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The FDA's confusing stance on companies that interpret genetic tests is terrible for consumers.  Read more about it here in Slate.

Why do we care about very distant ancestors, when it's obvious that, the more distant an ancestor is, the less likely he or she is to share genetic material with us? Why does a family tree showing that your ancestors go back to the 1600s make you...

"Genealogy shows that I am descended from Vlad the Impaler," says Prince Charles.  Vlad the Impaler was also known as Dracula.  Click here to read more in ABC News.

A neolithic burial pit in Germany found filled with expertly butchered human remains challenges assumptions about cannibalism in Europe.  Click here to view the video on the National Geographic Channel.

Phillips Tests in progress at FTDNA as of 20 November 2011:

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

11/07/2011, 428, 198908, Refine 37 to 67 markers

12/07/2011, 435, 15640, Refine 67 to 111 markers

12/09/2011, 436, 217625, Y-DNA 37

12/28/2011, 438,...