Samuel Adams, director of marketing, is Vice President of Bio-Tec Environmental LLC. , CLEANAir INC., CLEANWater INC., and Water Purity Test LLC. Based in Albuquerque, N.M., he also is working under the mentor protégé program of Sandia National Laboratories. E-mail: samueladams@bio-tec.biz

Teresa Panther-Yates has an M.A. in English from Georgia Southern University and is communications officer of DNA Testing Systems. E-mail: rachel@dnaconsultants.com

D. J. Thornton has a B.S. in Education with a major in Leisure Services and minor in Business Management from the University of South Alabama. She is a specialist in Southern U.S. genealogy and Internet databases. E-mail: djthornton@comcast.net

Brian Wilkes
Brian Wilkes is Director of Marketing Communications and works out of Kentucky. He is of Cherokee, Tuscan, and Scots-Irish ancestry, with a degree in art education from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. A prolific writer, he has authored publications in genealogy, Native American studies, and Asian cultural arts and has taught courses on Cherokee, Gaelic, computer security, photography and poetry. His books include: The Space Program Quiz and Fact Book; Genealogy and Heraldry into the 21st Century, and Even Heaven Falls Apart: Cherokee Cosmology from Creation to 2012. E-mail: DNA@WilkesWeb.US

Donald N. Yates, Ph.D. is principal investigator, owner and founder of DNA Testing Systems. He is Choctaw-Cherokee and has a doctorate in classical studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Contributing to his expertise is a lifelong interest in genealogy research plus a 10-year position at the biotechnology company Miles Laboratories (now Bayer Corp.). He has published widely in medieval history and Native American studies. His books include The Bear Went over the Mountain and When Scotland Was Jewish (with Elizabeth C. Hirschman). E-mail: dpy@dnaconsultants.com
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