Roots Television | Megan's Roots World

I can't help it. I see genealogy everywhere I look. Here are some random recent spottings that caught my attention:

Who's your daddy?
The body of an Australian politician notorious for his womanising has been dug up for DNA testing a century after his death to settle a paternity case . . .

Dutch first in decoding female DNA
A red-haired, 34-year-old Dutch woman has become the first woman in the world to have her compete DNA unraveled . . .

A Case of MisTaken Identity?
(TV show) A Case of MisTaken Identity?" chronicles one man's search for the father he never knew. . .

Unearthing bones can also unearth family secrets (might have to sign in)
It started off as a routine DNA test to help two parents from a wealthy Southern family decide whether to have children. But the saga that unfolded as a genetic counselor investigated the family's biological roots became a tale of long-concealed secrets worthy of a Faulkner novel. . .

For 60 years, her birth date was wrong
Her entire life, Meriellen Lacy, 60, believed she was born on June 27. Thursday, she found out that was wrong. . .

Springfield construction site turns up mystery skeleton
A shovelful at a time, Chris Ruiz sifts dirt from an unmarked grave through a one-eighth-inch screen. There are bones there. But whose?

And finally -- and I heartily agree with this:
Everyone's a historian now; How the Internet - and you - will make history deeper, richer, and more accurate. (might have to sign in)
UNTIL RECENTLY, IF you were a historian and you wanted to write a fresh account of, say, the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II, research was a pretty straightforward business. You would pack your bags and head to the National Archives, and spend months looking for something new in the official combat reports . . .