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A retired accountant from Buckinghamshire is to be made a baronet in a landmark ruling set to shake the foundations of the British system of hereditary titles by opening them up to challenge through DNA tests for the first time. Click here to read...

The Queen has commanded Britain’s most senior judges to decide if DNA evidence can be used for the first time to settle a dispute over a hereditary title, in a move that could have far-reaching consequences for the aristocracy.  Click here to read...

As promised, Family Tree DNA is offering discounts on upgrade pricing during their Father's Day Sale. Starting at midnight tonight, June 15th, and ending on Monday,June 20th at 11:59 pm CDT, sale pricing for the discounted upgrades will be as...

In the town of Oldenzaal in the Netherlands, 30,000 skeletons were dug up during an archaeological dig around an old church.  Archaeologists wondered if any modern Oldenzaalers would be related to any of these buried people.  Comparison of Y-DNA from the...

For years, scientists have debated where dogs came from. Did wolves first forge their special relationship with humans in Europe, or in Asia? The answer, according to a new study, is yes. This week in Science, researchers report that genetic...