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A team of researchers have been working since 2011 to determine through genealogy, carbon dating and genetics, if the model of Mona Lisa was Lisa Gherardini, known today as ‘La Gioconda’, a silk merchant’s wife in

FindMyPast has announced that its entire collection of records from Ireland, UK, USA, and Australia/New Zealand will be opened up to all comers for free this weekend, September 18-21.  Click

With their distinct genetic make-up and ancient language, the origin of people from the Basque Country in northern Spain and southern France has long been an enigma. Previously thought to be a population of unmixed

Thinking about attending Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2015 in Dublin?  Click here to read

This is to notify that the deCODEme service from deCODE genetics is being discontinued.

For this reason, all deCODEme customer accounts will be permanently closed on