Jasia of Creative Gene! Jasia’s winning entry was from a post she wrote about the contest. If Jasia accepts the prize, she will discuss her testing experience or her results either on her blog or here at The Genetic Genealogist, which should be a lot of fun and will help genetic genealogy […]
This is just a last reminder that my contest to give away a free genetic genealogy test ends tonight at 11:59PM (EST). The contest rules are here. Don’t forget that you can enter multiples times by:
Leaving a comment on the original contest post (here), or;
Write a […]
Kimberly Powell of About.com:Genealogy recently posted “10 Genealogy Blogs Worth Reading.” I was honored to see that I was included as one of those blogs, along with some outstanding company. The others are:
1. Genea-Musings - “Randy’s musings bring out the genealogist in all of us…”
2. The Genealogue - “His unique brand of genealogy […]
As many of you know, I am currently a second-year law student preparing for a career in intellectual property. Last semester, I began work as a research assistant for one of my first-year professors. The project we worked on, examining portrayals of the United States patent system in the newspaper media, turned […]
If you stop by the Journal of Genetic Genealogy’s front page and look through the list of Associate Editors, you might see a new name there! If you’re not familiar with the JoGG, there’s a brief write-up here. The JoGG is a free, open-access journal that presents peer-reviewed articles about genetic genealogy […]
I started The Genetic Genealogist nearly a year ago, in February of 2007. To celebrate the approaching one-year anniversary of the blog, I am announcing a contest to give away a FREE genetic genealogy test from one of my sponsors, DNA Heritage.
Why offer a free genetic genealogy test? I know that there […]
As 2007 comes to a close, I thought I would take a moment to reflect upon the past year of blogging and set some goals for the coming year.
The Genetic Genealogist was created just 10 months ago. My first post on February 12, 2007 was “New estimates for the arrival of the earliest […]
Given all the recent activity in the field of personal genomic analysis, I was curious about how the readers of this blog felt about having their own genome analyzed. Here’s a poll that will give me a rough idea - please feel free to vote! If you’re reading this through a feed, […]
Yesterday, I looked at the size of the Genetic Genealogy market, and concluded that as of November 2007, there had been as many (or perhaps ‘at least’) 600,000 to 700,000 genetic genealogy tests performed, with 80,000 to 100,000 new tests per year. As the footnoteMaven mentioned, it might be interesting to see if […]
Welcome to the November 4, 2007 edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The topic for this edition was actually more of a question… Do you have a family mystery that might be solved by DNA? I offered to analyze a submitted post for questions or family mysteries that might be solved using genetic […]
I recently took a few moments to stitch together some of my favorite and most-visited posts from the blog into an easy to read eBook. It has a wide array of posts for anyone interested in DNA, including people who are new to genetic genealogy and those who have had experience in the […]
The Scientist is attempting to compile the list of the most popular science blogs:
“We at The Scientist are asking you to help compile the first list of the best life science blogs. Tell us what your favorite life science blogs are and why by clicking the button and leaving a comment, and we will […]
1. You got those big blue eyes from your grandmother, but chances are you inherited less desirable genes as well. We inherit our DNA from our parents, who inherited it from their parents. Since we all possess genes that can cause or contribute to disease, knowing one’s DNA and family medical history […]
For all you lucky people that live in or near Indiana, note the following, from DearMYRTLE:
Roots Television at FGS
Roots Television would like to invite you to join us at exhibit booths 318 and 320 at the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) 2007 Conference from August 15-18!
Come meet Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Dick Eastman and a […]
Don’t forget to submit an article or post for the upcoming Gene Genie carnival!
Just a quick reminder that the 12th issue of Gene Genie will be hosted here on The Genetic Genealogist on August 12th! If you have a gene- or genetic-related post, submit it via the carnival site, or directly to me.
I saw a recent article in the New York Times, “A Survival Imperative for Space Colonization” that grabbed my attention. I know it isn’t necessarily related to DNA, but I loved the article and the essence behind it, The Copernican Principle.
The Copernican Principle, is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who stated that the Earth is […]
I think it is every blogger’s dream to have thousands of readers and rss subscribers waiting for your every post and checking the blog for new information first thing in the morning. Of course, there are very few blogs like that. People typically find new blogs through a variety of means, including links […]
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Earlier this week I posted about my rare surname and the genetic bottleneck my particular branch of the family tree is experiencing. Later that day a visitor stopped by and left their own story (as a comment) relating to family trees and genetic genealogy, and it was so interesting that I thought […]
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