Mary Webster with her mother Addie. Rare photo of them together as my mom often was the photographer not the subject.
On Mother’s Day, mtDNA gets top billing—because it’s the one gift Mom passes down 100% every single time.
When people first step into the world of genealogy, they often imagine themselves wandering through dusty courthouses, squinting at old census pages, or chasing down rumors of a great‑grandmother who may or may not have existed. But there is another kind of record—one that doesn’t fade, burn, or get misfiled. It lives quietly inside every person, waiting to be read. And that record is mitochondrial DNA. Continue reading
