Preserving Your New York Story: Connecting Living and Historical People with Ancient DNA

Presented by Éadaoin Harney on Tue, 10/07/2025 - 12:00

Join the NYG&B and guest speaker Éadaoin Harney for a look at the key essentials for beginning your genealogy journey; resources and tips specific to interpreting ancient and historical DNA research; and how you can preserve your own New York family stories.

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Speaker Bio

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Éadaoin Harney is an expert in the field of ancient DNA, with over a decade of experience extracting, sequencing, and analyzing the DNA of ancient and historical people from across the globe. Éadaoin is a Scientist on the Population Genetics R&D team at 23andMe, where her current research focuses on searching for genetic connections between historical and living people to learn about historical migrations and to help restore genealogical connections to the past that have been lost to time. She is also a lecturer in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, where she teaches courses on human population genetics and evolution.

 


This series is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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