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2026 Father's Day Sale

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97 hit(s) 15 June 2026

Family Tree DNA is holding a Father's Day sale on its DNA tests now through June 22. The 37 marker...
DNA Test Sale

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348 hit(s) 07 April 2026

Family Tree DNA is holding a sale on its DNA tests now through April 30. The 37 marker Y-DNA test...
DNA tests for Native American DNA

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494 hit(s) 04 February 2026

If you have Native American ancestry on your direct paternal side (father<father<father<father etc) without any influence from females at all, Y-DNA tests can detect those origins. If you have maternal Native American ancestry or non-direct paternal Native American ancestry, autosomal tests like Family Finder MAY be able to detect it if it is not more than six generations back.
2025 Early Bird Sale at FTDNA

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1229 hit(s) 13 October 2025

Family Tree DNA is holding an Early Bird Sale now through November 12th. The following Y-DNA tests...
What will a Y-DNA test tell me?

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981 hit(s) 06 October 2025

Identify your family’s detailed placement on the Great Family Tree of Mankind Discover your...
Understanding Y-DNA Matches

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2135 hit(s) 04 September 2025

All human Y chromosomes descend from one ancestral person. Since they all descend from one person...
Summer Sale at FTDNA

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2230 hit(s) 03 August 2025

UPDATE:The ability to join Group Projects is temporarily unavailable. Here is a link to a page...
Project Statistics

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2301 hit(s) 23 July 2025

Big Y 192 Combined GEDCOMs Uploaded 79 DISTINCT mtDNA Haplogroups 239 DISTINCT Y-DNA Haplogroups 289 DISTINCT...
Father's Day Sale

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2429 hit(s) 02 June 2025

From now through June 16th Family Tree DNA is holding a Father's Day sale. The 37 marker Y-DNA...
Haplogroup non-matches

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2467 hit(s) 08 May 2025

How can two men with the same lineage match each other perfectly on 37 STR markers and yet be...

Details: Written by: Nancy Kiser; Category: Latest; Published: 24 May 2021; Created: 24 May 2021; Last Updated: 24 May 2021

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