Letters from our ancestors

A personal journey to the past following the breadcrumbs in documents and genes inherited from our ancestors

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Letters from our ancestors (my personal genetic genealogy investigation):
Part 1 (Introduction)
Part 2 (Maternal DNA)
Part 3 (Paternal DNA)
Part 4 (Genetic diversity of South Africans)
Who do they think I am?: A work-in-progress
My patchwork DNA
International man of mystery
We've come a long way, baby
1939 Register redux
X-DNA case study: Molly
Interpreting GEDmatch AYPR results

Family portraits:
The French priest in my family tree: Jean de Leouze (c1490–1573)
The Dutch baron in my family tree: Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn (1714–1773)

Unknown parentage searches:
Desperately seeking Susan: Part 1
Desperately seeking Susan: Part 2
Desperately seeking Susan: Part 3
Desperately seeking Susan: Part 4
Desperately seeking Susan: Part 5
Desperately seeking Susan: Part 6
Desperately seeking Susan: Postscript

Book reviews:
Bird of Paradise
A Family Apart
The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
Finding Family
The Foundling
Genetic Genealogy in Practice
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Juggler's Children
Pandora's DNA
Paper and Spit
The Stranger in My Genes
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