Archived Blog Posts

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 here to read more in the 23andMe blog.

A recently discovered DNA marker suggests that 10% of Scottish men are directly descended from the Picts.  Click here to read more in a press release from a new company named ScotlandsDNA.

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

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

01/31/2013, 494, 93184, Various SNPs

07/26/2013, 520, 281543, Y-DNA 12

07/31/2013, 520, 282552, Refine 25 to 37 markers

07/31/2013, 520, 229720, Refine 37...

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 here to read more in BBC News.

One of the greatest genealogy resources available today is the huge collection of digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world.  Dick Eastman says "when I...