Did You Know? DNA Can Offer Clues about Irish Ancestry.
Editor’s note: This post has been edited to reflect changes to the 23andMe ancestry product. Nearly 37 million Americans claim to have Irish heritage according to a national survey conducted in...
View ArticleMother Europe
The story of H is really the story of people in modern Europe. H refers to a maternal lineage – also known as a maternal haplogroup – that originated long ago in the Near East but expanded into Europe...
View ArticleHaplogroups Explained
Many 23andMe customers that contact Customer Care are confused by their haplogroup assignments and what they actually mean. But knowing your haplogroup, and how you can use it, can give you much more...
View ArticleFounding Fathers’ DNA
Editor’s note: We first ran this blog post a few years back and thought we’d revisit it for this year’s July 4th. Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine the yellowing letters of Thomas...
View Article23andMe’s Updated Maternal Haplogroup Report
How far back can you trace your maternal line? To your mother? Your grandmother? How about your maternal great-great-great-grandmother? Whether you know your maternal-line genealogy back ten...
View ArticleIndependence DNA
Editor’s note: We first ran a version of this blog post a few years back and thought we’d revisit the topic for this year’s July 4th.Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine the yellowing...
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