Archived Blog Posts

The Picts were a group of tribes living in the Forth and Clyde beyond the reach of the Romans. They lived near the Britons, Gaels, Angeles and the Vikings. The Romans called them the “Picti” which means “the painted ones.” They were first mentioned by a Roman...

Last Tuesday on "Snooki & JWoww" Nicole Snooki Polizzi got the results of a DNA test to find out her true ethnic heritage.  Click here to watch a video about it.

A comparison of Y chromosomes in eight African and eight European men dispels the common notion that the Y‘s genes are mostly unimportant and that the chromosome is destined to dwindle and disappear.  Click here to read more in UC Berkeley News...

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 01/06/2014

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

 01/08/2014, 536, 308603, Family Finder and Y-DNA 37

01/15/2014, 544, 275787, Mt-DNA Plus

01/22/2014, 545, 283893, Refine 12 to 67 markers

01/30/2014,...

President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lynn Young, has written a blog about how the DAR will begin accepting Y-DNA as supportiing evidence for DAR applications in 2014.  Click here to read her blog.