Tag Archives: family

On The Problem Of Populations In Genetic Genealogy

Posted on May 29, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the notable aspects of genetic genealogy is the marketing that companies push to would-be customers about how genetic testing can help one better understand where one comes from. What I would like to share is a bit of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?

Posted on May 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s Suggestions, by Patricia Marx and Roz Chast I must admit that this book was not quite as funny as I thought it would be. It is … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day In The Bible

Posted on May 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

For a variety of reasons, including the random way that speaking schedules work, I often end up being the instructor for either mother’s day or father’s day and such was the case today. One of the challenges of talking about … Continue reading →

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The Strange Travels Of The Vagabond Bennetts

Posted on May 8, 2021 by nathanalbright

Once of the hazards of being interested in studying history and being pretty open about one’s genealogy, and having a name as ambiguous as my own is the way that one gets a lot of messages about one’s family background. … Continue reading →

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On The Boones Of Pennsylvania And Devonshire

Posted on May 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting conversations I had was with someone who was trying to trace his own complex ancestry to the Boones and to the early settlement of Kentucky. The two of us happened to have a genetic match … Continue reading →

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Your Sins Will Find You Out In Genetic Genealogy

Posted on April 23, 2021 by nathanalbright

I must admit personally to being very fond of genetic genealogy. That is not to say that there are not risks that genetic information could be misused by someone, but only that the ease of finding DNA for someone if … Continue reading →

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The Scandals That Don’t Happen

Posted on April 20, 2021 by nathanalbright

I still remember to this day the experience that I had when my mum and I went to an evening meeting of the Spanish Honor Society when I was a freshman in high school, and my mother had to liven … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When He Was Wicked

Posted on March 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

When He Was Wicked, by Julia Quinn This book is a particularly unsatisfying one. One of the things that makes this book unsatisfying is that it deals with two flight-prone people who, despite being good friends, are rather unsettling in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: What Is Happening To Me?

Posted on March 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

What Is Happening To Me?: How To Defeat Your Unseen Enemy, by Jeannie Ortega Law [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Chosen Books in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] In … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Raising Spirit-Led Kids

Posted on February 20, 2021 by nathanalbright

Raising Spirit-Led Kids: Guiding Kids to Walk Naturally In The Supernatural, by Seth Dahl [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Chosen Books in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This book … Continue reading →

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