What's NEW:

Most Modern European Males Descend from Farmers Who Migrated from the Near East - Science Daily - 21 Jan 2010
Streep, Colbert set for PBS genealogy show - UPI.com - 1 Jan 2010
DNA analysed from early European - BBC News - 1 Jan 2010
Playing with DNA: Is Larry David Really 37 Percent Native American? - Huffington Post - 24 Dec 2009
UWE launches largest ever study of UK family names - Bristol UWE - 14 Dec 2009
Genealogy magazine takes on genetics - Bangor Daily News - 30 Nov 2009
Are You My Cousin? - Huffington Post - 16 Nov 2009
Larry David's Shocking DNA Testing Results on Lopez Tonight - TV Guide - 13 Nov 2009
Technology helps unearth family trees - CNN - 9 Nov 2009
DNA Tests in Ghana May Shed Light on African-American Origins - Genealogy Insider - 26 Oct 2009
Society of Genealogists Members Help in Genetic Genealogy Research - SoG - 15 Oct 2009
I.B.M. Joins Pursuit of $1,000 Personal Genome - NY Times - 5 Oct 2009
So, What’s in a Name? The search for deep roots of a family tree - The Sag Harbor Express - 16 Sep 2009

General:

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation is First to Adopt Genetic Genealogy’s New Industry Standard for Reporting Y-DNA Profiles - Earth Times - 17 Aug 2009
Man with amnesia searches for clues - The Wichita Eagle - 16 Aug 2009
DNA Brings Genealogies Closer Together - Ancestry Magazine - Jul 2009
Youths plunge into serious study of DNA at advanced UA laboratory - Arizona Daily Star - 7 Jul 2009
DNA could illuminate Islam’s lineage - The National - 18 Jun 2009
Bideford Mayor's DNA plan to prove Founding Fathers' theory - North Devon Gazette - 17 Jun 2009
DNA may identify sailor 68 years after Pearl Harbor - The Dallas Morning News - 25 May 2009
Family Secrets: An Adopted Man's 26-Year Quest for His Father - Wall Street Journal - 2 May 2009
Vast language, gene study unveils our history - San Francisco Chronicle - 1 May 2009
DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance - The News & Observer - 23 Mar 2009
Genealogy helps uncover truths passed down the generations - nj.com - 12 Feb 2009
DNA: The Next Dotcom? - Entrepreneur.com - Feb 2009
The web of human progress revealed - The Guardian - 22 Jan 2009
Does Publishing Need Genealogists? - Publishers Weekly - 12 Jan 2009
NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy - Medical News Today - 30 Dec 2008
What's in your genes? - NY Post - 12 Nov 2008 Testing chart
50 Best Inventions 2008: The Retail DNA Test - TIME Magazine - Nov 2008
Are You My Cousin? - AARP - Nov/Dec 2008
DNA testing helps connect the branches on family trees - Pittsburgh-Tribune Review - 10 Sep 2008
Genealogy Gets More Precise - Technology Review - 11 Aug 2008
Adoptees use DNA to find surname - BBC News - 18 Jun 2008
Our Journey - 60 Minutes (Australia) - 18 May 2008
DNA expert to speak at historical society meeting - The Troy Messenger - 25 Apr 2008
DNA tests could force a rewrite of city's history book - L.A. Times - 6 Apr 2008
Tamil Nadu Family Traces Roots to 70,000 Years Back - Ground Report - 5 Apr 2008
Computer Program Reveals Anyone's Ancestry - LiveScience - 4 Apr 2008
Finding deep roots, new genomics software infers ancestry with high accuracy - Stanford News Service - 19 Mar 2008
BBC genealogy show bought by NBC - The Guardian - 11 Mar 2008
Genome studies show that humans are all mixed up - Philadelphia Inquirer - 22 Feb 2008
Public can get genes tested - Houston Chronicle - 13 Jan 2008
Tracing Lineage With DNA - ABC News - 4 Dec 2007
A background check for human posterity - Boston Globe - 25 Sep 2007 - Boston Globe - 25 Sep 2007
DNA Helps Get To The Roots Of The Problem - The Day.com - 24 Sep 2007
Library program to explain DNA testing in genealogy - Cincinnati Post - 24 Sep 2007
Experts to delve into DNA’s role in genealogy - Lebanon Daily News - 13 Sep 2007
Genetic Genealogy - What Can It Offer? - BBC - 24 Aug 2007
Goal for DNA research? World peace - USA Today - 2 Jul 2007
Daughters of Eve in DNA paintings - BBC News - 4 Jun 2007
Finding your own history - dailynews.com - 3 Jun 2007
DNA testing helps find lost legacies and cements connections - dailynews.com - 3 Jun 2007
DNA accepted as Mayflower descent proof - Bangor Daily News - 28 May 2007 
A DNA portrait of European history - Telegraph - 18 May 2007
DNA unmasks Czech past - The Prague Post - 25 Apr 2007
'Junk' DNA Now Looks Like Powerful Regulator, Scientists Find - Science Daily - 24 Apr 2007
In DNA age, genealogy is anything but a staid hobby - NY Times/IHT - 2 Apr 2007
Genes in fashion - InsideBayArea.com (Log-in Req.) - 15 Mar 2007
At a Harlem Reunion, a Rancher From Missouri Meets His ‘DNA Cousins’  - NY Times (Log-in Req.) - 14 Mar 2007
Technology creates extreme genealogists - AP/Houston Chronicle - 4 Mar 2007
Reunited at last! This is David, the brother I lost just 1,000 years ago - The Observer UK - 31 Dec 2006
DNA helps identify distant ancestors - Presstelegram - Long Beach, CA - 7 Aug 2006
Finding out who you are - LJWorld.com - 13 Jul 2006
Who's your great-great-great-great-granddaddy? - NYTimes/Orange County Register - 11 Jun 2006
Can DNA Reveal Your Roots? - TIME Magazine - 3 Jul 2005
The DNA Connection - AARP - Mar/Apr 2005
Detective work solves a genetic mystery - The University of Sidney - 25 July 2003

Famous DNA:

Amelia Earhart Mystery May Soon be Solved - Blisstree.com - 6 Aug 2009
DNA Proves Scottish Roots of Haley Family - Ancestry Magazine - Jul 2009
Analysis Of Copernicus Putative Remains Support Identity - Science Daily - 7 Jul 2009
Exhumation of 1812 war hero stirs controversy - Canada.com - 2 Jul 2009
Remains officially declared to be explorer Everett Ruess - Standard-Examiner - 30 Apr 2009
DNA testing: 'Roots' author Haley rooted in Scotland, too - USA Today - 6 Apr 2009
Mystery solved as tests prove Tsar's entire family was murdered - The Independent - 11 Mar 2009
Leaving No Stone Unturned: DNA Analysis Confirms Identities of Missing Romanovs - The Spittoon - 23 Feb 2009
Galileo DNA to solve astronomical riddle - ABC Science - 20 Jan 2009
Copernicus' remains and grave found - MSNBC - 20 Nov 2008
Trying to Prove Family Link To a Noted Founding Father - Washingtonpost.com 24 Aug 2008
Inheriting Confucius - Seed Magazine - 13 Aug 2008
Rock Stars to Send DNA Into Space - MarketWatch - 12 Aug 2008
Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart - AP - 25 Jul 2008
DNA tests reveal mystery surrounding playwright Schiller - AP - 4 May 2008
DNA may solve mystery of Anastasia - Charlotte Observer - 3 Apr 2008
The Lt. Governor's DNA: A Citizen of the World - NYNow - 13 Feb 2008
Canadians identify child aboard Titanic - USA Today - 31 Jul 2007
Mommy, where do Bonos come from? - Vanity Fair - 20 Jun 2007
Team hopes DNA is clue to Lost Colony mystery - The Virginian-Pilot - 11 Jun 2007
African American Seeks to Prove A Genetic Link to James Madison - WashingtonPost.com - 11 Jun 2007
Chromosomes of Genghis Khan - Science Daily - 21 May 2007
Joan of Arc's relics are Fake - LiveScience.com - 4 Apr 2007
Study Raises Possibility of Jewish Tie for Jefferson - NY Times (Log-in Req.) - 28 Feb 2007
DNA clue to presidential puzzle - BBC News - 6 Feb 2007
Bone fragment likely not Joan of Arc - MSNBC - 17 Dec 2006
Only Connect - St. Petersburg Times - 1 Dec 2006
Who really sailed the ocean blue in 1492? - Christian Science Monitor - 17 Oct 2006
Scientists seek Copernicus' uncle's remains to confirm finding - Irish Examiner 25 Aug 2006
Historian wants DNA test for academy's John Paul Jones - The Capital - 16 Apr 2006
DNA test for Joan of Arc - Guardian Unlimited - 14 Feb 2006
Scientists to use DNA tests to trace Colombus lineage - New Zealand Herald - 13 Jan 2006
Jamestown DNA sleuths strike out - MSNBC - 10 Nov 2005
Y chromosomes reveal founding father - Nature - 24 Oct 2005
Billy the Kid: Case closed - MSNBC - 27 Sep 2004

Adoption DNA:

Rockford man uses DNA testing, Internet searches to find his birth father - mlive.com - 21 Jun 2009 

Ancient DNA:

Mapping the path out of Africa, our genes and ourselves - The National - 14 Sep 2009
Amazing trace, of lineage: National Geographic uses New Yorkers for 'Family Tree' documentary - New York Daily News - 24 Aug 2009
Ancient DNA Analysis Reveals Family Ties in Ruins of Pompeii - The Spittoon - 1 Jul 2009
Among Many Peoples, Little Genomic Variety - Washington Post - 22 Jun 2009
New 'Molecular Clock' Aids Dating Of Human Migration History - Science Daily - 4 Jun 2009
New theory in skull mystery - Wairapa Times-Age - 21 May 2009
DNA test to prove Bronze Age link - BBC News - 20 Apr 2009
Clues to ancient invasion in DNA - BBC News - 2 Apr 2009
Searchers Find Remains Of Teutonic Knights Leaders - CBS News - 12 Dec 2008
Stone-age nuclear family unearthed - MSNBC - 17 Nov 2008
Phoenician Blood Endures 3,000 Years, DNA Study Shows - National Geographic - 30 Oct 2008
Cemetery found at Cupids archeological dig - The Telegram - 14 Sep 2008
Human geography is mapped in the genes - News Scientist - 31 Aug 2008
Uncovering the ultimate family tree - BBC News - 21 Aug 2008
Mummified remains from Alaskan glacier identified - Times Online - 17 Aug 2008
DNA Tests to Study Mummy Fetuses in King Tut Tomb - ABC News - 7 Aug 2008
Cavemen and their relatives in the same village after 3,000 years - TimesOnline - 15 Jul 2008
Traces of the Distant Past - Scientific American - Jul 2008
Ancient Hair Reveals Greenland Eskimos' Roots - NPR - 30 May 2008
Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago - CNN.com - 24 Apr 2008
Crusaders sowed seeds of modern Beirut - Times Online - 28 Mar 2008
Months after mummy claim, DNA science still lags - CTV.ca - 20 Dec 2007
One-third of Maltese found to have ancient Phoenician DNA - The Malta Independent Online - 16 Sep 2007
DNA from Spit Helps Decode Lives of Early Settlers - NPR - 27 Aug 2007
Initial DNA Analysis Support Identification of Queen Hatshepsut - GeneticArchaeology.com - 17 Jul 2007
Study: Neanderthal Genome Map Possible - Discovery Channel - 26 Jun 2007
Ancient Etruscans were immigrants from Anatolia, or what is now Turkey - EurekaAlert! - 16 Jun 2007
European Man Found in Ancient Chinese Tomb, Study Reveals - National Geographic News - 24 May 2007
DNA Boosts Herodotus’ Account of Etruscans as Migrants to Italy - New York Times (Log-in Req.) - 3 Apr 2007
Modern Technology Reveals Mummy's Past - AP/AOL News - 16 Mar 2007
Prehistoric lovers found locked in eternal embrace - CNN - 7 Feb 2007
'Better' DNA out of fossil bones - BBC News - 19 Sep 2005
First Christmas Card - The Batesville Daily Guard - 16 Dec 2004
Who Were the Phoenicians? - National Geographic - October 2004
Ancient Hair Gives Up DNA Secrets - ABC News - 22 Jun 2004
DNA links cave man to British teacher - LA Times - Mar 1997

African DNA:

DNA testing: 'Roots' author Haley rooted in Scotland, too - USA Today - 6 Apr 2009
Web site links African-Americans to ancestors' voyage - ChicagoTribune.com - 3 Jan 2009
Man achieves royalty - The Free-Lance Star - 17 Nov 2008
Dayton Roots - University of Dayton - 22 Jan 2008
Links with Africa are forged anew - dailypress.com - 6 Nov 2007
"Roots" searches dig into DNA - The Denver Post - 16 Oct 2007
Reweaving history - Dallas-Ft Worth Star Telegram - 19 Nov 2006
Written in the Blood - AlterNet - 21 Sep 2006
When it comes to DNA, all roots lead to Africa - The News Tribune.com - 21 Jan 2006
She traces genetic ‘Roots’ to Africa - MSNBC - 16 Jan 2002

Benelux DNA:

DNA-onderzoek helpt de genealogie - Ed.nl - 3 Feb 2009

British Isles/Ireland DNA:

Who Killed the Men of England? - Harvard Magazine - Jul/Aug 2009
Guinness story moves from riches to rags - TimesOnline - 15 Dec 2007
Isles of the Hebrides DNA Project - Islay Weblog - 9 Dec 2007
400-year-old Scots ready to reveal their battle secrets - Scotsman.com - 12 Sep 2007 - Scotsman.com - 12 Sep 2007
New genealogy centre to create DNA library - Sunday Herald - 29 Oct 2006
DNA test can detect Picts' descendants - Telegraph - 14 Aug 2006
Millions of Men May Be Descended From Irish King, Study Says - National Geographic News - 20 Jan 2006
British Have Changed Little Since Ice Age, Gene Study Says - National Geographic News - 19 Jul 2005
DNA test to tell if skull is Emmet's - breakingnews.ie - 8 Mar 2003
Hunt on for British Vikings - BBC - 6 Aug 2000

French DNA:

Réunis par leur ADN - LePoint - 9 Jun 2007

Jewish DNA:

Sheba, NYU researchers to draw genetic map of wandering Jew - Jerusalem Post - 20 Jul 2009
Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past - Christian Science Monitor - 29 Dec 2008
Meeting My New Family - Ancestry Magazine - Dec 2008
Revealing Hidden Roots - Boston Globe - 23 Sep 2008
Jews and their DNA - Commentary Magazine - Sep 2008
When oral history meets genetics - The Jerusalem Post - 30 Mar 2008
Hispanic New Mexicans Intrigued by Hints of A Hidden Jewish Past - Albuquerque Times Online - 9 Dec 2006
Taking a Swipe at Genealogy - JewishTimes.com - 8 Dec 2006
Father Of ‘Mother’ DNA Study - The Jewish Week - 7 Jul 2006
The DNA Detectives - The UK Herald - 13 Jun 2006
Ashkenazi or Sephardi? DNA Unites Jewish Families, but Raises Questions - Combined Jewish Philanthropies - 29 May 2006
Millions of Jews traced to four women - MSNBC - 12 Jan 2006

Native-American DNA:

DNA results show no link to ancient human remains - Capital City Weekly - 24 Dec 2008
Ancient Hair Reveals Greenland Eskimos' Roots - NPR - 30 May 2008
Canyon Country family linked to iceman - Daily News - 6 May 2008
New Evidence of Earliest North Americans - The S.F. Examiner - 3 Apr 2008
U.S. scientist seeks Dene saliva swabs to track human journey - CBC News - 1 Apr 2008
Mi'kmaq people one step closer - Advertiser - 13 Mar 2008
Indian DNA Links to Six 'Founding Mothers' - ABC News - 12 Mar 2008
Native American DNA found in UK - BBC News - 4 May 2007
First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says - National Geographic News - 2 Feb 2007 
DNA Ties Together Scattered Peoples - LA Times - 11 Sep 2006
Blood Feud - Wired - Sep 2005
DNA Links Ancient, Modern Indians - Santa Clarita Signal - 22 May 2005

Neandertal DNA:

A Neanderthal in the family: working with ancient DNA - Ars Technica - 23 Feb 2009
Neanderthal genome will unlock secrets of human evolution - Times Online - 12 Feb 2009
Last of the Neanderthals - National Geographic Magazine - Oct 2008
Leg bone yields DNA secrets of man's Neanderthal 'Eve' - The Guardian - 8 Aug 2008
Neandertal Mitochondrial DNA Deciphered - Science News - 7 Aug 2008

Russian DNA:

Blood News - Newsweek (Russian version) - 22 Dec 2008
DNA confirms IDs of czar's children, ending mystery - Excite News - 1 May 2008
Relative to Roots - Newsweek (Russian version) - Jan 2007

Scandinavian DNA:

Danes to be tested for Viking ancestry - jp.dk - 29 Sep 2008

Surnames and DNA:

Family trait: Local man’s DNA project traces Pike family histories - The Telegram - 12 Aug 2009
The Gerstenberger clan is seeking the roots of a big family tree - Los Angeles Times - 8 Aug 2009
Why the Dysons keep faith in their genes - Telegraph - 14 Jun 2001
Surnames found in DNA - BBC News - 4 Apr 2000

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