Archived Blog Posts

Searching for birth relatives can be difficult in some states and impossible in others using standard adoption search methods but Genetic Genealogy Plus breaks down the barriers set up by closed records.  Click here to read more in Dick Eastman's...

Here is a link to a video on YouTube posted by Maurice Gleeson with regard to a talk he gave at the Irish Genealogical Research Society on 20 March 2013.

Analysis of DNA from ancient remains on the Greek island of Crete suggests the Minoans were indigenous Europeans, shedding new light on a debate over the provenance of this ancient culture.  Click here to read more in BBC News.

Here is a link to an interesting talk by Keven Davies, author of "The $1,000 Genome", that was delivered at the HGP10 Symposium on April 25, 2013.

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 05/14/2013:

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

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

05/31/2013, 510, 279302, Family Finder

06/03/2013, 505, 111792, Family Finder

06/03/2013, 509, 280691, Super DNA