Tag: Ancestry Ambassadors


May 31, 2012

Who Were the Parents of Jacob Youngman?

Jacob Youngman

During the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  on PBS, The Spittoon  featured posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors. This is the last of their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By Tim Janzen, M.D. For over 30 years I have been trying to determine the ancestry [...]

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May 17, 2012

Ashkenazi and Me – Discovering Unknown Jewish Ancestry with 23andMe

Jennie Cole

Jennie Cole, c.1895 As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By CeCe Moore I have always felt a special affinity for [...]

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May 2, 2012

Exploring Potential Native American Ancestry Using 23andMe

Chief Tarhe

As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By Tim Janzen, M.D. Many American families have a family legend that they [...]

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April 23, 2012

Finding a Family’s Jewish Ancestry

Andrea's Tree

As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By Andrea Badger There has been a legend in my family, passed down from [...]

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April 16, 2012

Tracking Down a Trait

Ann's trait chromosomes

As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By Ann Turner, M.D. Many members of my extended family have inherited a [...]

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March 27, 2012

DNA Tests Uncover African Ancestry and Surprising Connection to Thomas Jefferson

CeCephoto

As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By CeCe Moore You never know what a DNA test might reveal! A few months [...]

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