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A team of researchers believe a knuckle bone found buried beneath a Bulgarian church may belong to John the Baptist, the New Testament prophet who heralded the ministry of Jesus.

The archaeologists from Oxford University were surprised that the...

It's well-known that Republican contender for the US presidency Mitt Romney is a Mormon - but not that his family was converted in England. He doesn't mention it on the campaign trail, but his great-great-grandfather, a Preston carpenter, became...

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/17/2012:

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

06/27/2012, 463, 206072, MT- DNA

07/02/2012, 458, 233001, Y-DNA 67 + Mt-DNA

07/20/2012, 465, 240386, Y-DNA 37

07/25/2012, 467, 191679, DF13 SNP Test

Shares of Ancestry.com soared a week ago when rumours circulated that the leading genealogy website operator is about to put itself up for sale.  The speculative buzz comes nearly a month after the stock tumbled when NBC revealed it would not to...

Here is a link to an interview on Nick Barratt and Laura Berry's new Family History Show vodcast with Dick Eastman in which Dick predicts that the future of genealogy is DNA.  The Family History Show is a monthly video poscast or 'vodcast' where...