Apr
23
2009
Pocahontas
Every family has its legends. Maybe it’s a story about how they’re descended from a passenger on the Mayflower, a Confederate soldier or Charlemagne.
Of all the classic American family legends, stories of a Native American ancestor are among of the most common. Many times there’s a well-documented link to a Native forbear: Two First Ladies [...]
Tags: ancestry, ancestry painting, Native American, Native American ancestry
Oct
10
2008
Andro is 23andMe’s science and policy liaison. His main responsibility is to monitor opinion in policy, regulatory, academic, and other stakeholder circles, and to integrate this feedback into 23andMe’s product and internal procedures. Recently, he worked on 23andMe’s successful application for a California clinical laboratory license.
Andro on the 23andMe Service:
“My father was [...]
Tags: ancestry painting, China, Philippines, policy
Jun
13
2008
Roy King is a clinical psychiatrist at Stanford University. He’s also a scholar who uses genetics and archaeology to figure out how agriculture spread through Anatolia and the Mediterranean region of Europe more than 10,000 years ago.
Now Roy has another genetic puzzle to consider – himself. With the help of 23andMe, he can now see [...]
Tags: 23andMe, ancestry, ancestry painting
Mar
25
2008
It was not very long ago – at least in evolutionary terms – that humans first ventured beyond the continent of their species’ birth. But once people did begin migrating out of Africa about 50,000 years ago to populate the lands we now call the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Americas, the transformation of [...]
Tags: 23andMe, ancestry, ancestry painting