Genetic genealogy short summary
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Pre 1980 |
See The Long Version and the other timeline links at the end of that page |
1981 |
First report of mtDNA sequencing |
1983 |
PCR procedure conceived (Mullis) |
1984 |
Forensic scientists use blood analysis to identify families of kidnapped children in Argentina |
1987 |
All humans alive today descend from a single woman 200,000 years ago (mtDNA, Cann, et al) |
Late '80's |
First crime conviction based on DNA fingerprinting |
Oct 1992 |
Article published on use of mtDNA and genealogy (Roderick, et al) |
1994-95 |
mtDNA identifies Romanov family - Nicholas II, last Czar of Russia (Gill, et al) |
1996 |
FBI begins using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA in criminal cases |
Jan 1997 |
Cohanim/Cohen/Kohanim study - Y chromosomes of Jewish priests (Hammer, et al) |
May 1997 |
Alan Savin is the first genealogy hobbyist to conduct a surname DNA study |
1997 |
Britain's 9,000 year old Cheddar Man has a relative living in Cheddar (mtDNA, Sykes) |
Nov 1998 |
Thomas Jefferson - Sally Hemmings study (Y-chromosome - Foster, et al) |
1999 |
Surname studies by Pearl Duncan (Akuapim Project), Sykes, Greenspan. |
1999 |
Commercial stage begins. Family Tree DNA and Oxford Ancestors go into business. |
1999 |
James L. Sorenson meets with BYU; see also on the Long Version, 2001 Relative Genetics, 2003 Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF). |
2000 |
Savin's DNA for Family Historians |
Feb 2000 |
Lemba study "Black Jews of Southern Africa" (Y-chromosome) |
Mar 2000 |
BYU project begins (moved to Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation in 2003) |
Spring 2000 |
Surname projects begin with commercial companies - Mumma was the first |
Jun 2000 |
Sequencing of the entire human genome announced. |
Oct 2000 |
Turner starts the GENEALOGY-DNA-L discussion list at RootsWeb after conducting the first known private mtDNA study |
2001 |
Quiet year. |
Sept 2002 |
DNAPrint Genomics offers "BioGeographical Ancestry" (BGA) testing and the above discussion list has been arguing about it ever since . . . . |
Feb 2003 |
Genghis Khan study - he has a lot of descendants (Y chromosome) |
Aug 2003 |
The "complete" sequencing of the Y chromosome (about 23 million bases out of 50+ million) |
2003 Misc. |
African Ancestry and Trace Genetics offer specialized services, DNA Heritage offers Y testing, DNAPrint test helps identify murder suspect |
2004 |
1st conference for surname administrators (FTDNA); three books published |
July 2005 |
Journal of Genetic Genealogy (JoGG) launched. |