Did Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak Marry Her Cousin?
What are the chances that Megan Smolenyak would meet and marry a man with the surname Smolenyak without being at least distantly related to him? What if the two surname lines came from the same area of the world? I’m sure that everyone who has heard of Megan has wondered how she came by the double last name.
Megan writes “Did I Marry My Cousin” at Megan’s Roots World to introduce a new segment at Roots Television about how she used genetic genealogy to analyze the question. The segment is available here. I highly recommend stopping by to learn more about this particular use of genetic genealogy, especially since I’m not going to give you the answer!
January 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Hey Blaine, thanks for the comment!
Glad I could return the favor since I get so many cool links from your blog (for instance, this post).
January 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
No problem Andrew, always happy to see you stop by!
January 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Thanks for keeping my secret, Blaine!
January 16th, 2008 at 10:01 am
January 17th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Using a library computer in England I am a bit miffed I might never know if it was cousins who married
Bron.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Sorry Bron! Perhaps you should leave a comment on Megan’s blog, she might be able to help you out!
January 20th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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