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DNA Meets Life

  • The Trinity, Part Three: Religion, Spirituality, Worship, Faith, Belief, Divinity, Hope …
  • The Trinity, Part Two: …yes, there is a war. But does it have to be fought…
  • The Trinity, Part One: Sabras
  • Huh?
  • DNA For Genealogy For All
  • Support Your Neighborhood Businesses and Services
  • 2025 Support Your Local Businesses and Farms!
  • Daddy Joe
  • Knight McKnight Y-DNA along the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
  • The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
  • give me Liberty! or give me New Shoes… and everything else…
  • The French Broad and its many tributaries.
  • Loose Thoughts Series: The Cold War is over
  • Denizli, Türkiye – Hierapolis – Richmond ~ Termal Springs Resort!
  • Türkiye ~ Anatolian Masterpiece with Ancient Hot Springs
  • Wallace was a different matter…
  • Loose Thoughts Series: Lee Atwater’s Lessons: How to screw a country.
  • 2024 Support Your Local Businesses and Farms!
  • Taking The Waters ~ Mineral Hot Springs Of Planet Earth
  • Its embarrassing, and it illustrates how the ancestral trees can be worthless, no matter what database.
  • Cherie Lynn’s Lewis Collection – John Lewis of Page’s Warehouse, & Old Hanover Court House & his son David Lewis with the 1st land patent west of the Rivanna river
  • What happened To You? Time is slipping away, tick-tock tick-tock
  • Fall 2023 Support Your Local Businesses and Farms!
  • Red Wing’s Son-in-law’s Deer Hides and Other Taxidermy
  • Loose Thoughts Series: Her behaviors? I would call them exemplary.
  • Loose Thoughts Series: I was stunned, he was dyslexic and severely traumatized from it.
  • One stop for the Queen in her 1959 visit to Canada – The Stoney Creek Battlefield Monument
  • Loose Thoughts Series: I Call It Too Much Prosperity
  • The Soup Kitchens
  • OK, ftDNA has put together a really fun feature for y-DNA
  • More Lashon Hara – Gossip. Ethel’s Rings – Sold!
  • The Artists – The ’20s – South Florida
  • Loose Thoughts Series: The last time…
  • Reminder: Always get at least two sources. The Social Security Application
  • Here’s Why We Test y – The Thomas Knight, Rockingham family comes into focus.
  • Good Eats at 2 Soul Sisters
  • Starved For Knowledge, Wooden Words
  • The Stigma of Uncomeliness
  • y-DNA. No, it does not have admixture, but it does have thousands of years of human ancestry.
  • …how good is it? Oh yum, oh fun, oh just ponyriffic! Chincoteague Island, Virginia
  • DNA Downloads, of course you want copies of yourself!
  • Covida Vita Vaxi Nation
  • The Mur-lund Propeller – A new ride at Six Flags
  • May they rest in peace and their memory be a blessing – Covid
  • To do this right, you must have the y-dna of all your ancestral lines
  • Some DNA 101
  • 2022 – 2023 Buy Local, Support Your Neighbor Businesses and Farms ~ And there are a bunch of us small, and not so small local folks to support!
  • Buy Local, Support Your Neighbor Businesses and Farms ~ And there are a bunch of us small, and not so small local folks to support!
  • Buy Local, Support Your Neighbor Businesses and Farms ~ And there are a bunch of us small, and not so small local folks to support!
  • Robin Anne: Better Angel(s) Soft – The Koch Brothers need To Step Up
  • After I get my vaccine… 1st I want to go to Italy & hear Maurizio Marchini sing Nessun Dorma, from Puccini’s Turandot
  • The “darn, aren’t we puny creatures in the face of cooties” time. Not panic buying – smart shopping.
  • Coronavirus Diary ~ A list of helps & free information links for resources in multiple languages – updating regularly
  • Spock will help us. “Live Long And Prosper” The new old greeting – spread the info not the virus!
  • DNA for genealogy tourism ~ very personal pilgrimages. Croatia and other wonders!
  • Virus – Wash, wash, wash and hold your breath for 1.5 years – We all will stay safe together!
  • OK, The DNA does not match and now you have lost 1/8th (or more) of your ancestry. ~ How To!
  • Neanderthal Ancestry – Of Course Everyone Has Some – (almost) All Peoples Have Some
  • Bloody Cheats ~ Photo Discovery? or Every Pirated Photo Uploaded
  • Female, Can Use Tools ~ A National Archives “mistake?” A National “disappointment.”
  • Coming soonest ~ Its Mi Phone and You Can’t Touch it! :-)
  • Shockwave Disc Dogs – This Saturday – Be There!
  • Go To The Store Now And Get Black-eyed Peas
  • Strong-armed by Gedmatch. “You will not be allowed to enter the site until you have accepted the Terms of Service.”
  • Kitchen Shopping ~ Appliances large and small, do it online – at least you will get a follow up email.
  • My dinner is not late, Thanksgiving is early. DNA in harvest traditions
  • APRIL 2020 update. Small Business Saturday ~ And there are a bunch of us small, and not so small anymore, businesses to support!
  • By Nov 30th? – The tree is released. Oh dear, dear, dear! – (New family trees next week on ftDNA! Whoo Hoo!)
  • DNA For Medical Information ~ The 13,000 Pound Elephant Missing From 13 Years Of My DNA Writing
  • The DNA of Capitalism ~ Sales – begging door to door for the rich people.
  • Being DNA ~ We come from it, we eat it, we secrete it and then some other DNA eats that too.
  • Hellloooo? Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carmarthenshire is not Llanfihangel, Monmouthshire. Ancestry DOT please fix your mistake in the computer glitch for places.
  • X-DNA, Its A Girl Thing ~ And we included the boys – somewhat.
  • Hey Google? Who Am I? ~ Senior care in the 21st century: My life is… I am…
  • T. K. Clay, Manufacturer Of London. Steel Nib Writing Pens: The Raven, The Flexor Victoria…
  • Gaetano Brandi, The Man of Feeling, or the Gentleman’s Musical Repository ~ Music of the 18th century and beyond.
  • Hot Tamales ~ Delicious Family History
  • What can one do with their haplogroup(s)? A Latvian Cousin
  • DNA.Land Is Back ~ Step Right Up And Join ~ Its Free!
  • Newspapers, My First Love For Research ~ R.I.P. The Toronto Star’s Pages Of The Past, At least for most of the world
  • Peanut Butter ~ Friends And Lovers and Others. Filling Memorials With Memories And Correcting Mistakes!
  • ftDNA Has A New Dashboard ~ Its Great! Keep The Bifocals Handy!
  • Genetic Ancestries, What A Can Of Worms ~ The Three Great Races, oops, great languages, oops, great haplogroups
  • Genetic Ancestors? Do What? We Only Get Readable DNA From Some Ancestors :-( ~ But there is a way to ‘see’ lots more!
  • mt-DNA ~ Pedigree Collapse AND collapse over folks mistakes in understanding DNA
  • DNA Uploads ~ Autosomal Transfers – Autosomal Additions!
  • To Click Or Not To Click, That Is The Hack ~ The Perils Of Facebook Ads, Online Research And Shopping
  • ЯSK ~ R. Sherman-Kidd ~ Sherman Kidd ~ RSK ~Reginald K Winton ~ Who?
  • Messy Maps – Hanover Town Virginia Is Not Page’s Warehouse aka Hanovertown
  • Surname Projects Missed The Point Of “Not” Matching ~ “1 in 10 is mistaken about father’s identity”
  • Googleology ~ I Love Google! Google, Google, Google!
  • A Straw Boater, A Seersucker Suit, Making Senses, Truth In Census ~ Don’t Y’all Just Luv Newspapers!
  • The Mystery Of The Ghost Girl
  • Like The Weather, Wait Five Minutes And It Will Change ~ So Much For Census Scandals
  • Getting A Grip On My Education And My Kit
  • “The” Census Question, When Wasn’t “It” Asked? ~ Read All The Questions, For All The Years
  • Ruth’s Tree ~ Or Bulls-eye Wilson, Fact Or Fiction
  • Does A Genealogist Want A Citizenship Question On Any Questionnaire? What Do You Think?
  • Message Boards, Google and Internet Heirlooms ~ More Ways To Find And Honor True Ancestors!
  • DNA Projects ~ Surnames, Geographical Regions, Haplogroups, For Boys And Girls (with Google translate on page)
  • R1b And Other – All Other – Haplogroups ~ Your DNA – All Your DNAs (page with Google Translate)
  • “Search This Group” ~ How Tos For Facebook (With Google Translate!)
  • Native American ~ Not?
  • “Spread The Love Around…” DNA ~ It Is The Stuff That Makes The World Go Round
  • Ancient Ancestors Tours ~ With Map Links!
  • Ancient Ancestors Tour ~ Hotel Palacio de Trasvilla, Puente Viesgo ~ Cantabria!
  • Nebula ~ A Star Thingy Or A Cool DNA Company
  • DNA & LE ~ Once The New York Times Is On The Story, It’s Not Our Dirty Little Secret Any More!
  • Finally! After Three Orders ~ ‘The’ Book, Prehistoric Cave Art Is Here, and Dai Is Reading ~ Its ~Its ~ A ‘First Signs’
  • Massey Business College ~ Class Of…?
  • Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ Ancient DNA
  • Magdalenian, Ice-Age And Ancient Ancestors Tour(S) ~ The Ones That Got Away
  • mt-DNA Haplogroups ~ U5 Mother Ursula Uma
  • The Mother Lode Of Bag Fibs ~ The bag was not the size stated.
  • Manassas Began The European Ice-Age Ancestors Tour
  • Saint Cirq, ~ The Sorcerer
  • Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ The DNA Of Cave Art
  • The District At Dawn ~ Union Station Arrival
  • before… Memorial Day ~ Every Week-end Before, From The Time Of Spring Thaws – The Cleaning Of The Graves.
  • Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ And The Winners Are… Google – Ring – Jif – Izod – Travelon & Hotel Palacio de Trasvilla
  • Making The FindAgrave Memorial… Farewell This Stardust Gee Gee
  • The Tour ~ Cave Doodles And Spanish Spas ~ In The Footsteps Of Our Ice-Age Ancestors
  • The Racket Is In The Bag
  • Cave Doodles And Spanish Spas ~ In The Footsteps Of Our Ice-Age Ancestors
  • I Told You So – That’s MY Fav And The Oldest Standing ftDNA. A Recipe For The Best Of The Best – New Privacy For Family Tree DNA
  • Be Fruitful And Multiply ~ DNA & Genealogy People Are Pushy – At The Speed of 5g LTE – Test DNA Everywhere
  • Autosomal Transfers ~ Why & How. The Why Is Easy – Expand Matches & DNA For Genealogy Tools. The How Is Even Easier
  • What’s wrong with the right ancestors? Mary E. ~ Women’s Maiden Names, Just Lost Forever – Mamma And The Earles
  • From Orphan To Probate Courts ~ From STRs And SNPs And Cake Graphs
  • Its Not Percentages Or Pie Charts For Me, I Have Long Cursed The Admixture Reading ~ I Long For Mamma – All My Mammas Back Through Time
  • The Match Might Not Be A Relative ~ The Match Might Be The Law With Your Relative’s DNA
  • “…there’s nothing to fear…” Seriously? I am not afraid ~ DNA Partners
  • For DNA Good. Its Like A Quickie ~ Maneuvered Into Position, Had It Rammed In, No Notice.
  • Sure, I’m American (now) – But These Are World Wide Desires ~ Genealogy – DNA Is But One Tool In A Large Box of Magic Wands
  • The Byrd’s Of Virginia ~ There Are Always Two Sides To A River & A Story, ~ The Limits Of at-DNA
  • Failed Forensics – DNA When It Did Not Work As It Should Have
  • Nebula. (Google) …in astronomy: a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter. Or, A Reunion of Stardusts. Or, A DNA Company That Nicked My Name
  • Searchers searching ~ Opinions And Feelings Are Not Allowed ~ More Ancient DNA
  • There’s An APP ~ The Amazing Matching In Autosomal DNA ~ Wow, All Those People Are Related Through John “Bulls-eye” Wilson. Use Every Source
  • Helena And Her Daughters
  • Ancient DNA. What The Heck Do I Know? I Know Where And How To Look! From Neanderthals to Mother L1 & Daddy Oh!
  • New Admixture Updates? This Might As Well Be Throwing Darts At A Board To Decide Your Her(Hi)story ~ So Instead “Picture This” At Ancestry
  • Sherman And Nellie ~ How To Win Friends And Influence People – Carnegie Had A lesson For Us All
  • See, See, See I Told You Family Tree DNA Is The Best ~ New Family Tree DNA Features!
  • My bff’s ancestor and my ancestor are together in 1744 Albemarle (incl Amherst) USGS GNIS & Google Earth Google Maps will take you there.
  • Go… See… Do… The Silver Meteor Train To The Palm Beaches
  • Kidd – Mizner – Cosden ~ Better Get The Painting Out Of Dodge.
  • What’s In A Name? If The Name Is Not Indexed Or Indexed Wrong… or changed? A Name Is Madness! Seeking Sherman: The Signature(s) And The Spit To Prove It
  • Seeking Sherman: A Florida Story
  • The Byrd’s Of Virginia ~ There Are Always Two Sides To A River & A Story, ~ The Limits Of at-DNA

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