#Ancestry
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7 Countries Where You Can Get a Passport Through Ancestry
Your parents, grandparents, or distant relatives could be your ticket to dual citizenship.
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The Avoidable Demise Of Small-Town America
I recently spent a long weekend in a small town that holds at least half of my ancestral roots. Traditionally, Arcadia, Wisconsin would be considered a quintessential small farming town, although there were industries in the area prior to the day, a lumbe
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Discover Your NYC Ancestors with This New Historical Records Database
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When Your Ancestry Test Entangles Others - WSJ
Today’s DNA kits can reveal secrets that affect not just your own family but strangers as well. Should one person’s right to know take precedence over another’s life narrative?
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23andMe Confirmed My Mother's Suspicions: My Three Grandfathers
Mama was in her 70s before she discovered the true story of her conception.
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The Reason Why Those DNA Tests Are Misrepresenting
You know Ancestry.com and 23andMe, which both determine your ancestry line and DNA through genetic testing? It’s pretty amazing to go back in time and find out where your true roots are from, but reports are now showing that these DNA tests are actu
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Curious 23andMe twin results show why you should take DNA testing with a grain of salt | TechCrunch
If you’ve ever enthusiastically sent your spit off in the mail, you were probably anxious for whatever unexpected insights the current crop of DNA testing companies would send back. Did your ancestors hang out on the Iberian peninsula? What version of y
History | History
Every person was spawned from single pair of adults living up to 200,000 years ago, scientists claim | Daily Mail Online
Scientists from the Rockefeller University and the University of Basel surveyed genetic 'bar codes' of five million animals and deduced that we sprang from a single pair.
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Siblings Can Have Surprisingly Different DNA Ancestry. Here's Why.
When it comes to tracing your roots through your genes, biological siblings may have less in common than many people expect.
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Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods : Nature Commun
Archaeological and historical records had shown ancient Egypt before and after Ptolemaic and Roman periods to be a hub of human migration and exchange.
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It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
by Mark Wolynn Traumas Lost and Found The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to...
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Tracking Our Ancestors | Jlife
Dodging sprinkler systems and cleaning dirt, leaves and mud from grave markers, is all a part of what the intrepid members of the Jewish Cemetery Project of Orange County face as they attempt to take pictures of Jewish graves.
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
Grandma's Experiences Leave Epigenetic Mark on Your Genes
Your ancestors' lousy childhoods or excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain.
