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A geneticist at the University of Maryland named Steve Mount who teaches genetics has written an interesting blog about getting his autosomal DNA tested at 23andMe. Here are his conclusions:
- Distant relatives often share no genetic material at all.
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Ziona Chana who lives in the Indian state of Mizoram has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house where the wives sleep in communal dormitories. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132...
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Tests in progress at FTDNA as of 20 February 2011:
Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test
03/04/2011, 394, 195004, Y-DNA 67
03/04/2011, 394, 195746, Y-DNA 67
03/11/2011, 395, 196582, Y-DNA 37
03/18/2011, 396, 196447, Y-DNA 37
03/18/2011, 396,...
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For 130 years, from 1880 to 2010, John Charles Brown's past was hidden in veils of secrecy. John's children and grandchildren didn't know who his parents or siblings were. It was the proverbial genealogical brick wall. Finally, here in the 21st...
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FTDNA is holding a 24 hour sale on the following DNA tests:
Y-DNA37
mtDNAPlus
mtDNAFullSequence
Y-DNA37+mtDNAPlus
Family Finder
Family Finder+mtDNAPlus
FamilyFinder+Y-DNA37
Comprehensive Genome
Warrior Gene
These tests are being offered at a 40%...