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Old 12-18-2003, 09:47 PM
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Originally posted by russellwarshay
I can only trace back 4 generations because of the way Jews were treated in 19th century Europe. Anyway, within 10-20 years, we will all, thanks to advances in genetics, be able to trace our ancestry back hundreds, if not thousands of generations, and probably for not a lot of money. The future will be very interesting.
Actually, I was referring to research here in the USA. Different countries are more or less genealogically prone than the US.

Genetics are already being used for some projects! I recently saw a woman successfully apply to the DAR using a DNA test!
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