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Using autosomal DNA results from over a quarter million people, the AncestryDNA science team set out to perform a "genetic census" of the United States.  Click here to read an article about it in the Ancestry.com Blog and look at the maps.

Male Y-chromosome DNA can be divided into genealogical groups sharing a common ancient paternal ancestor.  These are called haplogroups.  Click here to see some interesting charts showing the distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups in Europe.

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 04/30/2013:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

01/31/2013, 494, 93184, Various SNPs

04/24/2013, 506, 267404, Backbone

05/06/2013, 505, 111792, Family Finder

05/24/2013, 509, 280691, Super DNA

The groundbreaking Documentary Series "Genealogy Roadshow" will be in Austin, Nashville, San Francisco and Detroit reuniting families with long lost relatives, and answering questions about their past, their history and their lineage.  Click here to...

ScotlandsDNA, a company that focuses on people's heritage, has developed a new DNA test that allows parents to see if they might have red-haired chilldren.  Every human in the world who carries one of the variants of the red-hair gene is a direct...