Genetics & Genealogy Workshop - Part 5 of 8 - The Invention of Indigenous Ancestry by Darryl Leroux

“Genetic Genealogy & the Invention of Indigenous Ancestry“ by Darryl Leroux, Ethnologist, St. Mary’s University Genealogy and Genetics Workshop hosted by Julia Creet at the Archives of Ontario, September 21st, 2018 Darryl Leroux studies the connections between national genomics and genealogy in Quebec. His research explores how newer DNA-based technologies are interacting with older blood-based ones to redefine understandings of race and racism. His project employs conventional ethnographic research in three regions of Quebec, as well as a dynamic “virtual“ ethnography component that includes online genealogy forums.