Genealogical analysis has proven a useful method to understand the origins and frequencies of hereditary diseases in many populations. However, this type of analysis has not yet been used for the ...

Patrilineal heritable surnames are widely used to select autochthonous participants for studies on small-scale population genetic patterns owing to the unique link between the surname and a genetic ...

A new regular column about genealogy. Interest in genealogy and family history soared after the 1976 publication of Alex Hailey’s groundbreaking book “Roots: The Saga of An American Family” and the ...

What’s in a name? For a local group of ancestry-devotees willing to get down and dirty to uncover family histories, names unveil Windsor’s stories. Over the last four or five decades, the Ontario ...