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Family Tree DNA, the company that I use for genetic testing, is having a sale. I got this notice on a genetics board that I participate in, Double Helix. These are pretty good deals. I would start with a Family Finder + Y-DNA37 and get the mitochondrial work done down the road. You will find scads of new relatives. You can chase your kin back to when they were scraping their knuckles on the cave floor.

You can link to the FTDNA website here. They have been a great company to work with, the autosomal work is on the Illumina platform and I am making new discoveries on a practically daily basis. Today I read a new russian paper that alerted me to a TMRCA (most recent common ancestor) with a man named Frey some 550 to 710 years ago. Here is the PDF.


Last summer, we offered special pricing to attract new members to your projects. This was the most successful offering of its type in our company's history. Our project administrators that got behind the recruitment efforts saw their projects grow, and, thus, our database also grew. With this in mind, we'd like to offer a summer special again this year.
Y-DNA37 for $119 (Regular price would be $149)
Y-DNA67 for $199 (Regular price would be $239)
Family Finder for $199 (Regular price would be $289)
Family Finder + Y-DNA37 for $318 (Regular price would be $438)
Family Finder + mtDNAPlus for $318 (Regular Price would be $438)
mtDNA Full Sequence for $219 (Regular Price would be $299)
SuperDNA for $418 (Regular Price would be $518, includes Y-DNA67 and mtFullSequence)
Comprehensive Genome for $617 (Regular Price would be $797, includes Y-DNA67, mtFullSequence and Family Finder)
In addition, existing Family Tree DNA customers may order the Family Finder 
add-on for $199
The promotion will start today, Friday the 15th at 6PM CST and will end Thursday, July 21, 11:59PM CST. Kits need to be paid for by the end of the promotion.