Carolyn Abraham: Everyone's DNA Tells a Story: Do You Want to Know Yours?
Selected Further Reading
Note: With Carolyn’s permission I have selected some items from the “Source Notes” of The Juggler’s Children that I think may be of general interest.
Many thanks to Ian Elliott of A Different Drummer Books for lending me a copy to facilitate compiling this list. [Mairi Fulcher, Chair, Program Committee]
Books
Kennet, Debbie. DNA and Social Networking: A guide to Genealogy in the Twenty-first Century. Gloucestershire, The History Press, 2011
Ridley, Matt. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species. New York, Harper Collins, 2000
Wells, Spencer. Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project. Washington, National Geographic, 2006
Studies
Foster EA et al, “Jefferson fathered slave’s last child “ Nature, Vol. 396, Nov 5, 1998
Hughes J.F. et al, “Chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes are remarkably divergent in structure and gene content” Nature, Vol 463 Jan 28, 2010
Jobling M.A, “In the name of the father: surnames and genetics” Trends in Genetics, Vol 17, June 2001
Kalaydijeva, L et al, “A newly discovered founder population: the Roma/Gypsies”, Bioessays Vol. 27, October 2005
Shriver, Mark D, and Rick A, Kittles, “Genetic ancestry and the search for personalized genetic histories” Nature Reviews, Vol 5, August 2004
Zerjal T, et al, “The genetic legacy of the Mongols”, American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol 27 March 2003
Articles and Essays
Baumeister, Roy F. “Is There Anything Good About Men?” Full mefdia transcript address to American Psychological Association, August 2007
Frudakis, Tony N., “Powerful but Requiring Caution: Genetic Tests of Ancestral Origins” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 93, 2005
“Genetic ailments due to endogamy” The Times of India, Sept 25, 2009
Harris, Paul, “The genes that build America” The Observer, July 15, 2007
Olsen, Steve, “The Royal We.” The Atlantic, May 2002
Thompson, Ian, “Gangster’s Paradise” The Independent on Sunday, May 10, 2009
Websites
British Library online: www.bl.uk/
Cacciottolo, Mario, “My ancestor traded in human misery”, BBC News, June 23, 2006: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5105328.stm
Database to freely upload and compare Y-DNA test results with those who have tested through other companies or projects operated by Family Tree DNA: http://www.ysearch.org/
“Falmouth Wharves” presented by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust: http://jnht.com/site_falmouth_wharves.php
General Y-DNA sites - information on using DNA to investigate ancestry. www.isogg.org Free online resource operated by the International Society of Genetic Genealogy, a non-commercial, non-profit group designed to promote the use of genetic testing in genealogy. http://www.eupedia.com/genetics/ An open resource covering subjects related to European Prehistory, Anthropology and genetics, including articles, studies, and discussion forums. http://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/ Home page of The Genographic Project, the multi-year, international effort to map the history of human migration through DNA
Genealogy sites containing various vital and property records, discussion boards, census materials, and related links: http://www.ancestry.com http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames http://www.cyndislist.com/ http://familysearch.org http://genforum.genealogy.com/ http://rootsweb.ancesty.com/ http://www.theshipslist.com/
The Free Encyclopedia of the International Circus: http://www.circopedia.org/Main_Page NB: Carolyn’s link appears to be broken but this one will take you to the Circopedia homepage.