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MyHeritage Offering DNA Kits to Adoptees

MyHeritage has launched a new pro bono initiative to help adoptees and their birth families reunite through genetic testing. MyHeritage are providing 15,000 MyHeritage DNA kits, worth more than one million dollars, for free, to eligible participants.  See here  for more details

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June Record Collection Updates

FamilySearch Roots Ireland 43,652 new Galway records added: Almost 10,000 new Tipperary records added: Find My Past Ancestry New collections: Updated: See: Recently Added and Updated

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New Irish Surname Tool

Irish surnames carry centuries of history in a single word. Most derive from the Gaelic naming system that flourished in Ireland before the Norman conquest

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