Upcoming Talks and Presentations | English Origenes: Use Family Tree DNA to Rediscover Your English Heritage

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Targeted Recruiting for DNA testing

The beauty with the DNA approach to researching one’s ancestral origin is that the DNA does not lie! The area identified in an Irish, Scottish, English or Welsh Origenes personalised DNA report can... More

The Ferris Surname in Britain and Ireland

Surnames evolve over both time and distance, and change usually at the whim of an administrator who simply records an unfamiliar surname as he hears it. In this manner similar sounding surnames... More

New Chaney Y-DNA Case Study added to English Origenes

For cultural and historical reasons it can be more difficult to pinpoint one's English ancestral origin. But as more and more people test the success rate increases. I now have a 60% success rate... More

'Stewart' Y-DNA Case Study added to English Origenes

It is more challenging to pinpoint one's English Paternal Ancestral Genetic Homeland. This is mainly due to historical and cultural factors. However, one big advantage with English surnames is that... More

Upcoming Talks and Presentations

May 2015: Pinpointing you Kelly origins at the Kelly Clan Gathering (to be confirmed) January 17th 2015: Fermanagh Family History Society (contact fermanaghfhs@btinternet.com). October 2014: Genetic... More

Bennett Y-DNA Case Study added to English Origenes

For cultural and historical reasons pinpointing a paternal ancestral genetic homeland for people with English roots can be far more challenging compare to those with Irish and Scottish ancestry. For... More

Pinpointing Your Paternal Ancestral Genetic Homeland!

Sometimes a quite remarkable Y-DNA Case Study comes along that I will try my best to get published in a Genealogical magazine. The latest one published in Family Tree Magazine details the Paterson... More

English Origenes Presentation at Family Tree DNA Conference

I was invited by the world’s largest commercial ancestral DNA testing Company 'Family Tree DNA' to give a talk entitled 'Pinpointing a Geographical Origin' at their 8th Annual Genetic Genealogy... More

Official launch of English Origenes Website

The English Origenes is the latest website in the 'Origenes' chain (that includes Irish Origenes and Scottish Origenes) that sets out to show how one can use the results of a commercial ancestral 37... More

The Science of English Surnames

Today Britain (the island that includes England, Scotland and Wales) has about 1.6 million surnames, which is far in excess of the 420,000 surnames recorded in the 1881 census. In 1881 the population... More

The Human Colonisation of England

Humans first arrived in England around 10,000 years ago after the last ice age. It is believed that their journey began in Northeast Spain in an area now known today as the Basque Country and took... More

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Upcoming Talks and Presentations

May 2015: Pinpointing you Kelly origins at the Kelly Clan Gathering (to be confirmed)
January 17th 2015: Fermanagh Family History Society (contact fermanaghfhs@btinternet.com).
October 2014: Genetic Genealogy Ireland, Back to Our Past, RDS, Dublin Ireland.
24th-27th September 2014: 'Genetic Genealogy' at the 'Route Back Home Event,' Ballymoney Museum, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (contact: museum@ballymoney.gov.uk)
Friday August 1st 2014: 'Genetic Genealogy,' McGinley Clan Gathering, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland (contact Proinsias Mag Fhionnghaile: pmagfhionnghaile@hotmail.com).
Saturday 12th July: 'Genetic Genealogy' at the Mayo Geneaological Society (to be confirmed).
Friday May 9th 2014: 'Authenticating Your Roots' Irishgathering.ie's conference for the 'Sons of the American Revolution.' (click here for slides)
Sunday April 13th: 'Mapping Surnames,' Guild of One Name Studies Conference, Kent, UK (contact: conference@one-name.org)
Saturday March 15th 2014: ‘Pinpointing a Precise Ancestral Origin Using Commercial Ancestral DNA Testing,’ Portland, Oregon (l ink to blog post and slides).
Thursday March 13th 2014: ‘Pinpointing a Precise Ancestral Origin Using Commercial Ancestral DNA Testing,’ Seattle, USA (l ink to blog post and slides).
Thursday 6th Feb 2014 7-8pm: 'How Commercial DNA testing Can Pinpoint Your Galway Origins,' Galway City Museum, Galway City, Ireland (link to blog post and slides).
November 2013: ‘Pinpointing a Precise Ancestral Origin Using Commercial Ancestral DNA Testing,’ Coleraine, N.Ireland (NIFHS) (link to blog post and slides).
23^rd Oct 2013: ‘DNA and Genetic Genealogy’ Carrickmacross, Monaghan, Ireland.
20^th Oct 2013: ‘Pinpointing Your Irish origin Using Commercial Ancestral DNA testing’ on behalf of Family Tree DNA at the Back To Our Past exhibition in Dublin City, Ireland (link to blog post and recorded presentation).
17^th Oct 2013: ‘DNA and Genetic Genealogy’ Monaghan Town, Ireland.
1^st Oct 2013: ‘Pinpointing a Precise Ancestral Origin Using Commercial Ancestral DNA Testing,’ at the ‘Flesh and Blood, Genetics meets Genealogy’ event organised by Biotechnology Ireland, in Dublin, Ireland (link to presentation blog post and presentation slides).
25^th August 2013: ‘How Commercial DNA Testing can Pinpoint Your Irish Origin,’ at Athenry Castle, Athenry Town, Ireland.
10^th August 2013: ‘How commercial DNA testing can pinpoint your Irish Origin’
(Gael, Viking, Norman, Gallowglass or Planter?), Galway City Museum, Galway, Ireland.
Feb 2013: ‘History, Genes, and Geography, Pinpointing an Geographical Origin,’ On behalf of Family Tree DNA at the Who Do You Think You Are LIVE exhibition London, UK (link to blog post and presentation slides).
Nov 2012: 2 day workshop on ‘How to use Commercial DNA Testing to Pinpoint Your Irish (day 1) or Scottish (day 2) Origin, McClelland Irish Library, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Feb 2013: ‘Reoccurring Surname Matches from a Family Tree Y-DNA test can Pinpoint a Genetic Homeland,’ on behalf of Family Tree DNA at the 8^th Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference in Houston, Texas, USA (link to blog post and presentation slides).