Family Reunion Traces Family Tree w/ DNA

I saw this article this morning in the LA Times and thought it was awesome. 600 people of the same last name from across the U.S. and Europe get together in Marina Del Rey, California for a super family reunion. Actually, that number is pretty normal for my family reunions. But here’s the cool part: they’re not just getting together to have water balloon fights and eat jello. They’re all going to take DNA tests to trace their ancestry back 800 years. Imagine what you could discover through the magic of modern genomics.

Have you ever considered doing this for your family reunion? Could be very cool. I’m definitely going to recommend it to my family.