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Month: September 2019

The Hicks Babies

September 17, 2019 thednageek 115d Comments

In the mid-1940s, Dr. Thomas Jugarthy Hicks opened the Hicks Community Clinic in the small town of McCaysville, Georgia, mere…

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Posted in: Finding Family Filed under: adoptees, black-market adoption, Hicks Babies, unknown parentage

Big Changes at DNA.Land

September 16, 2019 thednageek 12d Comments

DNA.Land was founded to unite the intellectual power of geneticists from Columbia University and the New York Genome Center with…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: DNA.Land, informed consent, Terms of Service

Why Do People Take DNA Tests?

September 9, 2019 thednageek 5d Comments

A frequent refrain in the genetic genealogy community is “Why do people take DNA tests if they’re not interested in…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: academic research, DNA testing, survey

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