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She was a huge community volunteer.

We used to joke that we hardly could recognize her when we’d see her at home.”Judy’s election to the County Board in 1984 was in keeping with family tradition.

Her mother, too, had been a board member, as had her grandfather, Elmer Bergren, and her great-grandfather, Alfred G.

Larson.Her sister, Becky Genoways, has a similar sense of civic responsibility, which she indulges as CEO of On the Waterfront, the annual Labor Day weekend festival in downtown Rockford.Asked to describe her own career with a single noun, Judy chooses the word “facilitator” — before pausing and adding: “I don’t know.

I just do things.”But there’s another word — “hoot” — that peppers much of what Barnard says.

Her eight years with the Park District, where she helped launch a program of arts in the parks, was “a hoot.” Her time at NAT also was “a hoot.” Without saying as much, she evidently thinks that facing challenges should be fun.At one point in our conversation, she waxes nostal...

But it wasn't until last year that he felt comfortable with the products being offered.

He spent just under $300 for two tests from Family Tree DNA, owned by Genealogy by The results confirmed and amplified Thomas' earlier findings that his family tree includes some white ancestors.

In fact, the test showed, his genetic makeup was 49 percent European origin, 48 percent African American and 3 percent Native American.

"It confirms a lot of oral history," Thomas says.

Chuck Bryceland of Bronxville, N.Y., became interested in Tests determined the condition was not caused by But Bryceland, who runs a financial-advisory firm, remained fascinated and bought stock in several biotech companies.

It wasn't until a month ago, though, that he purchased two tests — one to examine his genetic propensity for heart disease, another to screen for his body's ability to absorb nutrients — after spotting them on a drugstore shelf.

He paid $199 for one test, $99 for the other, which told him that he is unlikely to develop heart disease but that his body poorly absorbs Vitamin B.

Since then, he's been campaigning ...