New DNA Comparison Chart
We’re still waiting for additional testing results, but in the meantime I’ve created a chart to show a simplified version of the matches. The colored squares show the markers that don’t match. The...
View ArticlePuzzlement and Unexpected Results
While we’re still waiting for a couple of groups markers to come back from a 67-marker test (we have 50/67 completed now), we have some surprising results. We had expected the two participants from...
View ArticleJune Special on DNA Testing Prices
I just got a notification from FTDNA–from June 5-June 25, the prices for Y-DNA tests ordered through a project are Y-DNA67 for $199 (Regular price would be $239) or Y-DNA37 for $119 (Regular price...
View ArticleLinking up with the WIRTH Project
Several of our Bacharach participants are in the process of being added to a larger DNA project, called the WIRTH project after the first initials of the first five members’ surnames. The reason we’ve...
View ArticleSale Prices on DNA Tests Until the End of December
FTDNA is offering tests at a sale price until the end of the year. Y-37 for $119 (regularly $169) and Y-67 at $199 (regularly $268). If you or anyone you know is male and has a surname similar to...
View ArticleBacharachs and the Early Frankfurt Jewish Communities
The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference 2012 is in Paris in July. I’ll be there, along with co-researcher Janet Akaha who will be making a presentation about the...
View ArticleChart Your Place in a Big Family Tree
The WIRTH project, which is a group of researchers and their relatives whose Y-DNA belongs to the J2a4 haplogroup, is about to construct a phylogenetic tree of all the men in the project, showing how...
View ArticlePhylogenetic Trees: A Snapshot of the Genetic Relationships
I recently discovered a very helpful utility at mymcgee.com that helps interpretation of Y-DNA data. I’ve created a couple of trees and posted them to a new page here.
View ArticleFrom Kansas to the Rhine: A DNA Journey Through Europe’s Rabbinic Capitals
For the Winter 2014 issue of Avotaynu Magazine, I wrote an article explaining the Bacharach DNA project. You can download a PDF copy of the article here.
View ArticleFirst Ever Worldwide Bacharach Gathering
On July 7, 2015, Bacharach descendants gathered in Jerusalem to meet each other and reconnect branches that have been separated for 500 years or more. Descendants of several of the lines for which we...
View ArticleNew DNA Comparison Chart
We’re still waiting for additional testing results, but in the meantime I’ve created a chart to show a simplified version of the matches. The colored squares show the markers that don’t match. The...
View ArticlePuzzlement and Unexpected Results
While we’re still waiting for a couple of groups markers to come back from a 67-marker test (we have 50/67 completed now), we have some surprising results. We had expected the two participants from...
View ArticleJune Special on DNA Testing Prices
I just got a notification from FTDNA–from June 5-June 25, the prices for Y-DNA tests ordered through a project are Y-DNA67 for $199 (Regular price would be $239) or Y-DNA37 for $119 (Regular price...
View ArticleLinking up with the WIRTH Project
Several of our Bacharach participants are in the process of being added to a larger DNA project, called the WIRTH project after the first initials of the first five members’ surnames. The reason we’ve...
View ArticleSale Prices on DNA Tests Until the End of December
FTDNA is offering tests at a sale price until the end of the year. Y-37 for $119 (regularly $169) and Y-67 at $199 (regularly $268). If you or anyone you know is male and has a surname similar to...
View ArticleBacharachs and the Early Frankfurt Jewish Communities
The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference 2012 is in Paris in July. I’ll be there, along with co-researcher Janet Akaha who will be making a presentation about the...
View ArticleChart Your Place in a Big Family Tree
The WIRTH project, which is a group of researchers and their relatives whose Y-DNA belongs to the J2a4 haplogroup, is about to construct a phylogenetic tree of all the men in the project, showing how...
View ArticlePhylogenetic Trees: A Snapshot of the Genetic Relationships
I recently discovered a very helpful utility at mymcgee.com that helps interpretation of Y-DNA data. I’ve created a couple of trees and posted them to a new page here.
View ArticleFrom Kansas to the Rhine: A DNA Journey Through Europe’s Rabbinic Capitals
For the Winter 2014 issue of Avotaynu Magazine, I wrote an article explaining the Bacharach DNA project. You can download a PDF copy of the article here.
View ArticleFirst Ever Worldwide Bacharach Gathering
On July 7, 2015, Bacharach descendants gathered in Jerusalem to meet each other and reconnect branches that have been separated for 500 years or more. Descendants of several of the lines for which we...
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