Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Are you related to Marie Antoinette?

DNA isn't just for crime labs and court cases any more -- The DNA Ancestry Project is an exciting development for anyone who wants to explore their own genealogy. DNA studies have shown that people shared a common ancestor who lived in Africa between 50,000 to 200,000 years ago. As our ancestors migrated out of Africa into the rest of the world, small mutations occurred in their DNA as generations passed, and each mutation links our ancestor to a specific time and place in history. The mutations that we find in our own DNA can actually tell the story of our own ancestral past. Now there's a cool new website that will analyze your DNA and print out a detailed report showing exactly how your family has branched and scattered around the world over time. The DNA Ancestry Project also has a Surname Project that allows people from all over the world with the same or similar surname to use DNA markers to determine the roots of their surname and reunite family groups. Reports start at $119.

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