Bennett Greenspan, entrepreneur and a life-long genealogy enthusiast, founded Family Tree DNA in 1999, turning a hobby into a full-time vocation. His effort and innovation created the burgeoning field now known as genetic genealogy. Sponsor: Family Tree DNA.

Saturday 10:00 a.m SA-037. DNA Beyond the Paternal and Maternal Lines. Traditional genetic genealogiy uses the male inherited Y chromosome or the universally inherited mitochondria. The unique Family Finder testing program breaks through all barriers and offers researchers ossibilities that never exited before. Whereas in the past we had to follow direct lines of descent, with autosomal testing for genealogy, sex doesn't matter any more.