New family finder type programs make connecting via y-DNA (surname connections) no longer the only way to find genetic relatives with DNA.
I asked a clerk if there were any case files connected to anyone with the surname Biro, and after a long wait I was handed a stack of mottled folders.
With some support from the Hmong villagers – with whom they are connected by the same Chinese surname – Pa and her family members earn a meagre living doing embroidery.
Many of them are connected to the club by history, memory and blood – the recurring surnames are Brown, Bamblett, Edwards, Austin, Saunders, Briggs, Murray and Thorpe.
"When I see the word 'supermodel' connected to me, I think, no, Naomi is a supermodel; Claudia is a supermodel," said Mr. Beckford, whose surname, like any star model's, has become superfluous.
Mr. Cera said he was 16 when he read the book and instantly connected with Nick, a precocious and embarrassingly confessional teenager living in Oakland who has terrible skin, a persistent case of virginity and a sibilant surname.
The fact that these names are connected to the British Isles may be one of the reasons she chose it: Caitlyn's mother, Esther McGuire, has a surname traditionally considered of Irish descent.
Madison, Wis .- NO sooner did we learn that President Bush had chosen Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court than commentators began blurting: "Scalito!" Judge Alito, a man of stellar credentials and 15 years on the federal bench, has long endured the witticism that connects his lyrical surname to that of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Dr. Redmonds, the historian, said a library of DNA matched to surnames would be useful in connecting branches of a family that lacked historical records to document their kinship.
Because it did not mention her surname, "I didn't think anybody could connect it to me".
