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Genomics England is a new company set up by the UK's Department of Health to help deliver the 100k Genome Project first announced by Prime Minister David Cameron in December 2012.  Click

Greta had given up on ever finding her mother so by the time she joined 23andMe it wasn't really about finding family members.  She just wanted to learn a little bit more about herself.  Click

A recently discovered DNA marker suggests that 10% of Scottish men are directly descended from the Picts.  Click

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/27/2013

A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.  Click