Jim Brewster

Education Coordinator at FamilyTreeDNA

Understanding and applying genetic testing for genealogy can be a daunting task. Jim Brewster has over a decade of experience in breaking it down like a fraction. He has held numerous roles at FamilyTreeDNA over the years, and he applies this experience to help bridge knowledge gaps between scientists, genealogists, and content creation teams.
These days he holds the title of Education Coordinator, which mostly involves translating jargon. He is not a scientist; he just plays one on TV. He creates educational content for the FamilyTreeDNA help center, blog, and events to help make complex genetic genealogy concepts easier for non-scientists to understand.
Jim lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and two cats, who regularly supurrvise his work to make sure it is meowgnificent.