Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

DNA for Genealogists: a Seminar in New York City

The following is an announcement from the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: DNA FOR GENEALOGISTS:HOW TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR ANCESTRY THROUGH DNA Saturday, June 18, 20059:30 AM ­ 5:00 PM The New York Genealogical and Biog...

Preserve the DNA Profile of Relatives

The following is an announcement from Orchid Cellmark Inc.: Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Nasdaq: ORCH), a leading worldwide provider of identity DNA testing services, today announced the launch of a new service that gives families a simple way ...

National Geographic Society launches DNA study of Deep Ancestry

The following article was written by and is copyright by Ann Turner, co-author (with Megan Smolenyak) of Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree. It is published here by permission of the author.The Nat...

DNA Heritage Expands Into North America

DNA Heritage is an English company well-known in genealogy circles for its free product: Ybase. This public-access database enables genetic genealogists to share and compare their results with others. However, the same company provides o...

Bahamas DNA Genealogy Project

The Bahamas DNA Project was launched in June to support genealogy research. The administrator, Peter J. Roberts, a Bahamian and a professor at Georgia State University, invites others with Bahamian ancestry to join. Potential participant...

Opinion: DNA Should Not Be Used as a Tool to Identify Family Trees

An unsigned article in the Arab Times of Kuwait claims that use of DNA will lead to the "disintegration of families."

Famous DNA

The study of genetics promises to revolutionize genealogy. That won't happen overnight; it may take a decade or two to accomplish. However, one more indication of the upcoming revolution has just gone online. "Famous DNA" is a section o...

Can DNA Reveal Your Roots?

Time Magazine has a new article of interest to genealogists: "Can DNA Reveal Your Roots?" by Anita Hamilton examines the use of DNA for genealogy research. She writes, "More than 100,000 Americans, including such celebrities as Oprah and...

DNA Helping to Untangle Roots of Family Trees

Bob Batz Jr. of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has written an interesting story about Megan Smolenyak and her involvement in applying DNA to genealogy studies. You may recall that I recently reviewed the book, "Trace Your Roots With DNA" th...

Use DNA to Create Living Tombstones

In a mystical use of genetic modification, a U.K. art group based in Japan has found a way to ensure that a person's DNA lives on long after their demise. Biopresence, founded by Georg Tremmel and Shiho Fukuhara, intends to infuse the DN...