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Updated: 3:02 a.m. ET Jan. 31, 2006

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Irish king left
a wide genetic trail

Scientists in Ireland may have found the country’s most fertile male, with more than 3 million men worldwide among his offspring. • FULL STORY

• Millions of Jews traced to four women
Genetic signature for 3.5 million Ashkenazim

• Mozart mystery just gets murkier
DNA test of skull adds to confusion

• Billy the Kid investigation resurrected
Investigators say they plan to do DNA test

• Jamestown DNA sleuths strike out
Experts couldn’t find good sample for matching

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• Revolutionary War mystery still unsettled

• Human migration traced through genes

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• Columbus tomb may be opened

• Genetic shuffle linked to fertility

• Genetic study focuses on Asian diversity

• DNA fingerprinting sparks fresh worries

• Using DNA to reunite adoptees, parents

• Corps of Discovery's descendants reunite

• John Kerry's family traced back to royalty

• Black statesman finds African roots

• Are you related to Genghis?

• Mystery of royal heart put to rest

• DNA shoots hole in Captain Cook legend

• Bush vs. Kerry? They’re distant cousins

• Father finds son after a lifetime apart

• Can genes unravel a Viking mystery?

• DNA said to confirm Lindbergh kids

• DNA takes on a family’s mysteries

EXPLORE YOUR ROOTS

• Assembling the family history puzzle

• A family tree that spans the Net

• A leap of faith in the family quest

• National Archives go online (partly)

• DNA offers avenue to black ancestry

• Databank to catalog African DNA

• A genetic link, a historical rift

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