 2008
- Genome studies show that humans are all mixed up - Philadelphia Inquirer - 22 Feb 2008 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- DNA testing may give you a clue on diseases - Houston Chronicle - 13 Jan 2008
- Tracing Lineage With DNA - ABC News - 4 Dec 2007
- A background check for human posterity - Boston Globe - 25 Sep 2007 - Boston Globe - 25 Sep 2007
- DNA Helps Get To The Roots Of The Problem - The Day.com - 24 Sep 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- Library program to explain DNA testing in genealogy - Cincinnati Post - 24 Sep 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- Experts to delve into DNA's role in genealogy - Lebanon Daily News - 13 Sep 2007
- Genetic Genealogy - What Can It Offer? - BBC - 24 Aug 2007
- Goal for DNA research? World peace - USA Today - 2 Jul 2007
- Daughters of Eve in DNA paintings - BBC News - 4 Jun 2007
- Finding your own history - dailynews.com - 3 Jun 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- DNA testing helps find lost legacies and cements connections - dailynews.com - 3 Jun 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- DNA accepted as Mayflower descent proof - Bangor Daily News - 28 May 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- A DNA portrait of European history - Telegraph - 18 May 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- DNA unmasks Czech past - The Prague Post - 25 Apr 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- 'Junk' DNA Now Looks Like Powerful Regulator, Scientists Find - Science Daily - 24 Apr 2007
- In DNA age, genealogy is anything but a staid hobby - NY Times/IHT - 2 Apr 2007
- Genes in fashion - InsideBayArea.com (Log-in Req.) - 15 Mar 2007
- At a Harlem Reunion, a Rancher From Missouri Meets His DNA Cousins - NY Times (Log-in Req.) - 14 Mar 2007
- Technology creates extreme genealogists - AP/Houston Chronicle - 4 Mar 2007 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- Reunited at last! This is David, the brother I lost just 1,000 years ago - The Observer UK - 31 Dec 2006
- DNA helps identify distant ancestors - Press Telegram - Long Beach, CA - 7 Aug 2006 [Broken URL - October 2013]
- Finding out who you are - LJWorld.com - 13 Jul 2006
- Who's your great-great-great-great-granddaddy? - NYTimes/Orange County Register - 11 Jun 2006
- Can DNA Reveal Your Roots? - TIME Magazine - 3 Jul 2005 (Log in required)
- The DNA Connection - AARP - Mar/Apr 2005
- Detective work solves a genetic mystery - The University of Sidney - 25 July 2003
Famous DNA
- Amelia Earhart Spit Samples to Help Lick Mystery? - National Geographic - 18 Feb 2011
- DNA test urged to see if Lincoln's assassin escaped death - The UK Daily Telegraph - 27 Dec 2010
- Christopher Columbus 'was son of Polish king' - The Telegraph - 28 Nov 2010
- Glenn Close's genome sequenced by Illumina - Sign On San Diego - 12 Mar 2010
- Charles Darwin's genetic history unlocked by DNA project - Telegraph.co.uk - 4 Feb 2010
- Streep, Colbert set for PBS genealogy show - UPI.com - 1 Jan 2010
- Playing with DNA: Is Larry David Really 37 Percent Native American? - Huffington Post - 24 Dec 2009
- Larry David's Shocking DNA Testing Results on Lopez Tonight - TV Guide - 13 Nov 2009
- Amelia Earhart Mystery May Soon be Solved - Blisstree.com - 6 Aug 2009
- DNA Proves Scottish Roots of Haley Family - Ancestry Magazine - Jul 2009
- Analysis Of Copernicus Putative Remains Support Identity - Science Daily - 7 Jul 2009
- Exhumation of 1812 war hero stirs controversy - Canada.com - 2 Jul 2009
- Remains officially declared to be explorer Everett Ruess - Standard-Examiner - 30 Apr 2009
- DNA testing: 'Roots' author Haley rooted in Scotland, too - USA Today - 6 Apr 2009
- Mystery solved as tests prove Tsar's entire family was murdered - The Independent - 11 Mar 2009
- Leaving No Stone Unturned: DNA Analysis Confirms Identities of Missing Romanovs - The Spittoon - 23 Feb 2009
- Galileo DNA to solve astronomical riddle - ABC Science - 20 Jan 2009
- Copernicus' remains and grave found - MSNBC - 20 Nov 2008
- Trying to Prove Family Link To a Noted Founding Father - Washingtonpost.com 24 Aug 2008
- Inheriting Confucius - Seed Magazine - 13 Aug 2008
- Rock Stars to Send DNA Into Space - MarketWatch - 12 Aug 2008
- Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart - AP - 25 Jul 2008
- DNA tests reveal mystery surrounding playwright Schiller - AP - 4 May 2008
- DNA may solve mystery of Anastasia - Charlotte Observer - 3 Apr 2008
- The Lt. Governor's DNA: A Citizen of the World - NYNow - 13 Feb 2008
- Canadians identify child aboard Titanic - USA Today - 31 Jul 2007
- Mommy, where do Bonos come from? - Vanity Fair - 20 Jun 2007
- Team hopes DNA is clue to Lost Colony mystery - The Virginian-Pilot - 11 Jun 2007
- African American Seeks to Prove A Genetic Link to James Madison - WashingtonPost.com - 11 Jun 2007
- Chromosomes of Genghis Khan - Science Daily - 21 May 2007
- Joan of Arc's relics are Fake - LiveScience.com - 4 Apr 2007
- Study Raises Possibility of Jewish Tie for Jefferson - NY Times (Log-in Req.) - 28 Feb 2007
- DNA clue to presidential puzzle - BBC News - 6 Feb 2007
- Bone fragment likely not Joan of Arc - MSNBC - 17 Dec 2006
- Only Connect - St. Petersburg Times - 1 Dec 2006
- Who really sailed the ocean blue in 1492? - Christian Science Monitor - 17 Oct 2006
- Scientists seek Copernicus' uncle's remains to confirm finding - Irish Examiner 25 Aug 2006
- Historian wants DNA test for academy's John Paul Jones - The Capital - 16 Apr 2006
- DNA test for Joan of Arc - Guardian Unlimited - 14 Feb 2006
- Scientists to use DNA tests to trace Colombus lineage - New Zealand Herald - 13 Jan 2006
- Jamestown DNA sleuths strike out - MSNBC - 10 Nov 2005
- Y chromosomes reveal founding father - Nature - 24 Oct 2005
- Billy the Kid: Case closed - MSNBC - 27 Sep 2004
Adoption DNA
- Rockford man uses DNA testing, Internet searches to find his birth father - mlive.com - 21 Jun 2009
- Adoptees use DNA to find surname - BBC News - 18 Jun 2008
Ancient DNA
- DNA tracks us back to the stone age - Adelaide Now - 6 Dec 2010
- Ancient DNA Reveals Origins Of First European Farmers - Medical News Today 10 Nov 2010
- Ötzi’s secrets about to be revealed - Eur.ac Research - 27 Jul 2010
- Possible new human ancestor found in Siberia - Reuters - 24 Mar 2010
- Mysteries of monotheistic pharaoh unveiled with DNA tests - The Daily Star - 18 Mar 2010
- Ancient Greenland gene map has a surprise - Reuters - 10 Feb 2010
- Tut's family tree ID (video) - World News - 1 Feb 2010
- Most Modern European Males Descend from Farmers Who Migrated from the Near East - Science Daily - 21 Jan 2010
- DNA analysed from early European - BBC News - 1 Jan 2010
- Mapping the path out of Africa, our genes and ourselves - The National - 14 Sep 2009
- Amazing trace, of lineage: National Geographic uses New Yorkers for 'Family Tree' documentary - New York Daily News - 24 Aug 2009
- Ancient DNA Analysis Reveals Family Ties in Ruins of Pompeii - The Spittoon - 1 Jul 2009
- Among Many Peoples, Little Genomic Variety - Washington Post - 22 Jun 2009
- New 'Molecular Clock' Aids Dating Of Human Migration History - Science Daily - 4 Jun 2009
- New theory in skull mystery - Wairapa Times-Age - 21 May 2009
- DNA test to prove Bronze Age link - BBC News - 20 Apr 2009
- Clues to ancient invasion in DNA - BBC News - 2 Apr 2009
- Searchers Find Remains Of Teutonic Knights Leaders - CBS News - 12 Dec 2008
- Stone-age nuclear family unearthed - MSNBC - 17 Nov 2008
- Phoenician Blood Endures 3,000 Years, DNA Study Shows - National Geographic - 30 Oct 2008
- Cemetery found at Cupids archeological dig - The Telegram - 14 Sep 2008
- Human geography is mapped in the genes - News Scientist - 31 Aug 2008
- Uncovering the ultimate family tree - BBC News - 21 Aug 2008
- Mummified remains from Alaskan glacier identified - Times Online - 17 Aug 2008
- DNA Tests to Study Mummy Fetuses in King Tut Tomb - ABC News - 7 Aug 2008
- Cavemen and their relatives in the same village after 3,000 years - TimesOnline - 15 Jul 2008
- Traces of the Distant Past - Scientific American - Jul 2008
- Ancient Hair Reveals Greenland Eskimos' Roots - NPR - 30 May 2008
- Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago - CNN.com - 24 Apr 2008
- Crusaders sowed seeds of modern Beirut - Times Online - 28 Mar 2008
- Months after mummy claim, DNA science still lags - CTV.ca - 20 Dec 2007
- One-third of Maltese found to have ancient Phoenician DNA - The Malta Independent Online - 16 Sep 2007
- DNA from Spit Helps Decode Lives of Early Settlers - NPR - 27 Aug 2007
- Initial DNA Analysis Support Identification of Queen Hatshepsut - GeneticArchaeology.com - 17 Jul 2007
- Study: Neanderthal Genome Map Possible - Discovery Channel - 26 Jun 2007
- Ancient Etruscans were immigrants from Anatolia, or what is now Turkey - EurekaAlert! - 16 Jun 2007
- European Man Found in Ancient Chinese Tomb, Study Reveals - National Geographic News - 24 May 2007
- DNA Boosts Herodotus' Account of Etruscans as Migrants to Italy - New York Times (Log-in Req.) - 3 Apr 2007
- Modern Technology Reveals Mummy's Past - AP/AOL News - 16 Mar 2007
- Prehistoric lovers found locked in eternal embrace - CNN - 7 Feb 2007
- 'Better' DNA out of fossil bones - BBC News - 19 Sep 2005
- First Christmas Card - The Batesville Daily Guard - 16 Dec 2004
- Who Were the Phoenicians? - National Geographic - October 2004
- Ancient Hair Gives Up DNA Secrets - ABC News - 22 Jun 2004
- DNA links cave man to British teacher - LA Times - Mar 1997
African DNA
- DNA uncovers King ancestry - S2S Magazine.com - 17 Jan 2011
- DNA Tests in Ghana May Shed Light on African-American Origins - Genealogy Insider - 26 Oct 2009
- DNA testing: 'Roots' author Haley rooted in Scotland, too - USA Today - 6 Apr 2009
- Web site links African-Americans to ancestors' voyage - ChicagoTribune.com - 3 Jan 2009
- Man achieves royalty - The Free-Lance Star - 17 Nov 2008
- Dayton Roots - University of Dayton - 22 Jan 2008
- Links with Africa are forged anew - dailypress.com - 6 Nov 2007
- "Roots" searches dig into DNA - The Denver Post - 16 Oct 2007
- Reweaving history - Dallas-Ft Worth Star Telegram - 19 Nov 2006
- Written in the Blood - AlterNet - 21 Sep 2006
- When it comes to DNA, all roots lead to Africa - The News Tribune.com - 21 Jan 2006
- She traces genetic 'Roots' to Africa - MSNBC - 16 Jan 2002
Benelux DNA
- DNA-onderzoek helpt de genealogie - Ed.nl - 3 Feb 2009
British Isles/Ireland DNA
- Scots breakthrough in helping families go back to their roots - HeraldScotland - 7 Jul 2010
- UWE launches largest ever study of UK family names - Bristol UWE - 14 Dec 2009
- Who Killed the Men of England? - Harvard Magazine - Jul/Aug 2009
- Guinness story moves from riches to rags - TimesOnline - 15 Dec 2007
- Isles of the Hebrides DNA Project - Islay Weblog - 9 Dec 2007
- 400-year-old Scots ready to reveal their battle secrets - Scotsman.com - 12 Sep 2007 - Scotsman.com - 12 Sep 2007
- New genealogy centre to create DNA library - Sunday Herald - 29 Oct 2006
- DNA test can detect Picts' descendants - Telegraph - 14 Aug 2006
- Millions of Men May Be Descended From Irish King, Study Says - National Geographic News - 20 Jan 2006
- British Have Changed Little Since Ice Age, Gene Study Says - National Geographic News - 19 Jul 2005
- DNA test to tell if skull is Emmet's - breakingnews.ie - 8 Mar 2003
- Hunt on for British Vikings - BBC - 6 Aug 2000
French DNA
- Réunis par leur ADN - LePoint - 9 Jun 2007
Jewish DNA
- Family Roots: Newer DNA Tests Uncover Hidden Jewish Bloodlines - The Jewish Daily Forward - 18 Jan 2011
- Sheba, NYU researchers to draw genetic map of wandering Jew - Jerusalem Post - 20 Jul 2009
- Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past - Christian Science Monitor - 29 Dec 2008
- Meeting My New Family - Ancestry Magazine - Dec 2008
- Revealing Hidden Roots - Boston Globe - 23 Sep 2008
- Jews and their DNA - Commentary Magazine - Sep 2008
- When oral history meets genetics - The Jerusalem Post - 30 Mar 2008
- Hispanic New Mexicans Intrigued by Hints of A Hidden Jewish Past - Albuquerque Times Online - 9 Dec 2006
- Taking a Swipe at Genealogy - JewishTimes.com - 8 Dec 2006
- Father Of 'Mother' DNA Study - The Jewish Week - 7 Jul 2006 [Broken URL October 2013]
- The DNA Detectives - The UK Herald - 13 Jun 2006
- Ashkenazi or Sephardi? DNA Unites Jewish Families, but Raises Questions - Combined Jewish Philanthropies - 29 May 2006
- Millions of Jews traced to four women - MSNBC - 12 Jan 2006
Native-American DNA
- DNA results show no link to ancient human remains - Capital City Weekly - 24 Dec 2008
- Ancient Hair Reveals Greenland Eskimos' Roots - NPR - 30 May 2008
- Canyon Country family linked to iceman - Daily News - 6 May 2008
- New Evidence of Earliest North Americans - The S.F. Examiner - 3 Apr 2008
- U.S. scientist seeks Dene saliva swabs to track human journey - CBC News - 1 Apr 2008
- Mi'kmaq people one step closer - Advertiser - 13 Mar 2008
- Indian DNA Links to Six 'Founding Mothers' - ABC News - 12 Mar 2008
- Native American DNA found in UK - BBC News - 4 May 2007
- First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says - National Geographic News - 2 Feb 2007
- DNA Ties Together Scattered Peoples - LA Times - 11 Sep 2006
- Blood Feud - Wired - Sep 2005
- DNA Links Ancient, Modern Indians - Santa Clarita Signal - 22 May 2005
Neanderthal DNA
- A Neanderthal in the family: working with ancient DNA - Ars Technica - 23 Feb 2009
- Neanderthal genome will unlock secrets of human evolution - Times Online - 12 Feb 2009
- Last of the Neanderthals - National Geographic Magazine - Oct 2008
- Leg bone yields DNA secrets of man's Neanderthal 'Eve' - The Guardian - 8 Aug 2008
- Mitochondrial DNA Deciphered - Science News - 7 Aug 2008
Russian DNA
- Blood News - Newsweek (Russian version) - 22 Dec 2008
- DNA confirms IDs of czar's children, ending mystery - Excite News - 1 May 2008
- Relative to Roots - Newsweek (Russian version) - Jan 2007
Viking DNA
- The Icelandic Riddle - The Northern Pen - 31 Jan 2011
- Danes to be tested for Viking ancestry - jp.dk - 29 Sep 2008
Surnames and DNA
- Family trait: Local man's DNA project traces Pike family histories - The Telegram - 12 Aug 2009
- The Gerstenberger clan is seeking the roots of a big family tree - Los Angeles Times - 8 Aug 2009
- Why the Dysons keep faith in their genes - Telegraph - 14 June 2001
- Surnames found in DNA - BBC News - 4 Apr 2000
Miscellaneous
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