Family Tree

They’ll be busted in no time at all. — I knew the technology existed. It actually began in the 1990s so it’s been around for about thirty years give or take. In 1998 the FBI established the Combined DNA Index System, or Codis, to house these types of profiles. So, if you had been fingered printed they already have…

I just don’t know that I want to work that hard. — It all started when there was…wait for it…nothing to read here and nothing to watch on YouTube. So as I always do I work on my family tree. I was tooling away on it yesterday when I came across Marquard III von Ems. Marquard aka Mark is my 18th great-grandfather…

Solving a riddle using Python! — This article was a result of a riddle and boredom. I recently heard this riddle: If Teresa’s daughter is my daughter’s mother, what am I to Teresa? Teresa’s daughter is {me/my wife} → I am Teresa’s {daughter/son-in-law}. This riddle made me think if we can solve more complex versions of…

It’s in my DNA — I’ve been putting in several hours a day for several days now on my family tree. Basically because… After being 79 degrees last Tuesday we had gale winds and snow on Saturday I have about 5M channels of nothing to watch I’ve done some writing but I’m not really feeling…

When I first sat down to begin writing this post, I didn’t know where I would go with it. All I knew was that I wanted to document the things I was learning from researching my family tree. What you’ll find below are just a few of the many…

Lizzo just took a DNA test, turns out she is 100% that b**** — Maybe you are too. Lizzo has been on repeat recently on my streaming service. Her song “Truth Hurts” references a meme which references a tweet, which references how popular genetic ancestry tests are in the USA. I feel it. All of it. DNA tests are having a moment. So is…