Darned Posthumous Marriage:
We depend upon records to reveal the "truth" about our pasts. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Read about such a case from ancestry insider.Read more...
Enhancements to FamilySearch’s Personal Trees:
Robert Kehrer, senior product manager for search, recently announced enhancements to FamilySearch Genealogies, its personal tree feature previous called Community Trees. FamilySearch Genealogies are searched or submitted from https://familysearch.org/family-trees. To reach that page, click on Search and then on Genealogies.Read more...
UK Mapped Out by Genetic Ancestry:
Finest-scale DNA survey of any country reveals historical migrations.Ewen Cllaway writes "Researchers have found genetic signatures among Britons that betray their historical roots in particular locales of the United Kingdom, leading to the finest-scale map of genetic variation yet created. The analysis — which shows a snapshot of clusters of genetic variation in the late 1800s, when people were less likely to migrate far from their region of birth — reflects historical waves of migration by different populations into the island."
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FDA permits marketing of first direct-to-consumer genetic carrier test for Bloom Syndrome:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized for marketing 23andMe’s Bloom Syndrome carrier test, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test to determine whether a healthy person has a variant in a gene that could lead to their offspring inheriting the serious disorder.Read more...
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