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Origin and History of Family through Genetics
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Origin and History of Family through Genetics

A special issue of Genealogy (ISSN 2313-5778).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 October 2023) | Viewed by 4701

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Sara Palomo-Díez

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Legal Medicine, Psychiatry and Pathology Department, Medicine school, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: ancient DNA; forensic genetics; anthropology; genetics; forensic sciences

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

I have recently been asked to serve as Guest Editor for a Special Issue of the open access, peer-reviewed International Journal of Genealogy (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy). As you can see from their recent Issues, the journal is wide-ranging and inclusive of several different academic perspectives. Furthermore, the journal is indexed in JCR index. For this Issue, the Editorial Board wishes to discuss and examine how genetic analysis can lead to greater knowledge about the “Family” origin and history, through kinship analysis or lineage analysis. I would like to invite you to contribute an article of your choosing on an aspect or application of genetic analysis to family and kinship.

Papers that study or work on possible family groups from different perspectives and using different genetic markers, both autosomal and lineage markers, will be accepted as long as they provide relevant information on the concept of family in different cultures and historical periods. Bibliographic review papers on the same topic will also be accepted. We invite contributors to discuss and examine how genetic analysis can lead to greater knowledge about the “Family” concept and kinship, whether it is close or not, using both traditional tools and new human genotype methodologies.

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send this to the Guest Editors (spalomod@ucm.es) or to the Genealogy editorial office (genealogy@mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors for the purposes of ensuring a proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer-review process.

Mateusz Baca, Karolina Doan, Maciej Sobczyk, Anna Stankovic, Piotr Węgleński. 2012. Ancient DNA reveals kinship burial patterns of a pre-Columbian Andean community. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-30

Monroy Kuhn JM, Jakobsson M, Gu¨nther T (2018) Estimating genetic kin relationships in prehistoric populations. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0195491. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0195491

Sara Palomo-Díez, Ángel Esparza Arroyo, Mirian Tirado-Vizcaíno, Javier Velasco Vázquez, Ana María López-Parra, Cláudia Gomes, Carlos Baeza-Richer and Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo. 2018. Kinship analysis and allelic dropout: a forensic approach on an archaeological case. Annals of Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2018.1484159

Cristina Gamba, Eva Fernández, Mirian Tirado, Francisco Pastor, Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo. 2011. Brief Comunication: Ancient nuclear DNA and kinship analysis: the case of a medieval burial in San Esteban Church in Cuellar (Segovia, Central Spain). Am J Phys Anthropol. 2011 Mar;144(3):485–91. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21451. Epub 2010 Dec 17.

Gomes, Cláudia; Remolins, Gerard; López Parra, A. M.; Gibaja, Juan Francisco CSIC; Fondevila, Maria; Angelis, Flavio de; Veltre, Virginia; Subirà, Mª Eulàlia; Baeza-Richer, Carlos; Guerrero, Diana; Palomo-Díez, S.; Martínez-Labarga, Cristina; Labajo-González, Elena; Lareu, Maria Victoria; Perea-Pérez, Bernardo; Arroyo Pardo, E. 2020. Paleogenetic evidence of a Pyrenean Neolithic family: Kinship, physical appearance and biogeography multidisciplinary analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science (123): Article 105226 (2020).

Dr. Sara Palomo-Díez
Guest Editor

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Genealogy is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • kinship
  • family
  • ancient DNA
  • autosomal DNA
  • mitochondrial DNA
  • Y chromosome
  • X chromosome
  • archaeology

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Family History in the Iberian Peninsula during Chalcolithic and Bronze Age: An Interpretation through the Genetic Analysis of Plural Burials
by Sara Palomo-Díez, Ángel Esparza-Arroyo, Cláudia Gomes, Olga Rickards, Elena Labajo-González, Bernardo Perea-Pérez, Cristina Martínez-Labarga and Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo
Genealogy 2024, 8(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy8010025 - 06 Mar 2024
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Throughout history, it has been observed that human populations have buried the deceased members of their communities following different patterns. During the Copper Age and the Bronze Age—periods on which this study focuses—in the northern sub-plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, we identified different [...] Read more.
Throughout history, it has been observed that human populations have buried the deceased members of their communities following different patterns. During the Copper Age and the Bronze Age—periods on which this study focuses—in the northern sub-plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, we identified different patterns of multiple or collective burial. This work analyzes a total of 58 individuals buried in different multiple or collective graves, to investigate whether the practice of these burials implies a family or biological link between individuals buried together. With this aim, STR markers of nuclear DNA were analyzed, as well as the hypervariable regions I and II of mitochondrial DNA, establishing both close kinship relationships and relationships through maternal lineage. We observed different burial patterns, detecting certain maternal lines preserved in some common burials maintained over time. Close family relationships were observed to a lesser extent, with some occasional exceptions. The results of the analysis formed the basis for a discussion on the concepts of family and community. Full article
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Family in Medieval Society: A Bioarchaeological Perspective
by Cláudia Gomes and Ana Curto
Genealogy 2024, 8(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy8010020 - 18 Feb 2024
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One of the periods with the greatest social, cultural, and religious changes was, without a doubt, the European medieval period. The concept of “Family” was one of the fields that gradually evolved, from individuals who shared the same biological lineage, to [...] Read more.
One of the periods with the greatest social, cultural, and religious changes was, without a doubt, the European medieval period. The concept of “Family” was one of the fields that gradually evolved, from individuals who shared the same biological lineage, to members of the same “House”. One of the ways to study the concept of “Family” in ancient periods is through a bioarchaeological perspective, where both anthropology and genetics have proven to be essential disciplines for studying “Families”. Through burial rituals, observing whether the graves were single or multiple, as is carried out in the study of human remains, we discuss the profound contribution of anthropology to the “Family” investigation, through mobility studies, the investigation of biological sex, observing certain congenital anomalies or, even, the study of certain ancient infectious diseases. Concerning genetics, the study of bones or teeth allows us to determine whether individuals were from the same close family or if they belonged to the same lineage through the maternal and paternal sides, being one of the only scientific ways of proposing social relationships between individuals, such as that created through adoption. Full article
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