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DNA evidence could be used for the first time to resolve a feud over a hereditary title after Queen Elizabeth intervenes.  Click here to read the entire story in the Telegraph.

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 10/10/2015

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

11/11/2015, 635, 389248, Y-DNA 37

11/25/2015, 639, 438740, Y-DNA 37

12/02/2015, 641, 433559, Y-DNA 37

12/09/2015, 642, 402256, Y-DNA 67

12/23/2015, 643,...

Using forensic, isotopic and DNA techniques, scientists found the burials belonged to more than one generation of a single family, with two of the bodies thought to be warriors due to their multiple healed wounds.  Click here to read the entire...

A team of researchers have been working since 2011 to determine through genealogy, carbon dating and genetics, if the model of Mona Lisa was Lisa Gherardini, known today as ‘La Gioconda’, a silk merchant’s wife in Florence who lived across the...

FindMyPast has announced that its entire collection of records from Ireland, UK, USA, and Australia/New Zealand will be opened up to all comers for free this weekend, September 18-21.  Click here to read more and start searching.