At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators, Katherine Hope Borges and Alice Fairhurst led a meeting of the Family Tree DNA Chapter of ISOGG (International Society of Genetic Genealogy).
Katherine Hope Borges and Alice Fairhurst
SOURCE: Katherine Hope Borges and Alice Fairhurst (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 06 November 2011.
ISOGG was started in 2005 after the 2004 Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators . The ISOGG wiki has added the ability to create a book about anything.
There has been increased movement towards regulation of DTC (direct to consumer) DNA tests, especially medical tests.
In a 2011 survey of the ASHG (American Society of Human Genetics), 74% said that DTC tests should not be available for all purposes, 84% were in favor of DTC tests, but consumers should be aware of the limitations . Regarding the availability of DTC ancestry tests, 60% were in favor, 20% were neutral, and 20% were against.
The ISOGG PAC (Political Action Committee) is not related to money.
California added genetic information to the list of information that people cannot be discriminated against . The new law (SB559) becomes effective on 01 January 2012 . This is stronger than GINA (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) . GINA failed several times before it was passed.
ISOGG wanted a clearing house to name Y-DNA subclades based on new SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) . ISOGG needs the help of members to identify new SNPs . The majority of men in ISOGG are in haplogroup R . ISOGG prepares a Y-DNA haplogroup map and updates it when new information is available . This map is in harmony with the YCC (Y Chromosome Consortium), but it is not identical to the Family Tree DNA Y haplogroup map because the Family Tree DNA haplogroup map is updated less frequently than is the ISOGG haplogroup map.
Copyright © 2011 by Stephen J. Danko
