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Scientists are finding that it’s quite common for an individual to have multiple genomes. Some people, for example, have groups of cells with mutations that are not found in the rest of the body.  Some have genomes that came from other people.  Click ...

Click here to watch DNA molecular visualizations created as a resource to help teachers all around the world teach what the actual mechanism for building DNA in the cells looks like.  Thanks to member Doyle Phillips for this tip!

Here is a link to a fascinating map of Europe through the ages from 1000 AD to the present showing the ever-changing country boundaries.

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 09/16/2013

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

08/21/2013, 523, 93184, Various SNPs

09/04/2013, 525, 196407, Refine 67 to 111 markers

09/16/2013, 524, 109920, Refine 67 to 111 markers

09/27/2013, 527,

Burke's Peerage Online is now available at this link.  Burke’s Peerage is the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations,...