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We had a huge interest in the DNA Lectures at Back to Our Past this year from a variety of radio and TV stations. This was a major change from previous years and a very welcome one too. Radio and TV reaches a very different audience to that engaged in social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Below is a selection of the TV and radio interviews that took place prior to GGI2016 and feature myself, Ann Marie Coghlan and Paddy Waldron. We also had some news coverage in the popular press, including this article in TheJournal.ie which has already been viewed over 24,000 times. 16th Oct 2016, thejournal.ie First of the radio interviews is a very comprehensive piece put together by the Morning Ireland programme on RTE (Ireland's national radio station). Will Goodbody, Science and Technology Correspondent, discusses the advent of genetic genealogy and specifically the DNA Lectures at Back to Our Past. Mike Mulligan from Ancestry also features in this clip (click the image to listen). Pa...

The opening and closing times for this year's show have recently been changed. They are not the same as previous years. Back to Our Past is now opening earlier (at 11am each day) and closing earlier (at 6pm each day, instead of 7pm). As a result, the timings for the DNA Lectures have been shifted back by 30 minutes and so each presentation will be starting 30 minutes sooner than previously advertised. Below is the revised Timetable together with a detailed breakdown of each of the talks. Key:  Y , Y-DNA topic;  M , mtDNA topic;  A , autosomal DNA topic (click to enlarge) DNA Lecture Schedule (Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2016) Sponsored by  FamilyTreeDNA  and organised by  ISOGG  (International Society of Genetic Genealogy) FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER 11.10 - ISOGG Ireland update ( Gerard Corcoran , ISOGG Ireland rep) Subject: general Gerard gives an overview of recent developments in Irish genealogy and genetic genealogy in particular. His presentation will inclu...

Here is the draft agenda for the   GGI2016 ISOGG Day Out   which will take place  on Monday 24th October, the day after the conference. There may be some future changes to the agenda (due to unforeseen circumstances) but such changes are not currently anticipated. Places are limited to only   20 people   and the GGI2016 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 only (so   join ISOGG today ). If you would like to be considered for a place among the Lucky 20, please leave your details in the comments section below. First-come first served, so be quick! I will notify you if you have been successful in getting a place in the week prior to   Back to Our Past . The GGI2016 Day Out ( Mon Oct 24th) 08:45 - 09.00   Assemble at  CHQ 09:00 - 10.00   Meet Irish Family History Center CEO Brian Donovan 10:00 - 12:00...