Author: Dan

17 Nov

Posted at 07:03h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning mortals, With my profession, I read more obituaries than most folks. None of us like to think about how someone is going to explain what we did during the “dash” as in John Smith lived from XXXX – YYYY. Unless you’re a serious planner, likely someone will have to write one for you. Have you ever wondered, who writes them?  Obit writers: Deadly serious about their craft At ObitCon, members of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers talk about the privilege of honoring lives well-lived. Mo Rocca reports on the annual gathering of obit writers, and their awards ceremony, where they...

14 Oct

Posted at 06:21h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning to the living (who get the other 363 days), I’ve included below the link and Wikipedia article for Days of the Dead for further knowledge. This year the Days of the Dead are celebrated from October 31st until November 2nd. Of course, we all know what day falls into that span- Halloween! Halloween’s icons include the black clad witches upon their brooms as some of us grew up seeing in the Wizard of Oz. It made me wonder how many witches or witchcraft stories exist in our family histories? So I did an inventory, and I thought you’d be interested in...

13 Oct

Posted at 03:55h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning possible cousins, Most of us grew up knowing we couldn’t and shouldn’t of even think of marrying our cousins.  Did we ever wonder why that was?  Did we assume that’s it’s always been like that? Back in the day, how far a man could ride on horseback was often the limit to whom he could choose to court.  For a boy to even meet a girl with future marriage in mind, she would have to attend his church as outside of immediate neighbors the folks you met at church were likely the only ones of marital age.  When folks moved...

20 Aug

Posted at 07:02h in Ancestry Explained

All, As successful people, one of your responsibilities is to not let your families pictures, stories, and historical documents be lost forever. You have the means to preserve those legacies forever in print and electronically. Don’t leave your legacy as a burden to your heirs. That’s often the missing piece to your estate planning efforts. You come up with a great plan for a distribution of your tangible assets, but does nothing for your intangible assets, your character, your families legacy.  When you think about your ancestors do you think about how they left money or such they left to so and...

18 Aug

Posted at 06:28h in Newsletter

Good morning Gene-bearers, A lot of news so far this year on how DNA has helped solve some horrible crimes. That’s good news if want to see criminals off the street, less so if you’re a bad guy. What the Golden State Killer Tells Us About Forensic Genetics: In the year since the arrest of the Golden State Killer, investigative genetic genealogy has emerged as the most powerful crime-fighting tool since DNA itself. Read in WIRED: https://apple.news/Acw9u04BgS8afhZtORqnLTQ Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out you had an alleged vampire in your family tree? A ‘vampire’s’ remains were found in 1990. DNA is giving him a...

19 Jun

Posted at 10:52h in Newsletter

Good morning grandchildren of your parent’s parents, I thought I’d just share some good stuff with you on the DNA of your possible ancestors. DNA from medieval Crusader skeletons suggests surprising diversity DNA suggests Crusaders intermarried with local people and their sons also fought. Read in Ars Technica: https://apple.news/ANUy8oBioQzOTt57l4WBVNg If you want to know for sure who you’re ancestors are and have it placed into a beautiful family heirloom for a family member’s birthday, anniversary or Christmas, just reply back and Dan-cestors will be on the case, putting the pieces together and capturing your family’s story! Let Dan-cestors help you find those “strangers in your box”....

13 Jun

Posted at 02:41h in Newsletter

Good morning fellow DNA containers! Ancestry announced that they'll be updating their DNA ethnicity results for their customers. Since I am pretty sure my sample didn't change, what would cause the results to be updated? If you're interested in knowing why, here's a link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ancestry-genealogy-website-dna-result-changes-1.4826831 If you're trying to hide from your DNA results or maybe looking for someone who share's your DNA results, here's a link that may interest you: Genealogy sites help birth parents find kids they placed for adoption. But not everyone wants to be found. DeAnn Link is searching for her daughter. She'd be 23 years old now. Read in Chicago Tribune: https://apple.news/Ak56fw9jgS9uZxMByUfLq2A Shared from...

09 May

Posted at 06:49h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning fellow descendants, Many of my clients have grown up with stories of their Native American ancestry, only to be disappointed when it doesn't show up in their DNA. Here's why that may happen. Do you have a sibling? Do they look more like your mom or dad than you do? That's because unless your identical twins you have differing percentages of your parents DNA in your blood. Here's an example of how your Native American DNA could persevere or disappear through just 5 generations and 150 years: Great-Great-Great Grandpa was 100% Native American. He has two boys (gender doesn't matter, just...

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