People Search Digest

Is the future of people search held in our very own DNA? It sounds silly, but it may very well be true with new sites like 23andme. Founded to empower individuals and develop new ways of accelerating DNA research; members of 23andMe have come together with the common belief that the combined potential of [...]

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After its five month launch, family genealogy and social network Geni skyrocketed to 5 million profiles. These achievements made it inevitable that another company would try and clone its successful model. Well, that “another company” is Verwandt, and it’s doing really well.

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Genealogy is often a neglected family practice. It seems archaic, time consuming, and an overall waste of time when the project gets lodged in the hall closet. Or at least it was until Geni arrive on the scene.
Geni is a beta site that aims to be a tool for understanding and staying in touch [...]

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