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GA Live S01 E05: Endogamy: the good, the bad, and the ugly

07/05/2018
Brian Sheffey
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Donya and Brian’s family research broke Ancestry! The reason why has everything to do with endogamy.…

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Endogamy on the plantation

17/12/2017
Brian Sheffey
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**updated 20 December 2017** Today I am going to spend a little time discussing endogamy -the…

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Endogamy: Or how an entire county can be related

07/12/2017
Brian Sheffey
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Wikipedia defines endogamy as: …the practice of marrying within a specific social group, class or ethnic…