We were in Wichita over the weekend for a nephew’s wedding. One of the highlights of the trip for me was a night in Lindsborg aka Little Sweden USA. I’ve ordered Swedish chotchkies from Anderson Butik for over 20 years, but never thought that I’d be anywhere near the source. Not only was it on…
A Royal Descent
I’ve been bugging my brother-in-law for details of his genealogy for years now. He knows a few bits and pieces, but isn’t really interested in the subject other than to remind me that he belongs to the same Middleton family as the signer of the Declaration of Independence. It’d be nice to have some details…
Reconstructing the Family Tree
I missed Lesley Stahl’s piece “On The Hopes And Limitations Of Genetic Genealogy” on 60 Minutes yesterday. Fortunately, CBS put it online: Rebuilding The Family Tree.
Changing mtDNA
When you order a DNA test, even if you don’t really think about it, you expect that the results will stay the same over time. Sure, geneticists might re-classify or re-label the result, but the actual physical result will be the same. Not so, it seems. I had an mtDNA test at Oxford Ancestors in…
Seven Daughters of Eve
I received this replacement certificate from Oxford Ancestors in October 2007. It shows my place in the Velda clan (Haplogroup V2), as well as the relative size and relationship of the seven European clans. Interpreting your DNA sequence Your certificate shows a read-out of your DNA sequence (in purple) and, above it, a chart of…