AJ Jacobs Junior
AJ S. Jacobs Junior
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Son of
[private father (1940s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
Brother of
[private sister (1960s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
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Hello all!
I'm a writer of several non-fiction books (including 'The Year of Living Biblically' and 'Drop Dead Healthy.' My current book, It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree is about genealogy and tracing my roots. And for the finale of the book, I threw one of the largest family reunions in history.
Since we're all cousins, all seven billion members of the human family were welcome. Those who had a confirmed link to me received a special bracelet and were part of the record-breaking family photo.
It was exciting to use collaborative genealogy and WikiTree as part of this project. I had so many great volunteers working on my tree -- so thank you for that.
For more information on me and the start my project, here is a New York Times article I wrote when I first started this journey... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/opinion/sunday/are-you-my-cousin.html
And here's a link to my website page about it
AJ JACOBS GLOBAL FAMILY REUNION
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- First-hand information. Entered by Arnold Jacobs at registration.
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AJ Jacobs's DNA has been tested for genealogical purposes. It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with AJ or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- AJ Jacobs: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup J-PF5456, FTDNA kit #331523
- AJ Jacobs: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, FTDNA kit #331523
- AJ Jacobs: 23andMe , GEDmatch M102029 [compare]
- Beryl Jacobs
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about AJ:
- Did you notice AJ Jacobs is back in the Connection Finder? (plus a giveaway) Nov 8, 2017.
- November 2017 Notables Nov 1, 2017.
- A J JACOBS genealogy book will be on sale next week Nov 1, 2017.
- "Cousin" AJ is the end page of Genome Magazine Oct 1, 2015.
- How many different countries or nations are connected to the Global Family Reunion and AJ please? Feb 18, 2015.
- To connect to a friend, should we add our distance from AJ to theirs, minus common links? Dec 3, 2014.
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Jamie
The Hawsons date back to 1761, The Tobins date back to the early 1800's; We named our daughter Andrea Jane Eblen and throughout her basketball career she was known as AJ. Cheers Jane Eblen
But what I have read so far, is great. Mind you I am only up to chapter 12 so far.
Good luck with whatever the next book you have planned, and the adventures for that.