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The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) was an early collector of DNA information to be used for genealogy purposes. It was founded by inventor and philanthropist James LeVoy Sorenson and Brigham Young University professor Dr. Scott...

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 05/15/2015

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

01/15/2015, 597, 361064, Backbone

04/22/2015, 611, 376378, Backbone

05/27/2015, 610, 348812, Y-DNA 67

05/27/2015, 607, 9955, Y-DNA 111

05/27/2015, 605,...

"We have to keep in mind what these admixture [ethnicity] tests do: they take the DNA of living people - us, the test takers - and they compare it to the DNA of other living people - people whose parents and grandparents and, sometimes, even great...

Armed with old bones and new DNA sequencing technology, scientists are getting a much better understanding of the prehistory of the human species.  Click here to read the whole story in the Wall Street Journal.

Here is a link to a lecture delivered by Maurice Gleeson at the recent WDYTYA - Live 2015 conference held last week in Birmingham, England.