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Living in the Know: The Adoptee's Quick-Start Guide to Finding Family with DNA Testing is a book about the importance of knowing the truth of one's origins and solving cases of unknown parentage with DNA Testing.
Part memoir, part quick-start guide, Geraldine Berger, "The Genetic Genealogy Coach," shares her own journey to living in the know. The search for her birth parents spanned a cumulative thirty-four years, due to sealed records, aliases and...
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"In an effort to discover the truth about his family, the author uses DNA testing and interviews to learn the real story behind his paternity and that of his eight brothers and sisters. What the DNA reveals, and how the author and siblings handle it, serves as a lesson to anyone undertaking ancestry research"--
23) The Inheritance
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"From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve. Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband's high-paying job. But a year after his death, the 36-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply in debt and living paycheck to paycheck with her three...
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Bloomsbury sigma volume 21
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Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family. At her mother's funeral she felt this more keenly than ever. As a science journalist, she was eager to learn more about herself, her family and the interconnectedness of society using DNA research. After all, we're all related. And in a sense, we are all family. My European Family tells the story of Europe and its people through its genetic legacy, from the first wave of immigration to the present day,...
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Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"DNA ancestry companies generate revenues in the region of $1bn a year, and the company 23andMe is said to have sold 10 million DNA ancestry kits to date. Although evidently popular, the science behind how DNA ancestry tests work is mystifying and difficult for the general public to interpret and understand. In this accessible and engaging book, Sheldon Krimsky, a leading researcher, investigates the methods that different companies use for DNA ancestry...
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WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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DNA testing companies are trending nationally, with over 30 million Americans hoping to receive clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health -- not knowing the results can be misleading, or not considering that family secrets can tear apart relationships. The biggest risk, however, may be what these companies do with our information once they have it, so this program objectively explores the promise and peril of consumer DNA testing....
27) The family tree toolkit: a comprehensive guide to uncovering your ancestry and researching genealogy
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"In the last five years, thanks to programs like Genealogy Roadshow and services like Ancestry.com, there has been an explosion of interest in discovering family history. However, for many novice genealogists, the journey to mapping your family's past can be daunting and the available resources are often overly complicated. Family Tree Toolkit is the perfect solution that acts as an all-purpose, easy-to-follow guide for the beginner genealogist. Modern...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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An award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker chronicles her personal year-long journey to discover the truth about her ancestry through DNA testing, sharing her findings as well as her insights into controversies surrounding modern Latino identity.
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In his 2016 best-seller, 'The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir,' Bill Griffeth told of learning that the father who raised him was not, in fact, his biological father. In this sequel, Bill continues his journey to learn about his newly discovered biological family and shares some of the dramatic stories strangers and friends told him about their own shocking DNA discoveries..."--Inside jacket flap.
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ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2011
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English
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Interest in family history is a growing passion among people of all ages. Young people want to know where they came from, as well as the people who built their family and their country. DNA can trace your lineage, and in doing so find other people who share your ancestors. It also allows you to see where your ancient forebearers lived and migrated.
35) The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family
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Family Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Reconnect with your roots! Adoptees, foundlings, and others with unknown parentage face unique challenges in researching their ancestors. Enter this book: a comprehensive guide to adoption genealogy that has the resources you need to find your family through genetic testing. Inside, you'll find: strategies for connecting your genealogy to previous genealogists, detailed guides for using DNA tests and tools, plus how to analyze your test results and...
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New York Times Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Through this collection of articles, readers will recognize how DNA testing has opened new doors in medicine and science, as well as sparked new questions about medical ethics, human ancestry, and the self.
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National Genealogical Society
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Genetic Genealogy in Practice covers the basic knowledge needed to apply DNA evidence to genealogical questions and then reinforces this foundation with practical applications. Each chapter ends with exercises that include real problems that researchers encounter. Answers allow complex concepts to be reviewed and mastered. As well as covering the basics of DNA testing for family history research problems, Genetic Genealogy in Practice includes discussions...
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Family Locket Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Do you plan to use DNA evidence in your genealogy research? The authors provide a step-by-step method to organize and use your DNA test results to find and confirm ancestors in your family tree. Studying the methodology in each chapter will help you group and evaluate your matches, diagram descent from common ancestors, and plan your next research steps. Work samples and templates are included. --
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FHF Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Genetic genealogy generates compelling questions as people around the world attempt to understand haplogroups, ethnicity, and genetic matches. DNA Q&A has curated actual questions from real people who've sought to better understand DNA via the Family History Fanatics YouTube channel, eConferences, and live presentations. Is your question, or something similar, in the book? Find out the answer to it and more!"--Back cover.
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