I don't pretend to understand the science (even though my daughter is a
molecular biologist), but you might be interested in what researchers at Brigham
Young University are doing: http://molecular-genealogy.byu.edu/.
Max J. Evans
Director, Utah State Historical Society >>> JEFF ARCHIVIST <JEFF_ARCHIVIST@NPS.GOV> 6/15/01 8:58:29 AM >>> I'm sure it will turn up on Peter's next RAIN posting but there is an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today about genealogists running into embarrassing problems in their family histories. We talked about this kind of thing a few weeks ago so I thought some of you might be interested. One thing it mentions is that you can now buy kits to test your DNA with that of possible relatives--one man apparently found a match with someone who he believes shares an ancestor who lived around 1400. I had no idea DNA matches could go back so far. It made me wonder if any repositories out there are getting requests to use artifacts for DNA testing purposes? Jen Rawlings Archivist Jefferson National Expansion Memorial A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu> |