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DNA testing is expanding rapidly. The various genealogy DNA testing companies used to test for 25 markers. Then they expanded to 37 markers. Now some test for 67 markers. Not enough? Hardware is now available that tests for up to 500,000 custom...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 24 July 2011:

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

07/25/2011, 413, 29631, Refine 67 to 111 markers

07/27/2011, 416, 169298, Refine 37 to 67 markers

08/03/2011, 417, 109920, Refine 37 to 67...

If your heritage is non-African, you may be part Neanderthal, according to a new genetics study.  This latest research confirms earlier findings.  Click here to read more in Discovery News.

Skeletons dating back to the 12th or 13th century found at the bottom of a medieval well in England could have been victims of persecution, new evidence has suggested. The most likely explanation is that those down the well were Jewish and were...

Wayne Witt Bates did not set out to take on the Daughters of the American Revolution but he is not used to being challenged on his genealogy.  "I am surprised DAR wants to fight me about the Bateses," said Bates who has been researching his family...