[3][21] Nancy Summer and Bennett Greenspan qualified as quarter finalists in the South High Novice Debate Tournament in October.

[23] Outside school, he was part of the Omaha Chaim Weizmann AZA chapter, a Jewish youth group.

As part of that group, he originated the idea for brightly colored Civil Rights Movement seals in 1969.

These were marketed both locally, and in The National Jewish Monthly, to raise funds for the group, as well as human rights awareness.

While he married his wife near family in Los Angeles County, California,[27][28] their two children were born and raised in Texas.

Based in Texas, from 1980 to 1996, it sold industrial grade goods to advertising agencies, art studios, newspapers, and printing companies.

[3][10][21] When faced with an unsurmountable obstacle using standard genealogical methods in his work, he remembered two cases of genetics being used to prove ancestry that had recently been covered by the media.

Wishing to use the same method of DNA comparison for his own genealogy, he contacted Dr. Michael Hammer at the University of Arizona.

Their conversation inspired Greenspan to start a company dedicated to using genetics to solve genealogy problems, Family Tree DNA.

That's why we are continuously investing in new technology and experienced scientists at our Genomics Research Center, enabling us to conduct tests more accurately and efficiently.

Though Family Tree DNA originally partnered with the University of Arizona for testing,[3][17] Greenspan, and his now longtime business partner Max Blankfeld, eventually started their own testing laboratory in Houston, Texas under the Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd. parent company.