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Surprising new DNA evidence which overturns current theories of how humans colonised the Pacific has been discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds, UK. ...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 10 July 2011:

Due Date, Batch

One of our members, Doyle Phillips, sent us a link to a list of personal web sites at RootsWeb for the Phillips surname.  Click...

One hundred years after the death of Francis Galton, the "father of eugenics", geneticists are increasingly baffled by the nature versus nurture debate, writes Professor Steve Jones.  Galton is best known for

 None of us are strangers to stress of various kinds. It turns out the effects of all those stresses can change the fate of future generations, influencing our very DNA.  Click...