Can DNA tests prove a person’s nationality?

In this post, Sarah Abel discusses recent reports of commercial DNA ancestry tests being used to investigate the origins of refugees. Continue reading
In this post, Sarah Abel discusses recent reports of commercial DNA ancestry tests being used to investigate the origins of refugees. Continue reading
Post-doc Sarah Abel discusses the impact of DNA ancestry testing on White nationalist communities, and explores to what extent genetics can help tackle racism.
Over the last couple of months, a number of articles have appeared in the media and blogosphere highlighting the issues of data ownership and privacy in relation to direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic ancestry testing.
Artist and PhD researcher Kelcy Davenport discusses her inspiration for the soundwork “What Makes Us?”, which she presented at this year’s Pint of Science festival in Cambridge. Continue reading
CitiGen post-doc Sarah Abel discusses her recent visit to the UK’s largest family history event, Who Do You Think You Are? Live, held from 6th-8th April at the NEC in Birmingham. Continue reading
This week’s blog – compiled by CitiGen post-docs Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Bart Lambert, and Sarah Abel – turns to one of the UK’s most widely publicised DNA testing cases in recent years: the genetic study of the remains of Richard III, excavated from a city council car park in Leicester in 2012. Continue reading
Last week, CitiGen post-doc Sarah Abel attended North America’s largest annual family history conference, RootsTech, held from 8th-11th February in Salt Lake City. This post comprises a collection of her thoughts and observations from the event. Continue reading
CitiGen is an international research project that aims to study how modern and ancient genomic data are being used to shape public understandings of the past.
Headquartered at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, CitiGen involves academic partners from Iceland, Ireland, and the UK, as well as non-academic partners from the fields of genetic ancestry testing, family tree research, and public engagement with science.
The project is funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Joint Research Programme “Uses of the Past”.