FamilyTree DNA have made two announcements in recent days: 1. Big Y-700 and Big Y Block Tree Matching Tool Big Y-700 is an upgrade on the Big Y-500 DNA test. It is an improvement in terms of the amount of…

I have just added a brand new clan, the Nottinghamshire clan. It is based on a tree provided by Adrian Warburton and includes 248 new people, 180 of them Warburtons. It originates in 1665, and I had hopes of linking…

I have received a request from Andrew Warburton who is part of the Radcliffe Clan and Lancashire Group. Andrew suffers from MS and is interested in contacting anyone who has MS in their family tree, with a view to exploring whether the condition might have an hereditary element.

If you would like to make contact with Andrew please send me an email and I will forward it to him.

Lisa Hale sent me an interesting link the other day, to an article on the origins of the cocktail known as a Bloody Mary. The article is here. The article has a number of alternatives, one of which is the…

Whilst researching the additions to the Bolton (Bakers) Clan sent to me by Martin Warburton I noticed his father had a sister Renie born in 1920. When Martin confirmed this was indeed his aunt he mentioned she became Lady Adams.…

I have added a new family tree called the Loris Family. As a convention I call trees with 50 plus Warburtons a Clan, and anything smaller a Family. This one is based on input from Loris Cooper and is important…

There have been a number of significant DNA developments over the last 12 months and the new Family Tree DNA BigY500 test is at the heart of them. Firstly the test itself became available early in the year, and the…

Firstly may I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. To welcome in the New Year I have produced Issue 16 of the Button Files, which you will find here. It is also linked to from the Newsletters…

This year’s FTDNA sale ends on December 31st. For the last week there is an extra 10% reduction off YDNA products, including Y37 (now $89), and BigY500 (now $449). Use code Jingle10. If you are waiting for the best price,…

Piers Richard Warburton has emailed me to say he has just completed a biography of Dame Anne Warburton. Dame Anne was the UK’s first female ambassador (and Richard’s aunt). In addition to being Ambassador to Denmark, she also led a…