June 19, 2025
Tracing Your Maternal Roots: The Power of African mtDNA Haplogroups
From Haplogroup L0 to the Malagasy Motif, uncover the African maternal lineages that shaped humanity—and still live on in your mtDNA.
May 9, 2025
Ancient Connections of the Maternal Kind
Your maternal line holds secrets from across centuries and continents. See how mtDNA connects modern testers to ancient individuals around the world.
May 1, 2025
FamilyTreeDNA’s Y-DNA Haplotree: 90,000 Branches and Counting
FamilyTreeDNA’s Y-DNA haplotree is the largest of its kind, with over 90,000 branches and 750,000 variants. This overview outlines its structure, scientific value, and current scope as of April 2025.
July 30, 2024
Haplogroup C, a Hidden Paternal American Lineage That Beat the Odds and Survived
Explore the intriguing survival of haplogroup C, one of the world’s oldest Y-chromosome lineages.
July 22, 2024
The Case of the Clergyman’s Arms
Finding connections from medieval records and heraldry with DNA pointing the way.
June 18, 2024
Researching the Ancestry of Formerly-Enslaved African American Families, Part 1: Up to the 1870 Brick Wall
Discover expert tips, resources and strategies for tracing formerly-enslaved African American ancestors up to the 1870 brick wall.
June 18, 2024
Y-DNA Sheds New Light on the Medieval Genealogies of the Uí Briúin Dynasty of Northwest Ireland, Part 2
Continue learning how Y-DNA shed new light on the medieval genealogies of the Uí Briúin dynasty of northwest Ireland.
June 11, 2024
What’s New in Ancient DNA and Ancient Discover™ Connections
Read about the latest in ancient DNA research with new insights from Mayan, Neolithic, and Late Roman periods, integrated into FamilyTreeDNA Discover.
May 28, 2024
The Gospel According to Gene: The Discovery of a Mom’s Racial Passing in Vermont
Jerome Narramore, FamilyTreeDNA Group Project Administrator, discovers his mother's racial passing in Vermont, leading to profound self-revelation and advocacy.
May 24, 2024
Y-DNA Sheds New Light on the Medieval Genealogies of the Uí Briúin Dynasty of Northwest Ireland, Part 1
Learn how Y-DNA has helped shed new light on the medieval genealogies of the Uí Briúin dynasty of northwest Ireland and what this new information means for genetic genealogists.