DNA
Bioscience provide paternity testing and other DNA relationship testing
to the residents of Sheffield and the surrounding area. As we have dealt
with a number of customers from Sheffield we wanted to also take the
opportunity of providing information about this city.
Sheffield is situated at the foot of the Pennines. An Anglo-Saxon
village that became the site of a castle and parish church early in the
12th century, it has been known for its cutlery since medieval times. By
1700 it had a monopoly of the English cutlery trade, and it remains the
centre of the industry today. It developed a steel industry from the
mid-19th century, and several metallurgical innovations, including the
process for making stainless steel, originated there. In 1568 Mary,
Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in its Norman castle (now in ruins).
