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National DNA Day is April 25th and FTDNA is celebrating by having a sale on most of its DNA tests.  The sale will run until midnight of Thursday April 26, so don't delay.  Here is a link to the home page of FTDNA

Britons are still living in the same 'tribes' that they did in the 7th Century, Oxford University has found after an astonishing study into our genetic make-up.  Click

Incompatibilities in the DNA of Neanderthals and modern humans may have limited the impact of interbreeding between the two groups.  Click

Ancestry has been trying for weeks to fix a data loss in its RootsWeb/USGenWeb/WorldConnect web pages. The company has been able to repair many of the lost pages but not all.  Click

Ten years ago, an Irish pub owner was clearing land for a driveway when his digging exposed an unusually large flat stone. The stone obscured a dark gap underneath. He grabbed a flashlight to peer