DNA and Creativity
As part of DNA Day 2020 we had an event called 'Family History, DNA and Creativity', an interview with the poet Reece Williams - you can see it here:...
Podcasts now available
The Double Helix History podcasts are now available: https://anchor.fm/jerome-de-groot/episodes/Double-Helix-History-Podcast-Episode-1-e932i4
The Human Genome in the Library
In ‘The Library of Babel’ (1941), Jorge Luis Borges imagines a vast library that contains ‘no two identical books’.[1] Instead, the library contains all books that might be printed using 22 characters plus the comma and the period: ‘each shelf contains thirty-five...
‘Family History and Creativity’ at the Manchester Central Library
This event was on the 15 November, hosted at the Manchester Central Library and featuring workshops by Reece Williams, Mariah Whelan, and Tessa Harris. Photographs of some of the cut-up poems that were made are below. The event was part of the Being Human festival...
DNA Day
We're planning a series of events for DNA Day 2020, the anniversary of Crick & Watson's paper in Nature describing the double helix structure of DNA. It is also 30 years since the beginning of the Human Genome Project. Events will take place all over Manchester...
Article in Who Do You Think You Are? magazine
My article on DNA and Family History - including discussion of ethics, global family history, and the pros and cons of DNA for genealogy - is now on the Who Do You Think You Are? magazine's website:...
Guest blog on DNA and ethics: Carolyn Huston
A guest blog on DNA, genealogy, ethics from Dr Carolyn Huston. Carolyn, a former GP, gives regular talks and workshops on family history and medicine, particularly with focus on death certificates. Here she gives us some reflections on DNA, health, and data. As an...
America, DNA and Family History
Double Helix History extended our search for the impact of DNA on family and wider history to a 4th continent with a visit to the United States. In a windy Plymouth, Massachusetts, it was a pleasure to receive a guided tour of the Mayflower Society headquarters, in...
Guest blog: the social psychological meaning of looking for ‘Viking DNA’
Guest blog from Marc Scully, a Social Psychologist at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, and a long time collaborator with the project:A promotional Tweet from Ancestry UK that popped up on my timeline read as follows: “Vikings were known for being ambitious...
DNA and Family History Focus Group at Nederlandse Genealogische Vereniging
We Need YOU To Help Us Understand How Genetics Is Understood Have you had your DNA tested for family history?Are you interested in having your DNA tested for family history investigation?Are you worried about issues to do with privacy, ethics, and biodata?Has testing...
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