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2. Genetic genealogy - Wikipedia

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   Genetic genealogy is the use of genealogical DNA tests, i.e., DNA profiling and DNA testing, in combination with traditional genealogical methods, to infer genetic relationships between individuals. This application of genetics came to be used by family historians in the 21st century, as DNA tests became affordable.

3. Thompson (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Thompson (surname) Thompson is a surname of English, Irish and Scottish origin which is a variant of Thomson, meaning 'son of Thom'. [2] An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the parish of Thompson in Norfolk. [3] During the Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland.

4. Brooks (surname) - Wikipedia

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   The surname Brooks is recorded in Ireland from the 1600s. O'Laughlin reports that "some of the name could stem from Irish origins, the name being changed into the English word 'Brook' or Brooks." [4] The surname is also found among English-speaking Ashkenazi Jews, deriving from the male Hebrew given name Boruch ("blessed").

5. Genealogy - Wikipedia

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   Genealogy (from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía) 'the making of a pedigree') [2] is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of ...

6. Surname - Wikipedia

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   Guild of One-Name Studies; History of Jewish family Names; Information on surname history and origins; Italian Surnames, free searchable online database of Italian surnames. Short explanation of Polish surname endings and their origin Archived 15 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Summers, Neil (4 November 2006). "Welsh surnames and their meaning".

7. Story (surname) - Wikipedia

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   The surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) is English, but Old Norse in origin. [1] The name originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. It has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”. The suffix “ey [e]” is equivalent to the ...