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11/15/2011: Why do we care so much about our ancestors?


As evident from the wide popularity of the television series "Who Do You Think You Are?" and the dozens of websites (such as Ancestry.com, Family Tree DNA, and FamilySearch) and software programs designed to help people construct their family trees and discover hitherto unknown ancestors and relatives, we certainly have a tremendous fascination with genealogy.  The rise of genetic testing has made genealogy more popular than ever and transformed our concept of identity.  Click here to read more in the science section of Salon.

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