FamilyTreeDNA has released the brand-new Mitotree, version 2025.10.24! Mitotree has sprouted 12,773 new branches, a 30% increase in size in just seven months! Chart courtesy of FamilyTreeDNA, click to enlarge The new Mitotree has a total of 53,856 branches utilizing 342,000 full sequence samples from multiple sources: 267,000 from FamilyTreeDNA full sequence tests 50,000 from …
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François Broussard (1653-1716), Intractable Acadian – 52 Ancestors #463
François Broussard was born about 1653, probably in France. If he was born in Acadia, neither of his parents nor any siblings survived to the first Acadian census in 1671. Neither is François present in that census, so there is speculation that he arrived in 1671 aboard the ship, L’Oranger, with about 60 other young …
National Archives Museum Opens Immersive Signature Exhibit Ahead of Nation’s 250th Anniversary
The following is a press release written by the folks at the (U.S.)National Archives and Records Administration: On Friday, November 21, the National Archives Museum will open its new flagship exhibition, The American Story, after a multi-year reimagination of its museum galleries, just in time to celebrate America’s Semiquincentennial. Innovative, engaging, and powered by artificial …