genealogy
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I first met the Westerinen family in 1999 as a graduate student in New York City, writing my thesis on the rise of genetic genealogy.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
They then cross-referenced the DNA samples they gathered with the genetic profiles available to view on commercial genealogy databases to find the absent British military fathers of clients aged from three years to 70.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
In recent years, when a new break in a cold case makes headlines, it’s often because of updated genealogy tools or forensic detection technology.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
While law enforcement did not get any hits in the federal database, they are also employing genetic genealogy in an effort to identify a suspect in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
“Are we? Could we be? But how? That is to say, what are the odds? And why was Edward Ashton so keen on my taking up genealogy as a hobby, anyway?”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Ms. Mazzeo alternates between the macro and micro, now giving us detailed genealogies, now discussing the shipbuilding industry and the place of women in 19th-century society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
An investigation by Reuters released Tuesday into the genealogies of “America’s political elite” found that President Joseph R. Biden and all former presidents still alive are direct descendants of slaveholders.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
And finally, as I worked out by tracing genealogies, when nobody was left alive to remember them, the dead person turned into a butterfly, a memory without a rememberer.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023
Nietzsche and his radical historicism used genealogies to draw meanings in a world thought of a void of objective meanings.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
To these four volumes there was added in Westmarch a fifth containing commentaries, genealogies, and various other matter concerning the hobbit members of the Fellowship.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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It's All in the Family
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We the People: Gen
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