Views: 465
20th January 2006
Digging up Your Family Roots: Part 1
You've begun delving into your family history. You've already filled in all the names of your great-grandparents on your family tree. You've begun collecting the legal documents that record the m...
Views: 337
05th August 2005
The French legislation has passed a law which prohibits testing for paternity without the involvement of the court system. Article 16-11 of the civil code states that in order for an individual to legally conduct a paternity test, he or she must first ha...
Views: 384
05th August 2005
Someone was once quoted as saying "It's OK that you can't choose your relatives, because they probably wouldn't have chosen you either."
Sure, every family reunion has its share of spats now and then, but think of how well you can smooth things over b...
Views: 351
28th June 2005
Lost Relatives and Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide
"Collecting Dead Relatives and Sometimes a Live Cousin" and "My Family Tree is Lost in the Forest" are just some of the catchy slogans found printed on the shirts of genealogy enthusiasts. These avid res...
Views: 530
05th May 2005
DNA Profiling and Its Uses in Court
Stronger evidence in courtrooms—it's what every attorney, defendant, and plaintiff dreams of. Beginning in the last 1980s, this is exactly what began to surface through DNA profiling.
In addition to the one-of-a-k...
Views: 314
05th May 2005
The dawn of the DNA test
Back in the 1700s, the best way to determine paternity was by a good hard look at the child, followed by a good hard look at the father. Enough coincidences and maybe a relationship could be proposed. A hundred years l...
Views: 537
03rd May 2005
Beaming data to the moon—it sounds intriguing, but is it really the answer to offsite backup?
Dozens of businesses were unable to recover from 9/11. Having all of their files and backup data in one location added incredible economic damage to the alrea...
Views: 495
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