Tag: DNA

  • Puppy Love

    We celebrated Mavis’s four-month birthday May 19th. She’s had all of her shots and doesn’t need to return to the vet until this time next year. According to her DNA results, she’s 27.2% pit bull, 24.7% Australian shepherd, 22% super mutt, 20.6% Labrador retriever, and 5% boxer. My 20-pound puppy is likely to weigh 40…

  • My Family Tree

    Several years ago I joined Ancestry.com, and for months clicked on leaves like they were going out of style. My mistake was accepting as gospel every tidbit of information I found. The resulting family tree dates back a thousand years, but is too riddled with errors, duplicates, and other problems to be believed. I learned…