Unlocking the Secrets of DNA Testing
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
- Time
- 19:30 - 21:30
- Venue
- Penn Bowling Club, Penn, WV4 5PY
Museum of South Staffordshire & Wolverhampton talk
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Where does your family come from? Adverts for DNA testing kits are constantly on the TV, but what do you actually get?
Karen's presentation covers areas such as:
Understanding how the test works in general terms
Getting the most from the test (what the results mean)
How to use your results to overcome brick walls such as illegitimacy and validating paper resources
The presentation also highlights the range and pitfalls of using DNA testing, particularly finding out where your family came from... Can you really be a Viking?
About the Speaker
Karen Evans is a former teacher, having initially completing a history degree before going on to teach in Primary schools until 2015. Karen is the author of two ‘Grim Almanac’ books for the History Press and she currently writes for Family Tree Magazine on all things genealogical. Her love and enthusiasm for history is the impetus for all her talks, be it Regency dancing or using DNA in her research.
Venue
Penn Bowling Club
10 Manor Road
Penn
WV4 5PY
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