Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 • 11 a.m. PST
Via Zoom. Members will be sent link. Non-members can RSVP at gshasocal@gmail.com
Presenters: Miguel A. Torrez and Anthony Martinez
DNA can be a powerful tool in the genealogist tool box, but it is important to know that there are different kinds of DNA tests. Each designed to answer a different investigatory question. This presentation will discuss the Y-DNA test, the most useful and powerful of the DNA tests for the purposes of genealogy.
Bio(s):
Miguel A. Tórrez is a Research Technologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory working in Material Science. He earned his BS in Environmental Science from Northern New Mexico College. Tórrez serves as the administrator of the New Mexico Genealogical Society’s NMGS DNA Project and is a member of the Manitos project (manitos.net). Miguel has published many genetic genealogy articles and contributed a chapter to “Nación Genízara. Ethnogenesis, Place, and Identity in New Mexico.”
More on Miguel can be found at his blog, New Mexico Genetic Genealogy (https://nmgeneticgenealogy.wordpress.com/ ) and at the NMGS.org website under the NMGS DNA Project tab.
Anthony “Lee” Martinez – Growing up in a Mormon family in the Española Valley of Norther New Mexico, Lee was immersed in genealogy form a young age, scouring small, remote cemeteries throughout the mountain villages in the area with his parents from the age of 10. Lee’s parents served for a time as the LDS Family Search History Librarian, based in the valley, back in the day when micro-fiche was a primary research source. Now with over 40 years of genealogical research under his belt, Dr. Martinez directly manages 22 Y-DNA accounts, representing 11 surnames, and consults with the NMGS DNA team on Y-DNA project.
