by Jennifer Zinck | 24 January 2016 | Cousins, DNA
My name is Jennifer and I am a cousin collector. My research plan this morning was to find a living descendant of my maternal grandmother’s brother, Tom. Tom had two sons, who my grandmother referred to as “Timmy and Tommy.” Within 30 minutes, I had...
by Jennifer Zinck | 18 November 2015 | DNA, Forensic Genealogy, General, Genetic Genealogy
“Mommy, Brother says I’m adopted!” I’ve heard that before, when my oldest son convinced my second son that he was adopted. It seems to be the thing for siblings to do. A decade later, when my second son tried it on his little sister, this mom was prepared. Come over...
by Jennifer Zinck | 12 March 2015 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
On August 31, 2011, I joined the R-DF21 and Subclades Project at Family Tree DNA with a kit I manage that represents my maternal grandfather’s Y-DNA, or direct male line. My grandfather’s favorite day was St. Patrick’s Day, and also the day that he...
by Jennifer Zinck | 12 October 2014 | DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
I had to make a choice to get this out now and messy or later and edited… I think most people want it NOW so please don’t mind the typos. These are basically raw notes with no proofreading. Dr. Michael Hammer presented Ancient and Modern DNA Update: How...
by Jennifer Zinck | 12 October 2014 | Conferences, DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
Family Tree DNA kicked off its Decennial Conference on Genetic Genealogy at the Hyatt North Houston in Houston, Texas. Max Blankenfeld welcomed the crowd of more than 180 group administrators and acknowledged those who had been to all ten conferences as well...
by Jennifer Zinck | 19 June 2014 | DNA, Education, Forensic Genealogy, General, Genetic Genealogy
Most who know me know that I thrive on learning new things. I finished my MBA with a concentration in Project Management in 2006 and took a few years off before completing the Boston University Genealogical Certificate Program in December 2012 and ProGen Study Group...
