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This is another bit of fiction that needs to be wiped out. Click here to read more in Eastman's Online Genealogy

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/23/2020

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

Now through June 21 at FTDNA, a 37 marker Y-DNA test is $109 plus postage and an 111 marker Y-DNA test is $219 plus postage. The Big Y-700 SNP test is also on sale but it is not useful for matching within a genealogical time frame and neither is

Family legends are a fascinating part of who we are and where we came from. Many of the storytellers who passed down these tales surely believed them, and even those who didn’t must have had a strong sense of family pride. Why would your

After a bone marrow transplant, a man with leukemia found that his donor’s DNA traveled to unexpected parts of his body. A crime lab is now studying the case. Click ...