What makes you want to discover more about ancestors? Why take a DNA ancestry test to discover you deep ancestors and retrace their journey back thousands of years? What are you looking to find? A sense of adventure, to stand out among your peers or to become part of an ‘ancestral group’, perhaps? The mark… Continue Reading
Diverse Customers
“Do I have to be Irish to take a DNA test with IrelandsDNA?” The answer is no! The work that we do here at IrelandsDNA has grown out of population genetics research. Our scientists and historians wanted to have a deeper, more complete picture of Ireland and the British Isles. What makes them unique? Where… Continue Reading
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Family Legends
Back before paper and the written word, heritage and culture were preserved through the spoken word, passed down from generation to generation. In many cases, the teller would exercise some creative liberties and traditions and stories became more and more elaborate as time went on. This is not exclusive to ancient times. Many families have… Continue Reading
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The Discovery That Changed The World
April 25th, is internationally recognised as DNA Day. It remembers a day when two young men published a scientific paper that could fairly claim to have discovered the secret of life. After years of research, Francis Crick & James D Watson built a coherent and credible model that first accurately described the structure of the DNA molecule… Continue Reading
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New Research Published On Markers Rare To Isles
One of the exciting things about genetics and DNA research is that it uncovers mysteries that are pertinent to all living things. It is a shared history among all people and everyone can contribute. By taking DNA tests and consenting to submit your sample to a global database that researchers can access for various projects, allows… Continue Reading
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Ireland, Meet Your Runner!
This week’s blog post is done by guest blogger, and fellow colleague, Laura. She is our Customer Support Representative and is participating in the Edinburgh Marathon’s Team Relay to raise money for Jeans for Genes. She wants to share with you her story, why she is running for Ireland and to ask for your support! _________________________________________________ The Cock and… Continue Reading
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Relay For A Cause: Genetic Disorders UK
Spring is slowly arriving and here at IrelandsDNA, we are feeling particularly motivated to break out of winter hibernation and get our bodies moving again. Members of our team (myself included) have signed up for the Edinburgh Marathon’s Hairy Haggis Team Relay taking place on May 26th. As the relay has four legs, each of… Continue Reading
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Updates to mtDNA Markers: Which Branch Am I?
In the continuing efforts to improve the presentation of your DNA ancestry results to make them as comprehensive as possible, a change to the mtDNA results will be published this week. Currently, when customers receive their results, based on the makers that they carry (and don’t carry) they can be classified to a group or… Continue Reading
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I’m Not Marco Polo, How Do I Read This?
Continuing the trend from last week, I will discuss another question customers might have when reading their results: How do I read this map? Navigating the maps in your DNA deep ancestry results could raise some questions. Let us be your compass! As discussed last week, based on the markers present in your DNA, our geneticists… Continue Reading
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Calling All Donnellys!
Are you a male with the surname Donnelly? Are you interested in helping to write the genetic history of Ireland? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are conducting a study to investigate if the DNA of Donnelly and O’Donnell share a connection. If you are interested in taking part in our… Continue Reading
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