Tracing your Family Heritage: From DNA Testing to Genealogical Research

In this webcast, our CIO Hans Olsen and American Ancestors President and CEO Brenton Simons discuss the benefits of understanding your family roots, whether DNA testing is right for you, and how you may approach this process.
Brenton Simmons and Hans Olsen

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Interest in understanding one’s family history and legacy has grown dramatically over the past several years, propelled by DNA testing and accelerated by pandemic-driven curiosity.

In this webcast, we discuss the benefits of understanding your family roots, whether DNA testing is right for you, and how you may approach this process. In addition, Hans Olsen highlights his personal experience uncovering his family history by working with American Ancestors.

The panelists for this webcast are:

  • Brenton Simons, President and CEO, American Ancestors
  • Hans Olsen, Chief Investment Officer, Fiduciary Trust Company

Listen to the podcast version on the Fiduciary Insights channel on iTunes and Spotify.

To learn more about researching your family heritage, go to americanancestors.org/fiduciary.

 

Publish Date: November 17, 2020

Authors

  • Hans F. Olsen, CFAChief Investment Officer
    As Chief Investment Officer, Hans is responsible for the strategic direction of Fiduciary Trust’s multi-asset class investment philosophy, which includes: investment strategy, st...

The opinions expressed in this publication are as of the date issued and subject to change at any time. Nothing contained herein is intended to constitute legal, tax or accounting advice and clients should discuss any proposed arrangement or transaction with their legal or tax advisors.

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