Genealogy Round Up, October 27

Proud to be a small part of this JPAC mission

Best reason ever for a name change.
Name changers: 285 Indian girls no longer 'unwanted'

Iceland, where everyone is related to Bjork (& where someone named Smolenyak Smolenyak would be normal!)
Wanderlust: Iceland, where everyone's related to Bjork

"In less than five years, the cost of #DNA sequencing will be on par with the cost of other routine lab tests."
Google hopes deal with genomics company will make it easier for scientists to manage flood of DNA

I was the 76,719,135,0757th person to have lived on Earth (give or take a few!). What's your number?
7 billion people and you: What's your number?

I guess "an American genealogist" is my new name. At least, that's how I seem to be identified lately.
TV show ‘Who do you think you are?’ prompts spike in genealogy research in Ireland