How we're building the world's largest family tree

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September 25, 2019 Today's TED Talk How we're building the world's largest family tree 11:22 minutes · TEDMED 2018 Computational geneticist Yaniv Erlich helped build the world's largest family tree -- comprising 13 million people and going back more than 500 years. He shares fascinating patterns that emerged from the work -- about our love lives, our health, even decades-old criminal cases -- and shows how crowdsourced genealogy databases can shed light not only on the past but also on the future. Watch now » Playlist of the Day Unheard and forgotten stories Fascinating, little-known stories about some of the biggest happenings in history. Watch » 5 talks · Total run time 1:13:06 NEW ON IDEAS.TED.COM How to make your arguments stronger (hint: longer is not the answer) Resist the temptation to bury people under a blizzard of evidence, says psychology researcher Niro Sivanathan. Go for quality over quantity. Read more »   Download the TED app

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