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Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 10/07/2014

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

08/07/2014, 575, 233001, Family Finder

10/16/2014, 586, 197659, Y-DNA 67 markers

10/16/2014, 586, 231510, Y-DNA 67 markers

10/16/2014, 586, 275787, Y-DNA 111...

This is to notify that the deCODEme service from deCODE genetics is being discontinued.

For this reason, all deCODEme customer accounts will be permanently closed on January 01, 2015. However, user accounts will be accessible through December 31,...

The modern European gene pool was formed when three ancient populations mixed within the last 7,000 years.

Blue-eyed, swarthy hunters mingled with brown-eyed, pale skinned farmers as the latter swept into Europe from the Near East.

But another,...

Ashkenazi Jews are descended from a small group of people who lived 600 to 800 hundred years ago, according to their DNA.  Click here to read the whole story in the Los Angeles Times Science Now.

DNA evidence on a shawl found at Ripper murder scene nails the killer 126 years after the crime was committed.  By testing descendants of the victim and suspect, identifications were made.  Click here to read the entire story in the Daily Mail Online.