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Presenter: Sidney Sachs

Genetic Genealogy is based on a series of different types of random events called mutations. In order to get the most from DNA, one needs to study it in a statistical way. It is not as simple looking at how closely related people's DNA is, but it is important to understand when the changes came about. The author, a retired mathematical statistician who has been working with a retired Harvard professor, analyzing DNA differences. Sachs has been researching several different samples including his own very special Y-haplogroup subclade. In the process, Sidney Sachs developed special software and procedures. Sachs' talk would explain why and how to use SNPs and STRs for all kinds of DNA.