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• 02/27/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 27 February 2010 09:45

  The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 27 February 2010: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test03/01/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 03/01/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 03/12/2010, 341, 168955, Y-DNA 37 03/17/...

• 02/22/2010: American version of WDYTYA premieres March 5 on NBC

  Created: Monday, 22 February 2010 10:56

    Follow Sarah Jessica Parker, Emmitt Smith, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Broderick, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon and Spike Lee as they embark on a journey to discover the history of their ancestors. From Salem witches to French royalty to former slaves, the...

• 02/20/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 20 February 2010 09:51

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 20 February 2010:  Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test02/19/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 02/19/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 02/27/2010, 341, 168955, Y-DNA 37 03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 0...

• 02/18/2010: DNA Test Results for King Tut, Egypt's famous Boy Pharoah

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:58

  Two years of DNA testing and CT scans on King Tutankhamun have revealed he was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and a club foot.  He likely died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria and his parents were probably brother a...

• 02/17/2010: Family Tree DNA Launches the "Family Finder" DNA Test

  Created: Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:34

  FTDNA is introducing a new autosomal DNA test they are calling "Family Finder" which can be taken by both men and women.  The new test will cost $249 and will be offered to the general public in March.  The Family Finder test requires an untouched vial ...

• 02/15/2010: Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London February 26-28

  Created: Monday, 15 February 2010 18:41

  "Who do you think you are? Live", the largest family history show in the world, will be taking place this year from the 26th to the 28th of February at Olympia in London. The speakers for the DNA workshops have now been announced and full details can be f...

• 02/13/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:42

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 13 February, 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test02/19/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 02/19/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 02/27/2010, 341, 168955, Y-DNA 37 03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 03/0...

• 02/11/2010: Faces of America Series on PBS

  Created: Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:17

  The first of a four part series called "Faces of America" premiered on PBS last night.  Here is a link to the first episode in case you missed it: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/video/episode-1-our-american-stories/190/.The first episode did not ...

• 02/10/2010: DNA suggests even ancient man had baldness issues

  Created: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:14

  Scientists have pieced together an ancient human genome sequence from the hair of a 4,000 year old extinct Palaeo-Eskimo found in Greenland.  His DNA indicates that he belongs to Haplogroup Q1a, which is not surprising considering modern Inuits, Aleutian...

• 02/09/2010: Developments in the Project over the Past Month

  Created: Tuesday, 09 February 2010 09:54

  We had new yDNA test results return from the FTDNA lab for seven participants over the past month.  These participants were added to various groups as follows:168416 was added to Family Group 5 168655 was added to Family Group 10 166613 was added to Fa...

• 02/08/2010: American version of WDYTYA premieres March 5 on NBC

  Created: Monday, 08 February 2010 10:36

  In case you have not already checked it out, here is a link to a trailer for the upcoming US version of Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA?) which premieres on Friday 5 March 2010 on the NBC network. Looks like it is going to be a great program!...

• 02/06/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2010 10:51

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 6 February 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test02/19/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 02/19/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 02/27/2010, 341, 168955, Y-DNA 37 03/01/2010, 343, 162003, Deep Clade R...

• 02/04/2010: Politician's Horse Thieving and Train Robbing Ancestor Hoax

  Created: Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:40

    Here is a link to an amusing exposé in Dick Eastman's Online Journal with regard to one of those "urban legend" chain emails that circulate on the internet....

• 02/02/2010: Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London February 26-28

  Created: Tuesday, 02 February 2010 09:43

  "Who do you think you are? Live", the largest family history show in the world, will be taking place this year from the 26th to the 28th of February at Olympia in London. The speakers for the DNA workshops have now been announced and full details can be f...

• 02/01/2010: February Issue of Phillips DNA Project Newsletter has been posted

  Created: Monday, 01 February 2010 10:12

  The February 2010 Phillips DNA Project newsletter has been posted on the News page of this website.  Just click on the News tab in the blue bar at the top of this page and you can choose to read it in plain text or PDF format.  This month the newsletter...

• 01/31/10: Stephanopoulos learns Hillary Clinton is his distant cousin

  Created: Sunday, 31 January 2010 11:49

    George Stephanopoulos underwent DNA testing to promote "Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates, Jr," a four-part series on family histories premiering Wednesday February 10th on PBS.  Stephanoloupos discovered he is very likely a maternal cousin ...

• 01/30/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 30 January 2010 10:48

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 30 January 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test01/29/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 01/29/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 02/27/2010, 341, 168955, Y-DNA 37 03/01/2010, 343, 162003, Deep Clade R 03...

• 01/29/2010: Let's welcome Phillips Family Group 63!

  Created: Friday, 29 January 2010 10:31

    We have a new Phillips Family Group!  Group 63 is composed of kit ID number DNA-R1 and 168480, a father and son.  Their ancestor Joseph Phillips appears to have immigrated to America from Poland and their yDNA haplogroup (I1) reflects this heritage...

• 01/27/2010: Trailer for US version of Who Do You Think You Are

  Created: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:20

    In case you have not already checked it out, here is a link to a trailer for the upcoming US version of Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA?) which premieres on Friday 5 March 2010 on the NBC network. Looks like it is going to be a great program!  ...

• 01/25/2010: Were Humans Once an Endangered Species?

  Created: Monday, 25 January 2010 16:43

    With 6.8 billion people alive today, it's hard to fathom that humans were ever endangered.  But 1.2 million years ago, only 18,500 early humans were breeding on the planet.  A new method of studying DNA across the whole genome is allowing geneticis...