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Once again, Gerard Corcoran (ISOGG Ireland Representative) has organised a fantastic agenda for our traditional ISOGG Day Out on the Monday after the conference (i.e. Monday Oct 22nd). This year we are visiting Genomics Medicine Ireland and the Harbour Innovation Campus. Places are limited to only 20 people and the GGI2018 speakers and volunteers on the FTDNA stand get first pick. Any places left available after that will be available on a first-come first served basis to ISOGG members. If you would like to be considered for a place among the Lucky 20, please leave your details in the Comments section below. There may be some future changes to the agenda (due to unforeseen circumstances) but such changes are not currently anticipated. MORNING PROGRAMME Genomics Medicine Ireland 9:30 Assemble at the reception of Genomics Medicine Ireland GMI Building Location : Genomics Medicine Ireland, Floor 2, Building 4, Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin, D18 K7W4 (across from Dell) Please note : par...

Presentation: A Genomic Compendium of an Island: Documenting Continuity and Change across Irish Human Prehistory What will be discussed? Lara will discuss the findings of her recently completed thesis which assessed the genomes of 93 ancient skeletal remains across the island of Ireland. This analysis provides the most comprehensive analysis yet of prehistorical migrations into Ireland and how the arrival of these waves of new populations shaped who the people of Ireland are today. Background: Lara developed an interest in biology and evolution from a young age through popular science books left lying around the house by her father. She went on to complete an undergraduate degree in Human Genetics at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin and finished with first-class honours. She was subsequently awarded a postgraduate scholarship by the Irish Research Council to undertake a PhD in Palaeogenomics the Bradley Lab at the same institute. The main focus of this project ...

Presentation: Developments in O’Neill DNA Genealogy Project Team:  Sean O’Neill, Fred Mulholland, Dwayne O’Neill & Ed O’Neill. Sean is a member of Clans of Ireland and the Association of O’Neill Clans. Day Jobs:  All four of us are professional engineers in various technical disciplines. Three of us are retired. Sean has been involved with a number of high technology companies since their start up. Our outside activities include travelling and some of us play tennis, golf and sail. Night Jobs: As the administrators of the O’Neill DNA project, there are always questions to be answered from O’Neill’s all over the world. The four of us co-ordinate our activities concerning how best to encourage people to take tests that will yield significant information that matches known genealogy. We interpret their results, group the kits and provide an overview. How did you get into genealogy? Sean became involved in genealogy through his father, Desmond O’Neill, who had an avid interes...

Presentation:  What are the odds? A tool for fitting a DNA match into a tree Background: Dr Andrew Millard Associate Professor in Archaeology at Durham University BA Chemistry, DPhil Archaeological Science Member of ISOGG, Society of Genealogists, Guild of One-Name Studies, Northumberland and Durham FHS, Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. Chair of the Trustees of Genuki. What do you do as a Day Job? My day job is as a university academic. I’m an expert in dating, chemical analysis of bones and teeth and statistics in archaeology. The activities include teaching undergraduates and postgraduates, researching and the inevitable admin. So you might find me in a lecture theatre, preparing samples in the lab, or (most likely) sat in my office at my computer. What do you do as a Night Job?   You mean when my day job isn’t stretching into a night job as well? I’m using genetic genealogy to identify ancestors and unravel more than one adoption in my family tree, but I only h...

Title of your presentation: Cold Case Solved: The Use of Autosomal DNA in Identifying Offenders and Victims of Violent Crime. Brief biographical details Ph.D. Biology University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California J.D. University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas. Member: ISOGG, Monterey County Genealogy Society (MoCoGenSo) Day Job: Retired intellectual property attorney; specialized in patenting biotechnology inventions. Night Job: I am a Search Angel with DNAAdoption.org and help teach the online autosomal DNA classes that we offer to teach adoptees how to use their autosomal DNA to find birth relatives. I also assist law enforcement with identification of unknown crime victims as well as violent offenders using autosomal DNA and work with adoptees and others to identify immediate birth family members. How I got into genealogy: My mother was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England but at the age of 7, she and her family emigrated to New Zealand. Her father was...