TIME Magazine is carrying an article by Michael D. Lemonick, that covers genetic genealogy research, an area that continues to grow as more people do DNA genealogy research and as more people become interested in their medical genealogy. This is another high profile story, the second or third in the past few weeks (although the others were more concerned with regular genealogy or DNA tracking alone).
Pam Mellskog writes about the value of genealogy not only in regards to knowing where one came from, but knowing what illnesses might run in a family in Probing your genealogical past, an article for the Daily Times-Call/Longmont FYI (CO). We’ve mentioned similar stories in the past, and the US Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative can be found here.
KUTV (Salt Lake City) has an article, Genealogy & Health, that mentions the holidays as being a good time to cover your family’s health history, and discussing potential problems before they become serious problems.
Tricia Scruggs has an article in the McKinney Courier-Gazette (TX), Leaving a Legacy: a gift to future generations, that delves into an area of genealogy that for some genealogists, was their first real taste – medical genealogy. Over the years, I’ve talked to several people who came into genealogy because they were researching their family’s health history.