By the pricking of my thumbs... Witches in your family tree
Shakespeare famously wrote about fictional witches in Macbeth, but the witch hunts that took place across the world from the 15th to the 18th century involved some very real people. Persecuted for a number of reasons, from jealousy, to misunderstood mental illness, to just not quite fitting into society's standards, the names of these women (and a handful of men) have been preserved both in documents from the time and through local legends. Will you be witchfinding in your family tree this Halloween?
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Can you find out if you have Viking Heritage?
If you’ve recently become interested in learning about your DNA, then you may be looking at some of the major ancestry lines, trying to figure out who your descendants were. You may question if your ancestors were Scandinavian warriors or not and if so, what that could mean...
Living DNA November Update
Throughout November & December, a number of improvements are being made to your Living DNA portal. These changes have been designed to make the portal easier to use for everyone. Different people will be updated in phased rollouts, at first not all features will be live for everyone, but within the next few weeks they will be.
						Family Networks - A guide to messaging
						German Project Progress Update
We are extremely excited to share the progress we have made with our autosomal DNA test for people with Germanic ancestry. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the survey.
						Living DNA April 2019 Product Update
						DNA Matching Open Beta - Be Part of It Today
Family Networks allows you to discover genetic relatives and draw new connections in your family research. It works by comparing your DNA to other people in the database that have also chosen to be part of the DNA matching service. All you have to do is opt in!
						Living DNA November Update- You Shared and we Listened
Who were the Neanderthals?
Neanderthals were our closest relatives, we share 99.7% of their DNA. They lived 200,000 to 30,000 years ago, when they eventually became extinct.
						Living DNA October update - US Laboratory and Version 2 DNA Chip
						We have a new chip!
						What do you get when you drop a pumpkin? Squash
						2018 - Living DNA Product Updates
The team at Living DNA have been hard at work releasing new features this month and would like to share our latest developments.
						National Family History Month
Family history and genealogical research is one of the fastest growing communities in the world. In August , thousands celebrate National Family History Month.
						One Family One World with Derby Primary School
						FINDMYPAST PARTNERSHIP
						Our DNA Summer Fete
						Privacy, Security and GDPR for the Personal Genomics Industry
						Cheering For The Ancestral Home Team
Results from our research reveals which nations will be cheered for by Brits this summer in this year’s World Cup.