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DNA Testing - Are You Related to the Primary Writer of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson, was the primary writer (also one of the 56 signatories and the third president of United States of America) of the United States Declaration of Independence in which was a statement adopted by the Continental Congres on July 4, 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.

July 4th, 2008 | Posted in Paternity testing, ancient DNA, most recent common ancestor, genealogy, Y chromosome, DNA testing | No Comments

Ancient DNA Is Used To Probe Greek Ancient Shipwrecks Via DNA Testing

Based on this article from World Science, probing Greek ancient shipwrecks are possible by performing ancient DNA testing.
Where can we obtain DNA from ancient shipwrecks?
The answer lies in this picture:

February 17th, 2008 | Posted in ancient DNA, DNA testing | No Comments