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Ancestry.com announced yesterday that they are discontinuing their Y-DNA and mtDNA tests and all the stored Y-DNA and mtDNA samples will be destroyed on the 5th of September.  If you were tested at Ancestry.com,

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/03/2014

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

03/28/2014, 544, 191679, Big Y

05/22/2014, 553, 324238, Y-DNA 67

05/22/2014, 563, 85045, Mt-DNA Full

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/27/2013

A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.  Click

One of the greatest genealogy resources available today is the huge collection of digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history