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DNA and genealogy

Call Number

  • H 929.1 F559.1 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Fountain Valley, CA : Rice Book Press, c2005.

Physical Description

179 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents

  • About DNA
  • The ins and outs of genetic genealogy
  • Surnames studies
  • What kind of test is right for me?
  • Are we really cousins?
  • WOW, OW, WO, and O stories
  • Nonpaternity events
  • Starting and managing my own study
  • How many markers? How many people?
  • What can DNA tell me about my surname?
  • SNPS, Clades, and haplogroups
  • The last wor(l)d, the typewriter
  • Appendix A: MRCA calculations.

Added Authors

Andrew Yeiser