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Site has already revealed most spectacular cargo ever found from antiquity, but bones are first hope of sequencing DNA from 1st century BC shipwreck victim.  Click here to read more in The Guardian.

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 09/07/2016

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

09/21/2016, 654, 39556, Family Finder & Y-DNA 111

09/28/2016, 682, 369497, Y-DNA 67

09/28/2016, 688, 527402, Y-DNA 67

10/05/2016, 689, 71714, Family Finder

Christopher Columbus was the son of a Polish king living in exile in Madeira and hid his royal roots to protect his father, a new book claims.  The next step is to try and prove Columbus' royal heritage by extracting DNA from the tombs of Polish kings to...

"DNA testing has become an accepted tool for identifying ancestors and for verifying genealogical leads," according to genealogical website Familysearch.org. "It is also used frequently to learn about our deep ancestry." It's also defined as...

A Norwegian-led delegation was in Normandy on Monday and opened the sarcophagus of two of Rollo’s descendants, a grandson and a great grandson. The aim is to use DNA to put an end to a centuries-long debate: Was Rollo Danish or Norwegian?  Click...