Through the unprecedented use of sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA, contributed by hundreds of thousands of people from around the world, the Genographic Project is charting the course of humankind's ancient migrations and is revealing the shared sources of our ancient ancestry.

genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic

The Human Family Tree, a National Geographic Film:
On a single day on a single street, with the DNA of just a couple of hundred random people, National Geographic Channel sets out to trace the ancestral footsteps of all humanity. Narrated by Kevin Bacon, The Human Family Tree travels to one of the most diverse corners of the world -- Queens, N.Y. -- to demonstrate how we all share common ancestors who embarked on very different journeys. What did our collective journey look like, and where did it take your specific ancestors? At what point in our past did we first cross paths with the supposed strangers living in our neighborhood? The people of this quintessential American melting pot find out that their connections go much deeper than a common ZIP code.

Read more:
The Human Family Tree: Overview
The Human Family Tree: Interactive

In addition to teaching anthropology, Rev. Raymond A. Bucko is Director of the Creighton University Native American Studies Program. He is also on the advisory board to the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, and he is a member of the American Anthropological Association, the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, and the Central States Anthropological Society. Bucko currently holds the position of director of electronic communications for the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group and runs a discussion list for the Central States Anthropological Association. His publications focus primarily on the Lakota, and he maintains a Lakota and Dakota Resource Page and a Bibliography of Lakota and Dakota Sources. Father Bucko also maintains the web presence for the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group and the Jesuits in Interreligious Dialogue Group. His homepage is
puffin.creighton.edu/bucko

Dr. Warren Sanger is the Director of the Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratories at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, which provides over 14,000 diagnostic studies and 2,500 research studies per year in the areas of oncology, prenatal health, birth defects, and other molecular genetics projects. He is a Founding Fellow of the American Board of Medical Genetics and is Board Certified as a Clinical Cytogeneticist and Medical Geneticist by the American College of Medical Genetics and the American Medical Association. In addition to his role as Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology at UNMC, Dr. Sanger serves as a Cytogenetics Advisor for several organizations.
www.unmc.edu/mmi