agriculture tips

The next time you open your mouth to insert a glazed doughnut, consider swabbing the inside of your cheek first. It's zero calories and infinitely more rewarding. I'm referring to the process of scraping buccal cells (found on cheek tissue inside your mouth) to obtain a sample for genealogy genetics testing. Personal genetic testing is not just a trend -- it's science -- and it's available to you. And since the price of most of these personal DNA tests runs between $100 to $400, you'll be able to break through that proverbial "brick wall" in your research process, without breaking the bank. Genealogy and anthropology DNA testing is different from medical DNA testing, which is equated with detecting hereditary diseases and conditions. Genealogy genetics has proven to be an invaluable resource for family lineage research by helping testing participants solve genealogy puzzles. Y-DNA testing traces the direct paternal line; this is the best test to use when ...

I've been climbing my family tree for many years, and I have to tell you that it used to be much harder than it is today - - thanks in part to the many free family tree templates available on the Internet. Once you start entering names in each generation you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much easier it is to keep track of everyone. Since climbing your family tree (called genealogy) is about connecting one generation to the previous generation (i.e. you to your parents, your parents to their parents) it's critical to make sure each person is entered on the correct branch of the tree. Although you may think keeping track of everyone is easy, consider this: The number of your direct ancestors doubles with each generation (2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents). And this doesn't even include aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters. By the time you go back 10 generations you have over 1,000 direct ancestors. Keeping all those people straight without having them...