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Tools meant to reunite families are now being “used essentially to get families to put their members in jail.” Please note that the type of DNA being used by police is autosomal DNA, not Y-DNA. Our Phillips DNA Project is a Y-DNA project. Click...

Seniors beware. A new genetic testing scam preys on seniors' cancer fears and may be costing taxpayers million. The cancer test may be the hook, but the real goal is to collect as many Medicare numbers as possible. Read the whole story at this link.

You should test more Y-chromosome DNA short tandem repeat (STR) markers when you wish to compare additional markers against others with similar results. They will refine your matches for genealogical purposes.

It does not increase the number of...

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 09/02/19:

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

09/16/19         954                 39556             Big Y-700

09/16/19         962                 191679           Big Y-700

09/16/19         962                 B18635          Big Y-700

09/23/19         980                 B137699        Big Y-700

09/23/19         988                 912557           Y-DNA37

09/23/19...

A new DNA study by MyHeritage reveals that Hungary has the world's second largest percentage of population with Jewish ancestry. Click here to read the entire story in MyHeritage blog.