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Applying the EAM to DNA: Part 3, Evidence

Why do we take DNA tests? Reasons vary. Many people hope it will “tell me who I am.” That’s a reasonable expectation for adoptees and others with questions about their own parents and siblings. Others swab or spit because they think it will tell them where their ancestors come from. Experienced family historians turn to DNA to help resolve questions for which paper-trail research has turned up no explicit answer.

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EAM & GPS: Newsflash! Siblings, not Twins

In another forum, a researcher asks how the "GPS" and its breakdown of sources vs. information vs. evidence applies to DNA.It’s a spot-on question in today’s research world, but it can’t be answered without straightening out a bit of confusion:

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Case Building 101 for Historical Researchers

Researcher Bev Wright has a legal background. Now that she’s pursuing history, she wonders how the practices of one field applies to the other:

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Building a Case

5 December 2014 As historical researchers, our role has much in common with prosecutors in a court case. When we search historical records, we search for information we can use as evidence. ...

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Proof Argument vs. Proof Summary

19 July 2014 "Proof" is a loaded word. Different fields define it in radically different ways. Some even argue that proof cannot exist in historical research because none of us can say with certainty what happened in the past. All we can do ...

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