It was mean to say someone had cooties when I was growing up, and I was not mean, and I don't think I ever told anyone I thought they had cooties. I remember Stephen Hawking saying about aliens that we should quit calling out to signal them. He thought they were likely out there, and … Continue reading The “darn, aren’t we puny creatures in the face of cooties” time. Not panic buying – smart shopping.
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DNA for genealogy tourism ~ very personal pilgrimages. Croatia and other wonders!
DNA-for-genealogy, along with family history and herstory, became the focus of my research. And I came to realize we are all made up of multiple people. Even folks in remote places, whose ancestors have long been all in one place, turn out to be an intricate mixture of a few or many peoples. All of … Continue reading DNA for genealogy tourism ~ very personal pilgrimages. Croatia and other wonders!
Female, Can Use Tools ~ A National Archives “mistake?” A National “disappointment.”
All in the same fortnight, Pompeo disses a female NPR reporter and boots her off his plane, and we get the story of a photo hanging somewhere at the National Archives being intentionally altered. The world has ended. How this photo will be classified, and where it is placed, was clarified by a very well-spoken … Continue reading Female, Can Use Tools ~ A National Archives “mistake?” A National “disappointment.”
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What can one do with their haplogroup(s)? A Latvian Cousin
I will claim a cousin anyway. What can one do with their haplogroup? I am H10a1. You can go to several websites to look for your haplogroup in the skeletons of ancient people who have been sequenced! I am H10a1 and my mother's father was an R1a haplogroup, which is loosely associated with coming from … Continue reading What can one do with their haplogroup(s)? A Latvian Cousin
mt-DNA ~ Pedigree Collapse AND collapse over folks mistakes in understanding DNA
Oh, I could cry, I could have... a collapsing illness over the mistakes I saw in a video about two lovely doppelgangers taking DNA tests. Long story short, they look remarkably alike, which we see in genealogy all the time, but when they use DNA to answer three questions about how closely they might be … Continue reading mt-DNA ~ Pedigree Collapse AND collapse over folks mistakes in understanding DNA
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 