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The Magic in Your Genes: Your Personal Path to Ancestor Work
Combines traditional genealogy with magical practices in a unique guide to deepen your relationship with ancestors.
Have you been searching for a way to find deeper connection with your ancestors? Would you like to infuse some magic into your genealogy? The Magic in Your Genes provides a clear and accessible route enabling both novices and adepts to deepen their ancestor work and genealogy practice.
The book offers a primer on the basics of DNA and genetic genealogy practices , so no prior knowledge is required to put the book to use. Magical tips and techniques are placed throughout to help the reader utilize both technical and magical resources as appropriate to the content in each chapter.
Written in a conversational style, the book is easy to understand by those with limited knowledge of genetics and genealogy, yet the book’s technical aspects on DNA and genetic testing are based on current standards as set forth by professional associations.
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The Magic in Your Genes is geared to those with a known recent genealogical history (parents, grandparents) but is also appropriate for those who are adopted or who have other situations, such as a misattributed parentage event.
Have you been searching for a way to find deeper connection with your ancestors? Would you like to infuse some magic into your genealogy? The Magic in Your Genes provides a clear and accessible route enabling both novices and adepts to deepen their ancestor work and genealogy practice.
The book offers a primer on the basics of DNA and genetic genealogy practices , so no prior knowledge is required to put the book to use. Magical tips and techniques are placed throughout to help the reader utilize both technical and magical resources as appropriate to the content in each chapter.
Written in a conversational style, the book is easy to understand by those with limited knowledge of genetics and genealogy, yet the book’s technical aspects on DNA and genetic testing are based on current standards as set forth by professional associations.
Included
The Magic in Your Genes is geared to those with a known recent genealogical history (parents, grandparents) but is also appropriate for those who are adopted or who have other situations, such as a misattributed parentage event.
256 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2023
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September 5, 2023
I have been interested in genealogy and knew the basics of DNA, but this added more meaning and magic to it for me. I feel more enthused about doing my own research and learning about my connections to my family and all people. It is also a very inclusive approach to genealogy that considers different kinds of families and family histories.
September 11, 2023
🧬 The topic of adoption was not handled with sensitivity and was often regarded as an obstacle to genealogy
🧬 Not a very welcoming book to people who do not practice magic
🧬 Some parts of the book have sexist undertones. While the author might not have meant anything bad when she talks about her mitochondrial maternal line ending with her daughters or her husband’s Y line ending, it has the potential for abuse. People might desire a certain gender to continue their genetic line/heritage. This can be a sexist, dangerous way of thinking. I was not happy to read about it in her book.
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