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We have a great line-up of speakers for GGI2016, which once again is kindly sponsored by FamilyTreeDNA and organised by volunteers from ISOGG , the International Society of Genetic Genealogy.  Below is the final schedule.  This is the fourth year of Genetic Genealogy Ireland . We have 21 speakers and 21 presentations, making this the joint largest genetic genealogy conference in the world (along with WDYTYA in the UK). This year's theme is:  Remembering 100 Years Ago And this theme is very much in line with all the 1916 / 2016 activities that have been going on in Ireland all year to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising and the continued Irish involvement in World War One. We are now in a decade of centenaries in Ireland, starting with the Dublin Lockout of 1913 and culminating with the emergence of modern Ireland as a Free State in 1922. Several of the presentations speak directly to the theme. Jens Carlsson from University College Dublin will be talking about the...

Background A microbiology graduate, Diahan Southard has spent 15 years in the genetic genealogy industry. In her current position as Your DNA Guide , she provides personalized, interactive experiences to assist individuals and families in interpreting their genetic results in the context of their genealogical information.  She is also the author of DNA Quick Guides, producer of a video tutorial series, as well as a featured author for Family Tree Magazine and regular contributor to Your Genealogy Today. What do you do as a Day Job?  This is it! What do you do as a Night Job?  I am a mom. How did you get into genealogy? Can I just say divine providence? My high school English teacher advised all of us seniors to get involved in research as soon as we started college. So, I did. I walked into the Microbiology department at Brigham Young University and asked to see a list of research interests of the professors in the department. After a boring list including bacteria and v...

If you are coming to Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2016, there will be many talks and tours around the centenary of the Easter Rising. Irish politics and Irish history are not the easiest to understand at the best of times, but John D. Ruddy has put together a great little video that gives you the key facts about the Easter Rising in a very digestible fashion. He has also created an excellent video on World War One, which serves as the backdrop to the Easter Rising. Thanks John! Maurice Gleeson August 2016