SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A Salt Lake City nonprofit organization is building a database of family trees using DNA samples to show worldwide biological connections.
The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation has collected 13,489 genetic profiles linked to 550,000 ancestors, Newsweek reported.
People must pay about $125 to have a DNA sample -- from a cheek swab -- analyzed by a private laboratory.
The organization's Web site, smgf.org, offers free access to the genetic profiles, but only for information of about long-deceased forebears. Information on people born after 1900 is not made available.
James Sorenson, who provided most of the financial backing for the organization, is a Mormon, whose church emphasizes genealogical research.
