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This is a list of haplogroups of historic people. Haplogroups can be determined from the remains of historical figures, or derived from genealogical DNA tests of people who trace their direct maternal or paternal ancestry to a noted historical figure. Some contemporary notable figures have made their test results public in the course of news ...
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...
Boris Perchatkin (born 1 July 1946), the most famous participant in Nakhodka's religious emigration movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, a human rights activist who lobbied in the United States for the adoption of the "Lautenberg's Amendment" in 1989, as a result of which about 1 million people emigrated to the United States from the ...
A number of the presidents of the United States have English ancestry. The extent of English ancestry varies in the presidents with earlier presidents being predominantly of colonial English Yankee stock. Later U.S. presidents ancestry can often be traced to ancestors from multiple nations in Europe, including England. George Washington (English)
This is a list of notable Welsh Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Welsh American or must have references showing they are Welsh American and are notable.
Not too long ago, Bored Panda reported on 30 times people met stars who turned out to be very unpleasant people. Among the names on that list: Dr Phil, Kendall Jenner, Madonna, Adam Levine and ...
Eva LaRue (born 1966), actress of Scottish, French, and Dutch ancestry; played Dr. Maria Santos on All My Children, and CSI: Miami detective Natalia Boa Vista; Taylor Lautner (born 1992), actor, best known from his role as Jacob Black in the Twilight Saga film series, has some Dutch ancestry; Kellan Lutz (born 1985), actor, small amount of ...
George Adamski (1891–1965), one of the first people to publicly claim to have seen and photographed UFOs [221] Francis E. Dec (1926–1996), outsider writer and predecessor to targeted individuals; Leon Czolgosz (1873–1901), assassin of U.S. President William McKinley; John Wayne Gacy (1942–1994), serial killer, of Polish and Danish ancestry.