{"id":343108,"date":"2025-08-14T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/343108\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T05:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:57:12","slug":"dna-testing-updates-explored-at-free-genetic-genealogy-news-2025-workshop-august-13-at-bpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/343108\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Testing Updates Explored at Free \u201cGenetic Genealogy News 2025\u201d Workshop, August 13 at BPL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\ud83e\uddec\u00a0Explore the Newest Developments in DNA Testing<\/b>
Have you taken a DNA ancestry test but aren\u2019t sure what\u2019s changed since? Curious about the latest upgrades and trends in genetic genealogy? Join us at the\u00a0Birmingham Public Library\u00a0for\u00a0\u201cGenetic Genealogy News 2025,\u201d<\/b>\u00a0a free workshop that unpacks the latest updates from major DNA testing companies and what they mean for your family research.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udfeb\u00a0Presented by Paul Boncella<\/b>
Led by\u00a0Paul Boncella, BPL\u2019s map conservator and genetic genealogy specialist, this workshop will explore evolving tools, subscription costs, and new features added by companies like AncestryDNA and 23andMe. Boncella will also separate myth from fact in DNA testing services.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn a world of growing hype, you need a guide who can separate truth from marketing,\u201d\u00a0Boncella says.\u00a0\u201cYou can’t Google this stuff; you need context from someone who works with it every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\ud83c\udf93 Free & Open to the Public<\/strong>

\nAttend in person or join us virtually via Zoom. No registration required.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udca1\u00a0Note:<\/b>\u00a0Part 2 of this workshop\u00a0will be held on\u00a0Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at the same time and location.<\/p>\n

Written by Roy L. Williams, Public Relations Director – Birmingham Public Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83e\uddec\u00a0Explore the Newest Developments in DNA TestingHave you taken a DNA ancestry test but aren\u2019t sure what\u2019s changed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-343108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115025585408240697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}