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Many religions have at least a component to them that emphasizes the importance of ancestors.
Wikipedia explains that veneration of the dead (aka “ancestor reverence”) “is based on the beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.”
These beliefs result in the cultivation of “kinship values,” which stress the importance of familial piety, loyalty and lineage.
Whereas it has long been possible to investigate family roots (note the Bible’s descriptions of such), a new development in genealogical research has added an extra dimension to such knowledge.
Steve Dent reports on a Geographic Population Structure (GPS) tool that was developed at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. This technological tool makes it often possible to determine the exact village in which your ancestors lived 1,000 years ago.
This is done through the wonders of DNA sequencing, utilizing “more than 100,000 DNA signatures called AIMS (ancestry-informative markers).”
Resources
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/dna-gps-locate-ancestors-1000-years-ago/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589
Copyright May 5, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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