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Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 08/17/2017

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

08/30/2017, 769, N139132, Y-DNA 37

09/04/2017, 770, 722941, Y-DNA 67

09/06/2017, 771, 566310, y-DNA 12

09/11/2017, 776, 394204, Y-DNA 67

09/18/2017, 774,...

Here is a link to an article in Family Tree Magazine written by Blaine Bettinger comparing and contrasting autosomal DNA testing with Y-DNA testing. I recommend everyone considering taking a DNA test for genealogy to read this article.

Family Tree DNA is discounting prices on their most popular tests including upgrades all through the month of August. Prices are as follows:

If you are ordering a new test, be sure to order it through our Phillips DNA Project at this link so that you...

About half of Alice Plebuch’s autosomal DNA results presented the mixed British Isles bloodline she expected. The other half picked up an unexpected combination of European Jewish, Middle Eastern and Eastern European. Surely someone in the lab had...

Researchers have discovered that a gene mutation which increases the risk of arthritis evolved in the Ice Age to help protect our ancestors from frostbite. Click here to read more in the Telegraph.