KINDRED LINES: DNA as a source for family history

By Fiona Fitzsimons There is a point that every family historian reaches when, having exhausted all the documentary evidence, s/he draws a line under research. In this last decade medical science has delivered a new research-tool—DNA testing. Genetics is the science of inheritance. Everyone’s genome contains a wealth of information on their ancestry. DNA testing ... Read more

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