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

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

03/14/2011, 394, 195746, Y-DNA 67

04/01/2011, 398, 197659, Y-DNA 37

04/06/2011, 400, U2351, Backbone and FF conversion

04/06/2011, 402,...

In February of this year, a new conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists was held in Salt Lake City.  The keynote speech on Friday February 11th was delivered by Curt Witcher, the Historical Genealogy Department Manager...

Modern humans likely originated in southern Africa, rather than eastern Africa as is generally assumed, according to the results of a large study of genetic variation.  Click here to read more in the Standford University News.

In what is now central Alaska, one of the first Americans was laid to rest in a pit inside his or her house 11,500 years ago.  If the remains yield usable DNA, the child could help uncover just who was living on the North American side of the land...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 6 March 2011:

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

03/14/2011, 394, 195746, Y-DNA 67

03/18/2011, 396, 196447, Y-DNA 37

03/18/2011, 396, 193034, Y-DNA 37

04/01/2011, 398, 197659, Y-DNA 37