The Modern Ancestrix

06/09/2024

05/11/2023

Science keeps advancing and we learn more everyday. Do these new discoveries affect your lineages? Read on and find out!

Explore the latest research on ancient DNA from the Xiongnu Empire, Paleolithic Iberia, and a Central Asian deer tooth. Discover the diversity of these lineages and how they fit into your genealogical research through FamilyTreeDNA's Discover™ tool.

05/11/2023

I VGS. Do you?

Do you VGS? Here’s a sneak peek of the latest issue of the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, edited by the one-and-only Barbara Vines Little. Join VGS to snag your very own. Link to join in pinned post.

04/24/2023

Well this looks like a great read!! And there’s an event online as well!

Captain William Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates ever to prowl the seas, but few people know that he had an accomplice who enabled his plundering and helped him outpace his enemies.

Tune in Wednesday, April 26, at 1 pm ET, to hear author Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos discuss her book "The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd." Geanacopoulos draws on archival material from London, New York, and Boston to trace the life of Sarah Kidd, wife of notorious pirate Captain Kidd. She discusses Sarah’s transformation from a 17th- and 18th-century New York socialite to an international outlaw and explains how pirate wives lived during this “Golden Age of Piracy.”

You can register for this free virtual program here:
https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/the-pirate-s-wife-the-remarkable-true-story-of-sarah-kidd

Explore a wide variety of free virtual public programs on the National Archives Calendar of Events:
https://www.archives.gov/calendar

12/06/2022

If you’re thinking about a Big-Y 700 DNA test for your paternal line, now is the time to take advantage of their sale price!

The Big Y test unlocks your most specific Y-DNA haplogroup possible, finding the connections you need to uncover the origins of your father’s line. Order now for access to your confirmed haplogroup! http://bit.ly/3iuIvJX

10/26/2022

Well, this is an amusing clip. It's, also a great reminder of why we don't accept what we read as fact without some supporting evidence. It's only 2 minutes, take a listen!

Jake is an amateur genealogical researcher.

10/25/2022

Living descendants of Mark Antony. An interesting genealogy from antiquity to present day royalty.

THEODORE KOPALIANI Lifting a 2,000-year-old veil.

10/24/2022

Preservation of records is so important to genealogists and family historians.

10/19/2022

Join us at our amazing FREE Virtual "The Ancestral Summit - 101 Voices & Perspectives of Ancestral Connection," hosted by the brilliant mastermind behind the Ancestors Within book series project, Amy Gillespie Dougherty.

On Day 2 - November 8, 2022, I will be joining the ever-amazing Megan Reilly Koepsell, Cyndie Kramer, and Melissa McGlone, where we will bring you education about Discovering and Connecting with our ancestors who live on within us....including some discussion about DNA testing, and what tests to use when attempting to answer certain questions.

Sign up for our amazing free online summit today -- Attend our FIVE "Themed days" and discover your ancestors in a whole new way --

10/06/2022

Congratulations on this prize winning work in the new field of Paleogenomics. He is a second-generation Nobel Laureate!

Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for pioneering the use of ancient DNA to unlock secrets about human evolution.

09/23/2022

Both books, The Ancestors Within Vol 4 and companion Journal II, have made it to #1 New Release on Amazon! And the Journal is a currently a pre-release Kindle (at a great price!).

09/19/2022

A new tool to explore at FamilyTreeDNA.

The Time Tree puts ancient DNA, notable connections, current testers, and the TMRCA age estimates into a single view for you to explore.