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(National Geographic) - I would never have met Harriett were it not for our mutual friend Linda. Im a physician in Northern California; Harrietts a communications executive in New York City. Linda co-founded an online personal genomics company to which Harriett and I each sent our genetic information for analysis. Linda introduced us after she saw that Harriett and I had something in common: a rare type of mitochondrial DNA which meant we were distantly related. It turns out that we also share that genealogy with a prehistoric celebrity: tzi the Iceman whose 5300-year-old frozen corpse was discovered in the Alps in 1991. For fun I even started a Facebook group for people with the same DNA variant as tzi and Harriett and me. Read More