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A Phillips-Knapp reunion is being planned for the weekend of September 19-20, 2009, in Haverstraw, New York.  Plans include a Sunday visit to the Phillips Manor Hall and the Phillips Farm, both of which

Our 53rd Phillips Family Group has been identified through DNA analysis!  Kit number 151181 traces back to John Marcus Phillips who was born 1820 in Davidson County,

The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 13 June 2009:

Due Date,

Phillips Family Group 31 has a new DNA match, kit number 151240.  This participant descends from Alexander Phillips who was born about 1801 in Georgia, possibly in Oglethorpe County.  Other members of

SMGF (Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation) has met its goal of collecting 100,000 DNA samples and is now ending its free DNA testing program.  SMGF's next phase