U.S. News & World Report – 1/29/2001
Cover Story: Tracing your Genetic Roots
7-page article based on two Family Tree DNA customers with different surnames and who didn’t know each other until their DNA matched and they confirmed that they were related. |
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Los Angeles Times – 12/05/2004
Jewish "again": DNA unlocks secrets in New Mexico
"As a boy, the Rev. William Sanchez sensed he was different....Three years ago, after watching a program on genealogy, Sanchez sent for a DNA kit that could help track a person's background through genetic footprinting..."This fascinating story was first published in the Los Angeles Times and then reproduced in several newspapers across the US. |
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Wired Magazine – 6/24/2002
Genealogy Makes Strides with DNA
A new tool has helped the Mozingos to eliminate family lines they're not related to more quickly, and given key insight to those who are in their bloodline: DNA research through a company called Family Tree DNA. |
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Ancestry Daily News, 7/8/2004
RootsWorks: DNA and Family Trees
There are many firms offering DNA tests, but my favorite is Family Tree DNA, because CEO Bennett Greenspan is an honest man who knows his stuff. He wants to tell people what they want to hear, but when the evidence says he can't, I can see that it hurts him. He has to tell them that they aren't related, or that the test won't work, or that the case isn't proven. |
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MSNBC – 1/16/2002
DNA Tackles a family’s mysteries
In July of 2001, Martin and Austin Boyle agreed to be tested at MSNBC’s expense… “It has that sort of ‘ooh’ effect, like a little kid looking for treasure.” |
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Wall Street Journal - 11/24/04
Could DNA Tests Solve the Mystery of Miles Standish?
After retiring in 2002, Ms. Kardell volunteered to head an experimental DNA project for the Mayflower society to track down the birthplaces of Miles Standish and a half-dozen other Pilgrim men... |
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The Guardian - 8/18/2001
Y and mighty
Internet policy analyst Andy Carvin saw for himself the possibilities this throws up when his attempts to trace his family tree went cold in Busk in Ukraine. He approached American-based website Family Tree DNA ...” |
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The Clarion Ledger - 6/20/2003
Family lineage: filling in the blanks
"One simple test and 'BANG,' me and this other person were proved to be cousins. It's just fantastic," said Easterling, 73, from Jefferson County. |
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Tri-Valley Herald – 2/18/2001
Genetic analysis clarifies family history for Livermore man
About 43 years after finding a man who’s last name was pronounced the same as his own, Doug Mumma found, through Family Tree DNA the genetic proof that they shared a common ancestor. |
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The Star-Ledger – 2/28/2001
If you are looking for roots, DNA cuts the chase
Writer Pearl Duncan has used DNA evidence to trace her roots to an area in Ghana, where the Rev. Kwadwo Manukure Atiemo and his family are from. |
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The Ann Arbour News – 1/21/2001
Casting light on Ancestry
A Denver law student learned that he had a biological relationship with a distant cousin, a surprise, given that he’d been told that his grandfather had been adopted. |
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Newhouse News Service - 01/08/2001
Genealogists Turn to DNA in Tracing Family Trees
Certain that he'd found an Argentine branch of his family, but unable to uncover the documents that would connect the two clans, Greenspan turned to another kind of family record: DNA. |
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Forward – 8/17/2001
Bringing Science to the Search for Family Roots
Josef Meshorer, a 69-year-old Holocaust survivor who lost most of his family in Poland, spent more than 30 years on a quest to find his roots... Then, this past June, he heard of Family Tree DNA.... |
