Genealogical Library
DNA/Genetic GenealogyTo take a look at an entertaining DNA-gathering expedition in Slovakia, click here.
If an Ancestry Daily News or Ancestry Weekly Journal link is no longer active, click here and enter the title of the article into the "Search Topics" box. Most are still there, but they change the links a lot!
- August 2, 2012 - Huffington Post article - "A Second Chance to Be a Genetic Pioneer" by Megan Smolenyak
- January 30, 2012 - The Book Case article - "Five things you didn't know about your DNA" by Megan Smolenyak
- July/August 2009 - Ancestry Magazine article - "DNA Proves Scottish Roots of Haley Family"
- July/August 2009 - Ancestry Magazine article - "DNA Proves Scottish Roots of Haley Family"
- November 11, 2007 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Honoring Our Ancestors: Haley Family of Roots Fame Joins the DNA Game"
- August 24, 2007 - BBC article - "Genetic Genealogy - What Can It Offer?"
- June 22, 2007 -
NPR, Talk of the Nation - Putting the 'Genes' Back into Genealogy - August 6, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "The ABCs of mtDNA"
- December 15, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "DNA Database Diving"
- December 8, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Have You Already Been DNA-Tested?"
- October 2, 2005 -
listen to The Genealogy Guys Podcast - Drew interviews Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, co-author of "Trace Your Roots with DNA". - September 1, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "A DNA Success Story"
- July 26, 2005 - listen to NPR's Talk of the Nation feature - "Genealogy, Forensics and the Digital Age"
- March 31, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Genetealogy" Survey Results"
- February 2005 - Family Tree article - "Demystifying DNA"
Read this article in PDF format. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Tree magazine.
- February 8, 2005 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article - "DNA Helping to Untangle Roots of Family Trees" (interview with Megan)
- February 2005 - listen to Written Voices Radio - Allan Hunkin interviews Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, co-author of "Trace Your Roots with DNA."
- January 25, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Is There a Project on Your Surname?"
- December 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "Pushing the Boundaries of Genetic Genealogy"
Read this article in PDF format. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle magazine. - September 23, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "DNA Holiday"
- Autumn 2004 - Colonial Williamsburg Journal article - "Of Surnames, Escutcheons and DNA"
Read this article in PDF format. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Colonial Williamsburg Journal. - May - June, 2004 - American Spirit article - "The Quest for Closure"
Read this article in PDF format. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of American Spirit magazine. - February 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "One-Name Studies Turn to DNA"
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle.
- January 15, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Why Search YSearch?"
- October 2003 - Family Chronicle article - "Managing a DNA Project"
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle.
- August 22, 2003 - listen to NPR's Marketplace feature - "The Lucrative Business of Genealogy"
- August 11, 2003 - Facts & Genes article - "Spot Light: Smolenyak Surname Project"
- July 8, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Genetic Genealogy: DNA Inheritance"
- March 2003 - Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (Volume VXIII - Number 1) article - "DNA Testing: The Process and The Promise"
- January 30, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "DNA Testing: Why Markers Matter"
- November/December 2002 - Family Chronicle article - "What's Next in the World of DNA Testing?"
Read this article in PDF format. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle.
- May/June 2002 - Family History Magazine article - DNA Testing Dispels a Genealogical Myth
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Everton's Family History Magazine.
- May/June 2001 - Heritage Quest article - "Unknown Soldiers Identified by DNA from Their Female Lines"
