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Official Account | DNA testing for genealogy 🐦 Early Bird Sale: up to 50% off through Nov 11

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mtDNA is $129, a $30 savings. Trace your direct maternal line, generation by generation 🍂 https://t.co/6rkOmUWpT0

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🍂 Early Bird Sale: up to 50% off DNA tests through November 11. Family Finder® $39, mtDNA $129, Y-DNA from $79. https://t.co/6rkOmUVS3s

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Y-DNA tests start at $79. Follow your direct paternal line from father to son and beyond 🐦 https://t.co/6rkOmUWpT0

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Dolly Parton's Y-DNA haplogroup was identified through Big Y testing by cousins in the Parton Group Project. She's now in Discover Notable Connections — Y-DNA testers can see how their paternal line relates to hers.

1946–2026. Rest easy, Dolly.

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Ever wonder what actually happens at DNA Academy? 👀

Host Mags Gaulden takes us behind the scenes of ECGGC's Saturday-night tradition — plus what's planned for this year's panel with Dave Vance and Roberta Estes.

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#ECGGC2026 #DNAAcademy

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🩴 Our Summer Sale is on through August 31.

Family Finder® $39
Y-37 $79
mtDNA $129
Big Y-700 $399

Plus savings on bundles and upgrades.

https://t.co/6r1AUwg3yU

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For adoptees and Late Discovery Adoptees, DNA testing can reach beyond genealogy.

Jennifer Fahlsing of @Naapunited explores identity, DNA matches, community, and adoptee rights in our latest NPE Awareness Month guest blog: https://t.co/QpKnwPq4uG

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Tomorrow we observe Juneteenth — marking the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, TX learned they were free.

Our offices are closed tomorrow. Customer support resumes Monday at 9 a.m. CDT.

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Part two goes beyond it — through enslaver records, probate files, tax lists, and DNA analysis, all the way back to colonial Virginia.

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Juneteenth is two days away 🙌

Yesterday: what DNA makes possible for African American genealogy.
Today: how to actually do it.

Four new blogs — two DNA guides + a two-part research series on breaking through the brick walls. 🧬

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The 1870 census was the first to document most formerly enslaved families by name. Paul Heinegg and Ayo Heinegg Magwood share the records and strategies that can take you right up to that wall.

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Regina Lynch-Hudson knew she descended from Revolutionary War patriot Colonel John Carson.

But without DNA, she couldn't prove it. With it, she became the first woman of color to join the DAR under his lineage.

Her story 👇
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Juneteenth is this Friday 🎉

This week we're sharing stories of African American genealogy — and what DNA makes possible when the records weren't kept, the surnames were changed, and the paper trail runs out.

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Michael Jackson's family believed for generations they had Native American roots.

Big Y-700 testing traced his paternal line back through enslaved ancestors — to an unexpected French Huguenot origin.

DNA rewrote the story. 👇
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Father’s Day Sale is live! Save up to 50% on select DNA tests, upgrades, and bundles through June 22.

Start with Family Finder®, trace a paternal line with Y-DNA, or bundle and save.

https://t.co/eH9YLfLXeW

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A DNA surprise can feel overwhelming.

Kara Rubinstein Deyerin, Founder & CEO of @righttoknowus, wrote this guide with next steps for processing an unexpected DNA result, finding support, and thinking carefully before first contact.

Read more: https://t.co/yaFU7tMHo4

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What is an NPE?

An NPE can happen when DNA testing reveals unexpected information about genetic parentage or family relationships.

Learn what NPE means, how DNA surprises may appear, and where to turn next: https://t.co/GKsRPP8ADu

#NPEAwarenessMonth