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Flemish DNA & Ancestry: History of three families over five centuries using conventional and genetic genealogy.
BFlemish DNA Ancestry/B History of three families over five centuries using conventional and genetic genealogy Author:Guido Deboeck Conventional genealogy relies on documents that can contain errors, may have been written to mislead, or could be partially destroyed. Some relationships are never recorded. To go beyond the constraints of documents, genetic genealogy can be deployed. Through DNA testing paternal or maternal lineages can be disclosed. Dr. Deboeck combines in thi... more »s book conventional and genetic genealogy to reveal the history of three Flemish families over five centuries. He describes the occupations of each of these families as well as the history of lace making, beer brewing, and immigration. With concrete examples he illustrates the interpretation of DNA results and the uploading of those results to public databases. This book also includes an introduction to the Flanders-Flemish DNA project, the first analysis of actual Flemish DNA records and a summary of the deep ancestry of people with Flemish roots. xxiv, 372 pp., illustrated, indexed, paper, ISBN 0-9725526-7-7 Published by Gateway Press Inc, Baltimore, Md. for Dokus Publishing, Arlington, Va.« less