Family history is undertaken by millions around the world seeking to understand their past. This practice is understudied, and we need to work hard to understand how it works. Over the past decade, family history has been transformed through the use of DNA sequencing to enable genetic genealogy. Through analyzing data generated in a number of focus groups with family historians, this article contributes to our understanding of family history as a practice by engaging closely with the community. In particular, the article considers the responses of family historians to the challenge of the new data generated through DNA sequencing. Looking at the ways in which the practice is changing enables a clearer view of how family history works and how scholarship might engage with it.

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“有问题的事情出来了，我们从来不知道”：DNA和新的家族史

家族史由世界各地数百万寻求了解他们过去的人进行。该实践尚未得到充分研究，我们需要努力了解其运作方式。在过去的十年中，家族史已经通过使用DNA测序来实现遗传家谱学而得到了改变。通过与家庭历史学家分析在多个焦点小组中生成的数据，本文通过与社区紧密合作，为我们对家庭历史作为一种实践的理解做出了贡献。特别是，本文考虑了家庭历史学家对通过DNA测序产生的新数据的挑战的反应。通过观察实践的变化方式，可以更清楚地了解家族史的运作方式以及学术可能如何参与其中。