Roots Gurus
This Harvard professor hosts a genealogy television show that features history, genealogy and genetics.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
These fifth cousins once removed married in 1905, 28 years before moving to the White House
Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This species is 99% genetically identical.
humans
Often printed a few days after a person's death. May include the deceased's age and living relatives.
Obituary
The LDS chuch stores family history records in a granite mountain vault near this city.
Salt Lake City
Irish genealogist who published books on peerage, baronetage and knightage of the United Kingdom.
John Burke
These third cousins and descendants of Queen Victoria were married for 74 years. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
This type of dna is inherited from the mother.
Mitochondrial DNA
Census
Known as the "Lost Colony" this Virginia site was where Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Roanoke
This author had a hit 1976 book and 1977 television series which inspired a broad interest in African American family history.
Alex Haley
This father and son pair went to high school in Andover long before moving to 1600 Pensylvania AvenueGeorge H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
A unit used to measure genetic distance
centimorgan
The term for a document listing passengers on a train, boat or plane.
Manifest
This Israeli archive and museum is the principal repository for information about the Holocaust including the famous Hall of Names.
Yad Vashem
American genetic genealogist famous for solving cold cases and appearing on ABC's The Genetic Detective
CeCe Moore
This Italian banking family was politically powerful in the 15th and 16th centuries and boasted four Popes of and two queens of France
Medici
These particular chromosomes are passed down virtually unchanged from father to son across generations making it useful for genealogical analysis.
Y chromosome
These records include wills, property inventories and lists of heirs.
Probate records
The first American immigration station, predating Ellis Island.
Castle Garden or Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton
This Andover, MA native authored a multi-voume work about the lineage of of the early settlers in her hometown.
Charlotte Helen Abbott
This long line of nobility began with Ivan the Terrible's reign in 1547 and included Peter the Great
House of Romanov
Genetic group of people who share a common ancestor
haplogroup
A legal document, indicating ownership of real estate.
Deed
Early American migration road also known as King's Highway was a mail delivery route between Massachusetts and South Carolina.
Boston Post Road