All My Foreparents

Each of the major DNA testing companies has an analysis of ethnicity based on their autosomal tests. They appear more based on statistics th...

Autosomal results came in recently for Susan, my second cousin on my father's maternal side. This is the structure of the family. ...

A Joint Post with Lara Diamond of Lara's Jewnealogy Dorit and Evelyne Last week, Dorit sat in my office learning about DNA match an...

This morning, my #4 son Devir was delivered into the hands of the Israel Defense Forces for the next three years. I'll say some mo...

Part Three (Parts One and Two should be up in a few days.) In the spirit of some other illustrative five-generation charts, Lara Diamond ...

The plan for a London set of Pikholz blogs has been sitting on my desk for at least a year and now that I am scheduled to speak in London on...

We who are fully immersed in the mikvah that is genetic genealogy like to say that DNA is the hottest topic in genealogy today. I have cert...

As I have said before, I began my path to my book when I took a course in Practical Genetic Genealogy at GRIP nineteen months ago, and the...

I ordered my pick-up for the ride to the airport for 3:45 tomorrow (Wednesday) morning for my 7:35 flight. I thought I had packed well, but ...

It's not generally my way to summarize at the end of the Gregorian year when we have a perfectly good Jewish New Year for that purpose, ...