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DNA-The Next Big Gold Rush?
The discovery of gold at Sutters Mill, CA in 1848 promised untold wealth for those who had the resources and stamina to outlast the competition. At the dawn of the California Gold Rush, there were no laws governing property rights; prospectors depended on … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Ann Wojecki, autosomal DNA, Autosomal SNP Tests, Bloom's Disease, California Gold Rush, claim jumping, DNA, DNA Identification, FDA, Forensic Genealogy, Genentech, General Mining Act of 1872, HIPPA, Identifinders, Mexican American War, MyHeritageDNA
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Big Business or Big Brother?
At the recent American Academy of Forensic Science meeting in New Orleans, I attended the workshop The Opiate Crisis, Dirty Bombs, Big Data/Big Problems, and Driverless Cars: On the Leading Edge of Forensic Science – 2017 Theoretical Forensic Sciences “Think Tank”. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Anne Wojcicki, Direct-to-consumer, DNA testing, DTC Testing, MyHeritage, Tim Sullivan
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Benjaman Kyle
Should it be a concern to our community that someone who is such a blank slate is controlling the emotions of so many genetic genealogists at the expense of critical thinking? Continue reading
Los Angeles Times Article “DNA Sequencer could give doctors wealth of genetic information”.
An article appeared in the Los Angeles Times last Saturday January 4, 2014 that is of interest to the genetic genealogy community: DNA Sequencer could give doctors wealth of genetic information. http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx The article was prompted by the recent FDA … Continue reading
Identifinders International Announces DNA Study for Child Survivors of the Holocaust
Identifinders International, in collaboration with 23andMe and Missing-Identity.net, announces a pilot study to help child survivors of the Holocaust to recover their birth identities. It is hoped that autosomal DNA testing will allow these survivors to discover family connections that would otherwise be … Continue reading
Benjaman’s 23 and Me Matches
Benjaman Kyle is the adopted name of an amnesiac who was found near Savannah, GA in August 2004. (See his Wikipedia page for more details.) Since recovering from a severe beating that left him unconscious, he cannot remember who he … Continue reading
