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When Danish science writer Lone Frank was orphaned at 43, she felt that she was alone, "without a source, without a history."

She became interested in tracing her heritage, to know which genetic variants had come down to her and how "these...

Over the past year, William Holland's African-American family tale has grown in the telling, thanks to genetic testing and a whole lot of trans-Atlantic travel.  The latest twist is a doozy: The Georgia resident has turned his research into a story...

Many people have a DNA test done because they are trying to solve a family tree mystery. But even if there aren't any burning questions about your genealogy, you might still want to have your relatives take a DNA test to preserve this information...

The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 12/04/2011:

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

12/23/2011, 436, 217625, Haplogroup prediction

12/28/2011, 438, 69666, SNP test

12/28/2011, 438, 195627, SNP test

01/04/2012, 439, 39621,...

This month the newsletter contains information on FTDNA’s holiday sale, a report on a new deep ancestral mapping service offered by FTDNA, a report on FTDNA’s 7^th Genetic Genealogy Conference, and a family story about Sir Thomas Philipps,...