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A study of genealogical history going back to some of Quebec's earliest settlers is providing a tantalizing clue about how human populations expanded to cover the globe over the last 50,000 years.  The researchers, whose report is published online in the...

As evident from the wide popularity of the television series "Who Do You Think You Are?" and the dozens of websites (such as Ancestry.com, Family Tree DNA, and FamilySearch) and software programs designed to help people construct their family trees...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 13 November 2011:

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

11/02/2011, 430, 210403, Refine 37 to 67 markers and Deep Clade

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

11/09/2011, 431, 180250,...

Kristine Killgrove, an archaeologist from Vanderbilt University, wants to tell the story of the common people of ancient Rome by sequencing their DNA, and she is raising donations to do it. "Their DNA will tell me where these people, who aren't in...

Here is a link to CeCe Moore's notes on the second day of FTDNA's 7th International Conference on Genetic Genealogy.