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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡

@allthosebefore.bsky.social

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Family historian, blogger, podcast guest and speaker. Pharos student. Also Mum, wife, and full-time public servant of 33 years and counting. Fuelled alternatively by coffee and wine. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy www.allthosebefore.org.uk

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 4d

Several people have commented about Ancestry's updated #DNA ethnicity estimates over the past 24 hours. I've written a short blog post about how mine have changed. To sum up: more Dutch, no longer Scottish. I also stand in solidarity with the people of #Yorkshire!
www.allthosebefore.co.uk?p=779

A stacked bar chart showing how the author's DNA ethnicity estimates have changed from 2020 to 2025.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1h

My update has removed all the Scottish ancestry from me and my parents (we have none) but my Dutch percentage is now 18%. I’m sure this could be deeply historical migration, but the FAQ suggests the connections are more recent. The paper research says I’m 100% English back to 3xGGP bar one.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve seen it in all its glory - absolutely amazing!

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2h

The UK media *is* reporting on the devastating Typhoon in Alaska, but only online. And while it’s the media I read daily, I know it doesn’t have the greatest traction.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

One dead and two missing after typhoon remnants lash western Alaska

Over 50 people rescued in Alaska while severe weather kills woman in New York City

www.theguardian.com

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2h

I’ll be sharing it with an animal loving / offbeat humour colleague tomorrow.

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 3h

Adding a few hashtags – Debbie’s updates on #GeneticGenealogy developments are always worth reading.

#Genealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour

Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳 @debbiekennett.bsky.social · 6h

A big announcement today from @myheritageofficial.bsky.social. They are transitioning to low-coverage whole-genome sequencing for their direct-to-consumer DNA test heralding a new era for genetic genealogy. cruwys.blogspot.com/2025/10/myhe...

MyHeritage upgrades its consumer DNA test to whole-genome sequencing

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2h

So far I’ve only transferred my Ancestry DNA across to MH, but I need to look at this.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2h

My picture; just on my phone - it was –25°C during the day and too cold to mess around with anything else. Here’s another picture.

Skidoos parked up on the edge of a frozen lake, with the sun coming up - briefly - for a few minutes before 12 noon. In the background is a traditional kota (hut) and pine trees beyond that.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 4h

I spent five days in the far north of Finland in January, and the dimpsy light was beautiful. On our last day the sun appeared above the hills for a few minutes - the first time for three months. Our skidoo guide shed a few tears.

A picture of the sun rising just above a line of hills, viewed from a frozen lake. It was only visible for a few minutes because the photo was taken inside the Arctic Circle in January.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 4h

I’m with you on the laughing like a drain! 🤣 I thought my son would enjoy it too, but he said “Mum, that is so OLD! Haven’t you seen it before?” And then rolled his eyes in the way only teenagers can.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 14h

It’s wonderful to know that he was consciously aware that he was creating records that would be of use to future generations.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 15h

The theme for day 14 of #31DaysOfGraves is #Inside. Here’s the grave of Reverend Richard Lane, vicar of Brixton in Devon for 60 years. His neat handwriting and the additional biographical information he added to his parish registers has been incredibly helpful for my #FamilyHistory research.

A stone tablet marking the burial of Reverend Richard Lane in Brixton in Devon. The inscription notes that in the latter part of his life he devoted his leisure time to compiling a history and genealogy of the parish.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Four days of complete gloom and counting. 😔

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Wow - that name’s a blast from the past! I remember watching it when we stayed with my Gran in Cornwall.

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Debbie Hearn @debbiehearnuk.bsky.social · 1d

As so very often happens, Action for Happiness and I are in synch. 🙌 😊

Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 1d

Ask for help to overcome an obstacle you are facing

Try today's action: afh.link/action/2025-...

Try today's action: October 13

Ask for help to overcome an obstacle you are facing

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Best of luck! I think some authors are a bit Marmite: you either love them or hate them. I’ve always been a massive Jane Austen fan, but lukewarm about the Brontës and Dickens.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Two days to go: I’ve updated my talk, tweaked the slides, so time for a little practice. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

A screenshot from social media advertising a talk about using DNA to solve a family history brick wall.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2d

My favourite dog walk earlier this afternoon - from Southborough church down through the woods.

A brown cockapoo dog on a path down a steep hill in a wood. There are steps made of wood.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2d

Crikey! I’ve spent the day studying and preparing my talk for next week and nearly forgot. Here’s Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves. The theme is #NotableWoman, and my picture is the grave of the author Jane Austen.

A black marble tablet on the floor of the north aisle of Winchester Cathedral. It commemorates the author Jane Austen.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Nathan; I’ve downloaded it for my train journey into London tomorrow.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2d

I very much agree; we should be more respectful of those whose lives were sacrificed in wars. This is not photo restoration but creating a new, invented image. You shouldn’t create evidence just because you can’t find it.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 2d

My class at primary school was named Cavell in her memory. We were told the story of her life and death, which made a deep impression on me aged ten.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 3d

There’s certainly a lot of military symbolism there!

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 3d

The theme for day 11 for #31DaysOfGraves is #Military. Back in 2022 I visited #Huddersfield, attending a #FamilyHistory show and doing some research. I visited Greetland to search for family graves. I had no luck, but I did find the grave of a soldier killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

A gravestone beside a tree. The inscription reads “In memory of John Ramsden of the 33rd Regiment of Foot who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo on the 18th day of June 1815, aged 24 years.” It continues by adding details of his wife and son.

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