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The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 10 October 2009:

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

10/19/2009, 324, 156888, Deep Clade-R

10/19/2009, 324, 50263, Deep Clade-R

10/30/2009, 324, 160846, Y-DNA67

11/04/2009, 326, 26802,...

We have had yDNA test results come back from the lab over the past two weeks for the following participants: 161129, 156530, 160833 and 156136.  The yDNA of 161129 did not match any of our existing families or participants, so he was put into...

Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow is taking celebs back to their roots on "Who Do You Think You Are?", an American version of the popular British family tree reality series.  Producers have made seven episodes which will air on NBC in primetime...

On 30 September, 2009, Brian Swann gave a talk at the National Library of Wales on "DNA and Welsh Family History - Past, Present and Future."  Brian is the Regional Director of ISOGG for England and Wales and he asked if we would like to provide...

Here is a link to an interesting chart at the International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG) that purports to show the main DNA sources of the different counties of the British Isles.  It was compiled by a man named John Eckersley.