From Deseret News archives:
Sorenson proving humans all 'kin' via a DNA database
Or is it? Sorenson believes they're more related than they think that at some points in the past, parts of their DNA resided in the same regions of the world, perhaps even the same town, though no one's sure where that was or when.
Along with DNA from George Washington and Eva Peron and most everyone else.
It is that belief that drove Perego, manager of business operations for Sorenson Molecular Genealogical Foundation, to line villagers up in the Filomeno Mata area of Mexico recently when an unexpected opportunity came to collect their DNA samples.
The foundation is building the world's largest correlated genetic and genealogical database, its goal to help people with genealogical research, using documented genetic information. The Molecular Genealogy Research Project is a tool to help verify what you think you know about your lineage, said Woodward, chief scientific officer. And to help get through the roadblocks you may have encountered trying to put names on the branches of your family tree.
It's a process being repeated all over the world, though the Mexico trip was a little unusual. Perego was part of a trade mission, accompanying Utah Gov. Olene Walker. Over dinner, an elected official suggested they get samples from the mountainous Filomeno Mata area, where the people rarely move away or marry outsiders.
The opportunity had to be seized right then because that elected official had only five days left in office. It was a chance that might not come again, Perego said. So they scrambled to get the supplies they needed to do the sampling.
No genetic line is really pure, Woodward said. You have to say, "As of when?"
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