Tenth Annual Family Tree DNA Conference Wrapup

http://dna-explained.com/2014/10/15/tenth-annual-family-tree-dna-conference-wrapup/

Take a look at the articles published in this past year, since the founding of Surname DNA Journal.

• The History, Adoption, and Regulation of Jewish Surnames in the Russian Empire, A Reviewby Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull and Dr Jeffrey Briskman
• Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis of Briese Family Relationships by David Briese
• Differences in Autosomal DNA Characteristics between Jewish and Non-Jewish Populations by Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull, Gaye Sherman Tannenbaum, and Dr Jeffrey Briskman
• Using STRs for Intra-Family Y-DNA Comparisons: Segmenting Markers by Joe Flood, PhD
• Y-DNA of the British Monarchy by Brad Larkin
• The Irish Septs by David Austin Larkin
• Using Y Chromosome DNA Testing to Pinpoint a Genetic Homeland in Ireland by Dr. Tyrone Bowes, PhD
• Ancestral Parish Sampling in Ulster and Wexford for the Larkin DNA Project by Brad Larkin

The citizen science community needs an avenue to publish and share. Peer reviewed journals provide us with another level of credibility for our work. Sharing is clearly the lynchpin of genetic genealogy, as it is with traditional genealogy. Give some thought about what you might be able to contribute.

Brad Larkin solicited nominations prior to the conference and awarded a Genetic Genealogist of the Year award. This year’s award was dually presented to Ian Kennedy in Australia, who, unfortunately, was not present, and to CeCe Moore, who just happened to follow Brad’s presentation with her own.