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Ancestry Updates Ethnicity Database... Again
My Ancestry results have changed again! Are you irritated that their results have changed... again? Why can't it just stay the same? Why...
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Is mtDNA Exclusively Matrilineal?
What happens to mitochondrial DNA from the father at the moment of fertilization?
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Captain VanZandt
Captain VanZandt was a colorful character to say the least. He is my 4th great-grandfather, a veteran of two wars, and from a sturdier...
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Family Research Leads to MLB Family Connection
He played in the 1921 World Series against the New York Yankees -- and yes, the Sultan of Swat!