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Articles by George Aghjayan

Research

The Village of Pazmashen: A Study of Y-DNA Testing

March 11, 2021 at 9:38 am George Aghjayan 7

Y-DNA Testing The advent of commercially available DNA testing has opened up opportunities, previously unimagined, for Armenians to learn more about their family histories. Unfortunately, most people are drawn to DNA testing with the promise […]

Family Histories

Researching Your Armenian Roots During a Pandemic

February 24, 2021 at 10:46 pm George Aghjayan 3

Over the last two months, I have been holding weekly Zoom presentations devoted to different aspects of Armenian genealogy. These eight sessions are meant to be foundational tutorials for beginners to experienced genealogists. Traditionally, genealogy […]

Opinion

More Confessions of an Angry Armenian

December 2, 2020 at 2:22 pm George Aghjayan 17

The current crisis in Armenia and Artsakh has led to a national brain freeze. After having spent the last month and a half in a delusional state, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters and […]

Opinion

Confessions of an Angry Armenian

November 11, 2020 at 1:32 pm George Aghjayan 20

I had thought and hoped that I would never have to write another article under this moniker again, but, unsurprisingly, the events of the past month and a half have necessitated this outpouring of anguish.  […]

Research

Understanding the Responsibility of Carrying on a Tradition

January 7, 2020 at 5:27 pm George Aghjayan 0

From the December 2019 Special Anniversary Magazine Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th Anniversary of the Armenian Weekly The storied history of the Hairenik is not just as a witness […]

Family Histories

‘You have found your family. How can we find ours?’

July 18, 2019 at 10:07 am George Aghjayan 9

When I go to Armenia they treat me as if I were from the Diaspora and when I go abroad they treat me as if I were a Turk. Here they see me as an […]

History

The Many Lives of a Church in Gurin

June 27, 2019 at 10:07 am George Aghjayan 8

During my numerous trips to our historic homeland, I have witnessed tragic and quite common sites found in the remnants of our ancient churches, re-purposed into barns and mosques, and many times even outright destroyed. […]

Travel

Dam Town: Visiting Hasankeyf Before the Flood

June 19, 2019 at 8:30 pm George Aghjayan 4

For over a decade, Hasankeyf has been the focus of international attention due to the soon-to-be-completed Ilısu Dam project that will flood much of the historic town. Last Saturday, June 8, I made the side […]

Commentary

What’s in a National Anthem?

March 6, 2019 at 8:32 pm George Aghjayan 4

In this week’s issue, Weekly columnist Raffi Elliott offered a satirical piece poking some fun at the recent controversy over a proposed change to Armenia’s National Anthem, ‘Mer Hayrenik.’ The intent of his article, from […]

Headline

Research Your Armenian Roots—What You Need to Know (Part VII)

September 12, 2018 at 6:37 pm George Aghjayan 3

This article is part of a continuing series documenting the available records for research into one’s Armenian family roots. Part I in the series supplied a historical background on the Armenian genealogy movement as well […]

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