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Today, there's often a perception that Asian children are given a hard time by their parents. But a few hundred years ago northern Europe took a particularly harsh line, sending children away to live and work in someone else's home. Not...

The Sunday, March 16th, 2014, issue of the Houston Chronicle features an article about Houston's own entrpreneurs, Max Blankfeld and Bennett Greenspan, who founded Family Tree DNA.  Click here to read more in a blog written by Roberta Estes.

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 03/17/2014

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

03/15/2014, 553, 327537, Y-DNA 37

03/27/2014, 555, 311661, Refine 37 to 67 markers

03/28/2014, 543, 56277, Big Y

03/28/2014, 544, 191679, Big Y

03/28/2014,...

PROVO, UT -- 03/13/14 -- Ancestry.com announced today the addition of over three million historical records that will help people of Irish descent explore their connections to the Emerald Isle. These include more than 25,000 birth, marriage and...

According to a genetic study carried out by a new company named BritainsDNA, almost one million Britons alive today are of Viking descent, which means one in 33 British men can claim to be direct descendants of the Vikings.  Click here to read more...