Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Three recent articles using DNA for genealogy

The following articles use DNA testing in determining the genealogical connections in the families studied:

  • Daniela Moneta "Virginia Pughs and North Carolina Wests: A Genetic Link from Slavery in Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly vol.97, pp.179-194 (September 2009).
  • Alvy Ray Smith, "The Probable Genetic Signature of Thomas1 Riggs: Immigrant to Gloucester, Massachusetts by 1658," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol.164, pp.85-89(April 2010).
  • Alvy Ray Smith, "The Probable Genetic Signature of Edward1 Riggs: Immigrant to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1633," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol.164, pp.95-103(April 2010).

In his two articles, Dr Smith introduces his own method of showing genetic ancestry which does not follow any of the usual methods. While some like his method, I find it less informative that the standard marker site, marker value pairs used by the genetic genealogy community.

1 comment:

n/a said...

"I find it less informative that the standard marker site, marker value pairs used by the genetic genealogy community."

I only skimmed those articles, but I believe Smith explained that he chose to present the results that way in the interest of saving space. I'm sure anyone interested can find the results in the usual format on the web.