Kerchner's Recommended Reading and Book List
to Learn More About DNA and DNA Testing
Learn more about Genealogy by Genetics.
See my
"Genetics & Genealogy - An Introduction" report. It's free.
Also check out my Genetic Genealogy DNA Testing Dictionary
Back to DNA Info & Resources Page.
Recommended Books
Review, and order on-line if desired, the following educational book(s) about
DNA, DNA testing, and Genetic Genealogy.
If you can only read/buy three books my top three picks to get up to speed in this new field are:
Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree
Genetic Genealogy DNA Testing Dictionary
Reflections of Our Past: How Human History is Revealed in Our Genes
New Books!
Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project, by Spencer Wells
Other books I have and recommend are:
DNA and Family History
DNA & Genealogy
Human Evolutionary Genetics
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes
How To DNA Test Our Family Relationships?
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution
The History and Geography of Human Genes [Abridged Version]
Principles of Population Genetics
Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy, A How-To Manual
Essential Genetics
DNA: The Secret of Life
Y: The Descent of Men
X: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives
The following book can be purchased via the used books network at the Amazon.com
site. Click on link below. Then search using the "Rare & Used Books"
section in the search pull down window for the title "Function of the Human Body",
by Arthur Cuyton, M.D., to locate the order page for that book on the Amazon.com site.
Function Of The Human Body
The booklet "DNA For Family Historians", by Alan Savin, can only be purchased directly from him.
You order his book via his online website.
This booklet is a very basic and easy to read introduction to using DNA testing to assist the Genealogist.
DNA For Family Historians
The "Genetic Genealogy DNA Testing Dictionary", by Charles Kerchner, can only be purchased directly from him.
This dictionary is designed for beginners to learn the terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in the field of Genetic Genealogy.
You can order his dictionary via his online website.
Genetic Genealogy DNA Testing Dictionary
Sign my Guestbook.
Read my Guestbook.
Charles F. Kerchner, Jr.
3765 Chris Drive
Emmaus PA 18049-1544 USA
Email: Contact Me
Copyright ©2003-2010
Charles F. Kerchner, Jr.
All Rights Reserved
Webpage Created - 29 Sep 2003
Last Revised - 7 Mar 2010