Mtdna ‘ugly duckling’ of dna testing

Not that long ago, family secrets had every chance of staying that way – until the boom in DNA testing. It was 25 years ago that the first genetic genealogy tests were offered to the public. Since the

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Many of us when we first test (myself included) tend to think DNA will be some kind of magic bullet that which will easily fit with our known information. Using a DNA test to help research your family

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (regeneron. com), a human-genetics and biotech company based in the USA, announced on 19 May that it will purchase troubled US DNA-testing company 23andMe (23andme.com) for $