Category: DNA

Family History LIVE

In October I was in Dublin where I visited the Back to Our Past event that was held at the Royal Dublin Society buildings. This is a huge event, sponsored by Ancestry, attached to an even wider fair presenting a whole range of products and services aimed at retired...

Blog 2: DNA and national identity

In July 2016 The Telegraph ran an article entitled ‘How British Are You?’ The article reported an Ancestry.com study that looked at 15000 users of its DNA sequencing service. Amongst other things the study looked for DNA matches with ‘Anglo-Saxon’, and this is the...