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Bennett C. Greenspan (born 1952) is an American businessman. His business ventures have covered industries from real estate to the .com boom.Though he has mainly worked in the fields of photography and genetic testing, [2] [3] [4] he is best known for his pioneering work in genetic genealogy.
Gene by Gene is a commercial genetic testing company based in Houston, Texas. [1] The company was owned by Bennett Greenspan and Max Blankfeld, and was the parent company of Family Tree DNA.
In 2006, FamilyTreeDNA bought out the assets of DNA-Fingerprint, which was a German paternity testing company that offered à la carte testing to the genetic genealogy testing community. With this buyout, Thomas and Astrid Krahn, who had owned DNA-Fingerprint, moved to Houston, Texas, and helped open the Genomics Research Center. [citation needed]
The Genographic Project, launched on 13 April 2005 by the National Geographic Society and IBM, was a genetic anthropological study (sales discontinued on 31 May 2019) that aimed to map historical human migrations patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples. [1]
Carolyn Farb (born February 8, 1940) is a philanthropist, fundraiser and art collector. She has raised more than 50 million dollars for numerous charitable causes . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Farb is a resident of River Oaks , a wealthy neighborhood in Houston , Texas .
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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.
The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is the United States national DNA database created and maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.CODIS consists of three levels of information; Local DNA Index Systems (LDIS) where DNA profiles originate, State DNA Index Systems (SDIS) which allows for laboratories within states to share information, and the National DNA Index System (NDIS) which ...