Genetealogy, or the study of genetic genealogy, uses DNA testing to look into your roots. This week on Roots Television, Schelly Talalaly Dardashti, board member of the IAJGS, reports on the recent International Conference on Genetic Genealogy, sponsored by Family Tree DNA in Houston. Schelly gives a brief introduction to the more than 240 surname group projects represented at the conference, and reviews a presentation on bio-ethics and DNA testing given by Josephine Johnston of The Hastings Center in New York.
If you're a budding genetealogist, you may also be interested in the UVA Newsmakers lecture by Dr. Eugene Foster. It was Dr. Foster and his colleagues who first used DNA testing to look into the Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings case. On a more personal note, you can watch DNA Stories - A Tale of Two Fathers, as Bob Zins tells of his search for the truth.
You can see Schelly's interview, along with these other genetic genealogy programs, in the DNA section.