Donna asked if anyone had heard about the Ulster Heritage DNA Project. While I have not tested under this project I have tested with the company they use – Family Tree DNA. So, I can say with absolute confidence that this is a valid project. They have a large number of people already tested which increases the probability of finding a match. So, I would suggest to Donna that if she has a candidate for the project, there is no reason not to do it. If so, I would recommend the 67-marker test.

Yours aye,

Bob McLaren

I have the earlier edition of this book and I would like to compare it with the new one. I see that Chapter 5 is new, and so is Appendix J. Can you tell me how many pages the new edition has, please.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Gil

Jeff

Or does he object because these are same sex couples?

Though I am based in Virginia, I am a forensic genealogist–someone who works with courts and attorneys to establish who are the legal owners of property, whether real or personal, often by inheritance–who handles cases all across the United States, usually testifying as an expert witness by means of written affidavits, but on occasion in person.

As strict as the laws of some states are regarding inheritance, New York comes the most quickly to mind, I can see other states beginning to refuse to accept Iowa birth certificates as proof of identity when someone born in Iowa is a potential heir to an estate in other states, even those recognizing same sex marriages, because the “justice” of the same notwithstanding, it is simply not a biological possibility for 2 men or 2 women to “create” a child.

The implications go even further. Such “laws” will also make it much more difficult to identify persons at risk of hereditary diseases until the symptoms of the disease begin to manifest themselves because the true “blood lines” are being “denied” simply for political correctness (shades of Brave New World), by which point the disease is more often than not, given the current state of medical technology, UNTREATABLE. When someone at risk can be identify before the disease begins to manifest itself, not only is there a greater chance the disease can be managed with treatment, but merely noting what characteristics said person might share with or differ from others also at risk or having the disease could help to establish a cause, if not cure.

Simon & Rob -did you contact the site to ask why you’d been resubscribed?
You’ll find the site refunds immediately without fuss if you think you’ve been wrongly billed, I had the same problem with Ancestry and part from the fact they insist on you ‘phoning -it was resolved very professionally.
FWR do the same so no real moans there.