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Genetics, DNA & Family Health
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 Ancestry.com - Double Helix Genealogy
By Mark Howells.
- Ancestry.com - Genetic Codes Unraveled: New Clues to Human History
Article by Candace L. Doriott in Ancestry Magazine.
- Ancestry.com - Solving the Mystery: DNA Tests for Your Research
Article by Donn Devine.
- BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | DNA 'could predict your surname'
Online article from the BBC describing how forensic scientists might use DNA from a crime scene to predict a suspect's surname in the United Kingdom.
- DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy
General information on DNA sources and links; a list of presentations where Emily Aulicino will be speaking on Genetic Genealogy.
- DNA Storage Methods
The different ways to collect and store the DNA of your loved ones in order to test in the future.
- DNA testing release waiver
- Department of Defense DNA Registry
Support US military DNA testing capabilities for human remains.
- DesigNAgifts
Various products based on your individual DNA patterns.
- DNA & the Family Historian
Primer on DNA testing & genetics for family historians, with links to one-name studies utilizing DNA tests.
- The D.N.A. Detective
Describes the future potential of a new branch of family history which has been christened Genetic Genealogy.
- DNA Kin
Learn the basics of DNA testing and how it can be used by genealogists to prove ancestry even without paper records.
- DNA Takes on a Family’s Mysteries
An MSNBC report.
- DNA traces famous ancestor
- Dr Mark A. Jobling, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester
Research interests include the Y chromosome and the histories and structures of human populations. Also the genealogical and forensic applications of Y markers.
- Genealogisch onderzoek bij erfelijkheidsvoorlichting
Genealogical research for genetic counselling in the University Medical Hospital Utrecht.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Genealogy and Genetics
Genealogy with a special reason: Stanley Diamond's Beta-Thalassemia genetic trait research project.
- Genealogy by DNA: Can it Deliver?
Description of various DNA tests available for Genealogy purposes and their value and appropriate application. Links to genealogy testing resources.
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The Genetic Genealogist - Adding DNA to the Genealogist’s Toolbox
Blog from Blaine Bettinger, a genealogist who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry with a concentration in genetics.
- Genetic Genealogy: Using DNA Testing for Family Research
Speaker's notes and audience handouts summarized from a presentation by David Bradford to the Rock County Genealogical Society, March 15, 2005.
- Genetics and Genealogy: Y Polymorphism and mtDNA Analyses
Discusses in detail the genealogical impacts of current genetic science.
- Genetic Genealogy
Detailed article from MSNBC.
- The Genographic Project - Human Migration, Population Genetics, Maps, DNA
From the National Geographic Society. A five-year effort to understand the human journey — where we came from and how we got to where we live today. This unprecedented effort will map humanity's genetic journey through the ages.
- Historical Genetics
Links to DNA related sites.
- International Society of Genetic Genealogy
The world's first society founded to promote and educate about genetic genealogy. Membership is FREE!.
- Kerchner's DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy Information & Resources Page
List of information sources and for learning how to use the new tools of DNA testing and Genetic Genealogy to aide traditional genealogical research.
- Mitochondria DNA (mtDNA) Test Results Log Book
- Molecular Genealogy - Is DNA the Answer to Lost Family Records?
From the About.com genealogy section.
- OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
Searchable database of genetic diseases.
- One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse
Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.
- Putting the Gene back in Genealogy
Online article from Popular Science magazine.
- Recent Common Ancestors of All Present-Day Indivdiuals
Statisitcal analysis to determine the number of generations back to a most recent common ancestor.
- Roots Television
Roots Television is an online television network by and for avid genealogists. Videos include how-to demonstrations, conference lectures, and region-specific programming including Irish, Hispanic, British, Jewish, African-American research and more. Videos are available online, on-demand, and virtually all of them are absolutely free.
- Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
Project to build a correlated genetic and genealogical database.
- Surnames and the Y Chromosome
Abstract from the The American Journal of Human Genetics.
- Teasing Family History from a Few Drops of Blood
Article by Hannah Wolfson.
- The Uma Clan of Mitochondrial DNA
Bonnie Ferguson Butler discusses her mitochondrial DNA results and her reactions to them.
- University of Utah School of Medicine: Cardiovascular Genetics
Familial genetic research studies on inherited high cholesterol and inherited high blood pressure.
- The U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory
The Laboratory's mission is to search for, recover, and identify remains of American military personnel, certain American civilian personnel, and certain allied personnel unaccounted for from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts and contingencies.
- MtDNA
Requests for MtDNA donations to help identify WWII, the Korean War, Cold War, and Vietnam War remains.
- US Military Unknown Remains
Project requesting MtDNA samples to assist in the identification of Korean War remains.
- U.S. News: Where We Come From Recent advances in genetics are starting to illuminate the wanderings of early humans
Online article from U.S. News & World Report including information on DNA research's effect on genealogy.
- Why DNA Testing For Genealogy and How To Manage It
Article on DNA testing those with your surname (and variants) and how to manage the project.
- Ybase - Genealogy by Numbers
A DNA/genealogy database which accepts Y-chromosome haplotypes and other details, allowing anyone to search for their DNA cousins.
- African-American DNA Roots Project
A non-profit, collaborative effort of Dr. Bruce Jackson of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Dr. Bert Ely of the University of South Carolina Department of Biological Sciences to reunite African-Americans with their ancestral roots in Africa.
- African Ancestry :: trace your DNA. find your roots
Web site and associated mailing list describing genetic database being accumulated to assist African Americans in identifying their ancestor's region of origin in Africa.
- American Indian DNA
Information on finding your Indian Heritage, Indian Ancestry, Tribal Rights and more using your DNA.
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 AZORES-DNA Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Azores Geographical DNA Project. Archives: browse or search.
- Chelsea MA. DNA Project
A project for the towns of Chelsea, Revere [No. Chelsea ,Prattsville] and Winthrop, Massachusetts for any name found in the three towns. It is designed to confirm the relationships between famlies of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop. In conjuction with the MACHELSEA-L@rootsweb.com mailing list.
- CHEROKEE-DNA Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Cherokee DNA Project. Archives: browse or search.
- Core Melungeon DNA Project
Aimed at obtaining DNA results from both male and female descendants of historically recognized people known as the Melungeons. Historians call these people the Core Melungeons because they are unequivolently Melungeon. Other surnames may have been associated by "marrying in' or living near by, etc. But these are the names in the old documents and historical accounts.* GIBSON, MULLINS, GOINS, COLLINS, GOODMAN, BOLIN, BOLLING, MINOR, MULLINS, BUNCH, and others.
- DANISH-DNA Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the use of DNA testing (both Y-DNA and mtDNA) as a tool for genealogists researching their Danish origins. Archives: browse or search.
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East Anglia Geographic DNA Project
For anyone whose paternal (YDNA) OR maternal (mtDNA) ancestry traces to the southeast region of England, historically known as East Anglia. Goals include establishing family relationships through genetic matches where surnames don't match but a common geographic origin in East Anglia has been established & determining origins of geographic surnames based on East Anglian place names. Mapping the distribution of project member haplotypes and haplogroups & looking for correlations between mapped haplotype/haplogroup distributions with known or presumed Angle, Dane, Roman and/or pre-Roman population centres.
- Estonian Genome Foundation
Sponsors of the Estonian Genome Project to create a voluntary nation-wide database of genetic information.
- FamilyHart Pennsylvania Dutch DNA Projects
Pennsylvania Dutch Surname DNA Projects: BRENNEMAN, BRENEMAN, DEARDORFF, DIERDORFF, GLATTFELDER, GLATFELTER, GLADFELTER, CLODFELTER, CLOTFELTER, GLOTFELTY, GLODFELTER, HOLLINGER, HOLLIGER, KAUFFMAN, COFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CAUFMAN, KAUFMANN, KOHR, CORE, KORE, KUR, MYERS, MEYERS, MEYER, MYER, MEIER, NEUENSCHWANDER, NICESWANDER, NEWCOMER, NEUKOMMET, PRICE, PREITZ, PREISS, RHYNE, RHINE, RINE, RHINES, SCHURCH, SHIRK, SHERK, SHERRICK, STANGER, STENGER, STAUFFER, STOUFFER, STOVER, STURM, STORM, STORMS, STURMS.
- Family Tree DNA Surname, Lineage and Geographical Programs
- Y-DNA Geographical Projects
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- French-Canadian Heritage DNA Project
A DNA project dedicated to all those French ancestors who first settled in Acadia and New France in the 17th century. Including French, French-Canadian, Acadian, Metis, Cajun and others of French Heritage.
- Gene Banking/Baltics
Online article about the voluntary, nation-wide genetic database being developed in Estonia.
- Genetics of the Acadian People
Describes a conference held regarding the unique genetic history of the Acadian people.
- Germans from Russia: Volga Germans:
- Genetic studies of the Roma (Gypsies): a review
- IRISH-DNA Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of non-technical result-based information regarding Irish DNA projects. Archives: browse or search.
- Irish Type III Home Page
An R1b cluster from Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary.
- Íslensk erfðagreining / deCODE genetics
Based in Reykjavik, Iceland, deCODE genetics is a population-based genomics company conducting research into the inherited causes of common diseases. Being situated in Iceland has certain advantages for the company. The Icelandic population, with its relative genetic homogeneity, extensive genealogical records and high-quality healthcare system, provides the resources to identify genes associated with a multitude of diseases.
- JewishGen - Genealogy by Genetics
- Joslin's Dr. Shuldiner Works with Amish on Diabetes and Genetics Studies
Online article regarding the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and studies of the genetic origins of diabetes.
- Mapping the Icelandic Genome
An anthropology of the scientific, political, economic, religious, and ethical issues surrounding the deCode Project and its global implications. Iceland has a series of distinctive characteristics which make it suitable for such mapping. Its population is relatively small (today 275,000 but as low as 50,000 in the recent past). There exist an unusually complete set of family records in Iceland (over 80% of all Icelandic people who ever lived can be placed genealogically on a computerized database).
- Melungeon (Core) DNA Project
- MELUNGEON-DNA Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Melungeon DNA Projects. Archives: browse or search.
- Melungeon DNA Project
- The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network
Information about inherited Mediterranean illnesses being found among Melungeon descendants.
- National Human Genome Center at Howard University ~ Washington, D.C.
- Pennsylvania Deutsch / Pennsylvania German (aka PA Dutch) Ethnic Group BGA DNA Project
Genetic genealogy project studying the DNA makeup of the ethnic group known as the Pennsylvania Deutsch, aka Pennsylvania Dutch.
- Scientific American: Feature Article: The Puzzle of Hypertension in African-Americans: February 1999
Genes are often invoked to account for why high blood pressure is so common among African-Americans. Yet the rates are low in Africans. This discrepancy demonstrates how genes and the environment interact.
- SCOT-DNA Mailing List
For the members of the Scottish Clan DNA program to share their questions and information on the DNA lab Results and determine if there are any potential matches with other DNA submitters. Archives: browse or search.
- Wales/Cymru DNA Project
Project seeks to compile as many DNA results from indigenous lines to Wales as possible. Both Y and mtDNA are being collected. Genealogy charts will be furnished.
- Was one of your ancestors a Viking?
New Y-line test from Oxford Ancestors correlates paternal ancestry with Scandinavian/Viking heritage.
- Welsh Patronymics
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 Genealogy.com: Internet Genealogy, Level 2 -- Lesson 2: Genograms and Family Medical Histories
- GeneWeaver
GeneWeaver is a software tool for helping you create and maintain a family health history. Geneweaver allows you to import your people from your genealogy program using a GEDCOM-like transfer, or manually enter families as you go. A GeneWizard walks you through a series of health-related questions for each person. Printable reports include a personal health history, a family health history, a family medical genogram and a health pedigree chart. Geneweaver also includes a checklist of resources for finding health information, a bibliography, a four page health questionnaire, an outdated medical terms list and a modern medical terms list.
- GENEWEAVER Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Geneweaver genealogy software program for creating and maintaining your family health history. Archives: browse or search.
- GenoPro - The Smart Genealogy Editor
GenoPro is for visualizing, editing and printing genograms.
- Measuring Your Family Health History (Genograms)
Laura Heidekrueger for GenealogyToday.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
Some of the links in this section have been moved to a category of their own:
- Cyndi's List - Surname DNA Studies and Projects
- DNA Mailing List
For the discussion of all areas relating to when and how to best utilize DNA testing for your personal genealogical pursuits.
- GENEALOGY-DNA Mailing List
For anyone with DNA (i.e., anyone!) who would like to discuss methods and share results of DNA testing as applied to genealogical research. Archives: browse or search.
- HUNTINGTON-DISEASE Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the appearance of Huntington's Disease, Huntington's Chorea, or hereditary chorea among their ancestors. Archives: browse or search.
- MEDICAL-GENEALOGY Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding our ancestors' medical histories, old diseases, the practice of medicine in the past, etc. Archives: browse or search.
- MEDICAL-PEDIGREE Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in genograms, medical pedigrees, causes of death, illnesses and diseases, hereditary factors, medical computer software and more. This list is not for requesting medical advice about a present condition. Archives: browse or search.
- Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-E3A Mailing List
For discussion and sharing of information regarding issues involving Y-chromosome DNA determined or predicted to be haplogroup E3a and its subsets (i.e., E3a1, E3a2,...) including relevant queries or discussions making use of related genealogical, archeological, historical and biological studies or theories. Archives: browse or search.
- Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-G Mailing List
For the discussion of issues involving Y-chromosome DNA determined or predicted to be haplogroup G including relevant queries or discussions of the genealogical significance making use of related genealogical, archeological, historical and biological studies or theories. Archives: browse or search.
- Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding issues involving Y-chromosome DNA determined or predicted to be haplogroup I and its subsets (i.e., I1a) including relevant queries or discussions of the genealogical significance making use of related genealogical, archeological, historical and biological studies or theories. Archives: browse or search.
- Ancestry.com - Genetics
Genetic relationship testing.
- Ancestry By DNA
From DNAPrint Genomics in Sarasota FL. A simple mouth-swab will result in a thorough history of one's ancestry/heritage, genetic-wise.
- CATGee
DNA storage and profile kits.
- Determinegene: DNA Testing for Siblings & DNA Testing Kits for Home
- DNA Consulting
From a small DNA test kit sent to our laboratory, we identify key genetic markers within your unique DNA and prepare a detailed personal genealogy report. Y-chromosome, mitochondrial DNA tests, genetic disorder reports and more. The only DNA testing company adding YHRD matches and surname history to your Y chromosome report. ISO-certified laboratory. Genealogies for COOPER, YATES, SIZEMORE and others, including many CHOCTAW and CHEROKEE and MELUNGEON surnames.
- DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy
General information on DNA sources and links; a list of presentations where Emily Aulicino will be speaking on Genetic Genealogy.
- DNA Heritage - Your Guide to 'Genetic Genealogy'
DNA testing service for genealogists. Specializes in high-resolution tests of the Y-chromosome. Also run the Ybase database.
- DNA Identification Systems -- Home Collection and Storage Kit
- DNA Paternity Testing and More... - Gene Tree DNA Testing Center
DNA analysis and counseling for researching biological relationships.
- DNAPrint Genomics
- DNA Profiles of America
DNA Family Testing and Home DNA Kits. Ancestry DNA Testing. Serving Texas, Louisiana, and nationwide.
- DNA Security, Inc.
- DNA Testing/ Paternity Test/ DNA Paternity Testing
Gentrace. Home DNA paternity testing and speciman collection kits.
- Family Tree DNA
DNA testing service for genealogy.
- Geneaology DNA Testing
Genelex offers common female (mtDNA)and common male(Y-STR)DNA testing with comprehensive reports on the origin and distribution of the lines. Also ethnicity DNA testing.
- GeneSaver DNA Preservation Service
- Mitochondrial DNA Concordance
- My Genetic Heritage
Offers DNA testing for genealogy and ancestry using both STRs and SNPs.
- Oxford Ancestors
Offers DNA-based services in genealogy. MatriLine™ uses mitochondrial DNA to place a person in an evolutionary framework going back 150,000 years. MatriLine™ interprets your maternal ancestry, linking you - if your roots are in Europe - to one of seven "foremothers". MyMap™ maps out the current geographical distribution of any surname. MaleMatch™ compares Y-chromosomes to establish, or disprove, a paternal link between individuals.
- Mitosearch
With thousands of people that have tested their mtDNA with different companies, MitoSearch.org is a free public service that allows individuals that have tested with those companies to make their results available for comparison.
- Paragon Genetics
DNA testing for family relations.
- Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Research Project
Project requiring volunteers which studies Y chromosome, mtDNA, and nuclear DNA inheritance.
- Trace Genetics :: DNA Analysis Services
Full service DNA analysis. Trace your genetic legacy.
- Y Search
Genetic database allowing genetic testing results comparisons.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemmings
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- frontline: jefferson's blood | PBS
Jefferson's Blood - Thomas Jefferson, his slave & mistress Sally Hemings, their descendants, and the mysterious power of race.
- JEFFERSON-HEMINGS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
- The Legacy of West FORD - American Son
The African American son of George Washington.
- Monticello Jefferson-Hemings Report
Report of the Research Committee on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
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