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Genetic genealogy

The only thing that competes with pornography on the Web is genealogy, and the biggest trend in family research is genetics testing. Take a swab of saliva from your inner cheek and send it off with a check for a few hundred dollars, and you can find out where your ancestors likely came from–well before that place you’ve tediously traced them back to and apparently reached a dead end. I’m almost ready to try it, with a little more investigation. I’m not expecting any surprises of this order, but, hey, you never know.