Schelly Talalay Dardashti
November 3, 2009
Schelly and Susan will discuss the Iberian Askenaz DNA Project at Family Tree DNA and surprises for ostensible Ashkenazi who are finding Sephardic roots. With both genetic genealogy booming, there is also a growth in Sephardic genealogy as well. As an expert in Persian Jewish genealogy, Schelly will provide some useful ideas.
A native New Yorker now living in Tel Aviv, Schelly Talalay Dardashti is a journalist, blogger, online genealogy instructor and speaker, focusing on all aspects of Jewish genealogy.
Schelly writes the top-ranked Jewish genealogy blog, Tracing the Tribe, http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com and the general topic MyHeritage Genealogy Blog for the genealogical social networking site, MyHeritage.com.
Her interests cover all possible aspects of Jewish genealogy, including DNA genetic testing and issues involving Converso/Bnai Anousim and Persian Jewish history. She is co-administrator of the IberianAshkenaz DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, which genetically link some 75% of Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish project participants to Hispanic individuals with Jewish roots.
She also speaks at Jewish and general international genealogy conferences.
The former Jerusalem Post Jewish genealogy columnist (199-2005, “It’s All Relative”) and YnetNews.com genealogy contributor, her credits include: Jerusalem Post, YnetNews, Family Tree Magazine, JTA, Avotaynu, NGS News, many North American Jewish newspapers and additional publications/media. She is also a co-founder http://GenClass.com which provides diverse online practical genealogy courses.
For 20 years, her research has covered Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Iran, Spain, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Galicia, and keeps records for the DARDASHTI, TALALAY, BANK and FINK families. She is a member of several professional organizations.
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