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Growing the Family Tree: The Power of DNA in Reconstructing Family Relationships

Authors: 
Hutchison, L.A.D.; Myres, N.M.; Woodward, S.R.
Year: 
2004
Venue: 
Proc. First Symposium on Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (BIOT-04)

The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation is building
the world’s largest database of correlated genetic and genealogical
information to enable genealogical research to
be performed using DNA analysis techniques. DNA samples
with associated 4-generation pedigree charts have so far
been collected from approximately 40,000 volunteers. Up to
170 regions of DNA are currently analyzed for each individual,
and the corresponding pedigree chart is extended as far
as genealogical databases allow, to currently include over
700,000 ancestral records. By combining these two sets of

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