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com, I would never have 
discovered the fascinating 
hobby of genetic genealogy. 
Now, every time I receive 
an email from ancestry.com 
with another DNA match 
or a clue about where one 
of my distant ancestors 
might have come from, I’m 
intrigued and drop whatev-
er I’m doing to log into the 
website.
Back in 2019, it was esti-
mated that more than 26 
million people had added 
their DNA to the four lead-
ing commercial ancestry 
databases, which includes 
ancestry.com. At that time, 
it was predicted that if the 
pace continued, the gene 
troves could hold data on 
the genetic makeup of more 

than 100 million people 
within the next two years. 
That means that there’s a 
very good chance that there 
are DNA matches to long-
lost relatives just waiting to 
be discovered on websites 
like ancestry.com. 
In addition to discovering 
your roots, there are count-
less health benefits to iden-
tifying your relatives as well. 
I highly recommend the 
intriguing hobby of genetic 
genealogy. 

Rabbi Jason Miller is a local edu-

cator and entrepreneur, who writes 

about the intersection of tech-

nology with Jewish life in the 21st 

century. Follow him on Twitter at @

RabbiJason and visit his website: 

www.mitzvahrabbi.com. 
In the yearbook photo, Jason Miller’s grandmother is at the top: 
Adele Goldberg.

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