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    In recent decades, DNA tests were mainly used to prove paternity.  But since 2000, a handful of companies have commercialized tests that connect a wider array of relatives, sometimes going back centuries

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    Amgen Inc, the world's largest biotech company, has agreed to buy the genetic research company DeCode Genetics for $415 million.  Click

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    Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 12/09/2012:

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    Jeff Probst of "Survivor" fame did not know much about his family's roots, so he decided to take a DNA test to get some answers.  What did Jeff find out?  Click

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    The National Geographic Society has announced the next phase of its Genographic Project — the multiyear global research initiative that uses DNA to map the history of human migration. Building on seven years

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