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Back To Our Past 2013 was held last weekend in Dublin.  The was plenty of curiosity evident on the Family Tree DNA stand, which was rarely without a bank of queueing visitors.  Click here to read more in Irish Genealogy News.

Beginning 1 January 2014, the Daughters of the American Revolution will accept Y-DNA evidence in support of new member applications and supplementals.  Click here to read more in an article written by Lynn Young, President General of the DAR.

A group of amateur historians are trying to collect the DNA of people in Oxfordshire, England, to help build family trees.  The Oxfordshire DNA project is looking specifically for people whose ancestors lived in the county from at least the late...

Austrian scientists have found that 19 Tyrolean men alive today are related to Oetzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old frozen body was discovered in the Alps.  Their relationship was established through DNA analysis.  Click here to read more in BBC...

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 10/13/2013:

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

10/24/2013, 532, 58509, Refine 12 to 67 markers

10/24/2013, 532, 85668, Refine 37 to 67 markers

10/24/2013, 532, 176001, Refine 37 to 67 markers