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Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 2/04/2015

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

01/15/2015, 597, 361064, Backbone

02/11/2015, 594, 369346, Mt-DNA Plus

02/11/2015, 598, 374276, Y-DNA 37

02/11/2015, 599, 374339, Y-DNA 37

02/12/2015, 601, 109492,...

The first interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals may have taken place in what is now Israel. Scientists report the discovery of a 55,000-year-old modern human skull in a cave in western Galilee. Named "Manot," the skull represents the first human...

George Bernard Shaw once opined that “the single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Nothing could be more true, as genetic genealogists know all too well.

In this brave new world, we must employ every...

Genetic genealogists seek guidance on which generation length is the most appropriate to use with TMRCA (Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor) tables when they want to multiply the number of elapsed generations by some average generation length to...

Ancestry.com announced back in June of 2014 that they would be retiring their Y-DNA and mtDNA tests and that the company would be destroying the Y-DNA and mtDNA samples that they had in storage.  Apparently the company has changed its mind.  Click ...