Genetic Genealogy Special Interest Group

SIG Leader: Janet Hall Werner
Email: geneticsig@fxgs.org

Purpose:

The focus if the group is on the use of DNA to solve practical problems in genealogy and break down brick walls. Recent successes with the explosion of autosomal DNA testing will be discussed, as well as practical applications of DNA in finding elusive ancestors, using DNA to find birth parents of adoptees, including the use of Y-DNA, and other DNA strategies.

Typical topics include:
1. The identification/confirmation of relationships between two persons who are thought possibly to be genealogically related;
2. The search for persons in various DNA databases to identify persons who likely are related through a common ancestor and thus facilitate the exchange of genealogical data, and;
3. Use of DNA profiles as keys to ongoing anthropological studies to infer “deep ancestry,” such as possible migration paths of ancestors hundreds and thousands of years ago.