2348 - Using Genetics to Find Your Ancestry MON 10AM - 11AM
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Course Description
Instructor: Peter J. Roberts
Students will learn a basic understanding of how to use DNA to help determine their ethnic origins, find family connections, and confirm their ancestry. Students will be guided through fundamental gentic genealogy concepts to further their personal enjoyment of family history, including the benefits and limitations of mitochondrial and autosomal DNA, and X and Y chromosome test results. The course will also address the critically important question as to how to associate those results with their ancestry. Students may volunteer to take a y chromosome, autosomal and/or mitochondrial DNA tests or use their existing genealogy test results.
Peter is a life-long family historian and retired GSU archivist/associate professor. He has had an interest in genealogy for about 42 years and has been exploring genetic genealogy for the past 13 years. He is the administrator for the Bahamas DNA Project and three surname DNA projects, namely Roberts, Sasser, and Rustin. He is a past regional coordinator for the Atlanta area for the International Society of Genetic Genealogy. Since July of 2013 he has designed ways to help WikiTree integrate the DNA results of its members. In 2013 he received a “Genetic Genealogy Pioneer� award by Family Tree DNA.
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