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• 06/29/2009: Two new matches for Family Group 2

  Created: Monday, 29 June 2009 10:56

    Our largest group, Phillips Family Group 2, has two new matches: kit number 152000 and kit number 154111 .  Both of these participants appear to possibly descend from Reuben Clementine Phillips who died in Anson County, NC, about 1781.  They mat...

• 06/27/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 27 June 2009 09:51

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 27 June 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 06/29/2009, 308, 50779, Deep Clade R 07/06/2009, 309, 52586, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 markers) 07/06/2009, 309, 147495, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 mar...

• 06/25/2009: Hendricks man matches Group 11

  Created: Thursday, 25 June 2009 15:38

    Phillips Family Group 11 has a 35/37 marker match with a man who has the last name Hendricks.  This participant and several other researchers believed for years that his Hendricks line was the result of a liaison between a man named Tilton Phillips ...

• 06/24/2009: FTDNA Extends Summer Sale

  Created: Wednesday, 24 June 2009 10:02

    Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has decided to extend the summer sale on their paternal 37 marker yDNA test plus mtDNA (maternal) test to June 30, 2009.  The test costs $119 which must be paid by July 7, 2009.  This is a reduction of more than 50% over t...

• 06/23/2009: Group 21 has a possible Irish Match!

  Created: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 15:28

  Phillips Family Group 21 has a possible Irish match with a man who has the last name Philben, an Irish variation of Phillips.  Kit number 65465 has only tested 12 markers, but he is a perfect 12/12 match with Group 21.  This participant traces his Phi...

• 06/22/2009: Adoptees Using the Internet and DNA to Solve Mysteries

  Created: Monday, 22 June 2009 10:39

    A man named Richard Hill has become an advocate of using the Internet and DNA to help other adoptees seeking information about their biological parents.  Here is a link to his story that appeared yesterday (for Father's Day) in the Grand Rapids News....

• 06/21/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Sunday, 21 June 2009 15:10

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 20 June 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 06/26/2009, 306, 150069, Y-DNA (26 to 37 markers) 06/29/2009, 308, 50779, Deep Clade R 07/06/2009, 309, 52586, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 markers) ...

• 06/19/2009: North Sea gives up Neanderthal Fossil

  Created: Friday, 19 June 2009 10:42

    Fishermen dredging the bottom of the North Sea have recovered a fragment from the front of a skull belonging to a young Neanderthal male.  Analysis of chemical isotopes suggest the fossil is 60,000 years old.  It is thought that Neanderthals were ou...

• 06/18/2009: Only One Week Left for Summer Sale on DNA Tests!

  Created: Thursday, 18 June 2009 14:41

    Offer summary:  Y-DNA37+mtDNA for $119. (The regular project price is $248 - a reduction of more than 50%!!) The promotion will begin on June 9, 2009 and will end on June 24, 2009 Kits ordered in this sale must be paid for by June 30, 2009 ...

• 06/17/2009: FTDNA Offers Special Deals to Previously Tested Individuals

  Created: Wednesday, 17 June 2009 10:00

    For those of you who have already been DNA tested by Relative Genetics, DNAHeritage, Ancestry, Oxford Ancestors or Genebase, Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is offering special prices to those who would like to be retested by FTDNA as follows: Y-DNA 12 Marke...

• 06/15/2009: Phillips Family Group 38 Plans Reunion

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2009 13:40

    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 are just across the river in Westchester Count...

• 06/14/2009: Another Phillips Family Group Identified Through DNA!

  Created: Sunday, 14 June 2009 13:40

  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, TN and kit number 143705 traces back to Aaron A. Phillips born March of 1852 in Alabam...

• 06/13/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 13 June 2009 16:16

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 13 June 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 05/11/2009, 301, 46393, Deep Clade Extended 06/26/2009, 306, 150069, Y-DNA (1 to 37 markers) 06/29/2009, 308, 50779, Deep Clade R 07/06/2...

• 06/12/2009: Family Group 31 has a New DNA Match!

  Created: Friday, 12 June 2009 16:00

    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 Group 31 also trace back to this part of Georgia...

• 06/11/2009: SMGF Ending Program of Free DNA Tests

  Created: Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:57

  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 will focus on research and continued analysis of the data they have gathered over the ...

• 06/10/2009: Tracing Irish Ancestry

  Created: Wednesday, 10 June 2009 09:06

  One of the more interesting sites devoted to Irish genealogy can be found here at a website called Irish Family Research.  The site has hundreds of databases of Irish genealogy information. Most of these databases are searchable, and some are free t...

• 06/09/09: FTDNA Offers 50% off yDNA plus mtDNA Test for Two Weeks Only

  Created: Tuesday, 09 June 2009 08:28

    Offer summary:   Y-DNA37+mtDNA for $119. (The regular project price is $248 - a reduction of more than 50%!!) The promotion will begin on June 9, 2009 and will end on June 24, 2009 Kits ordered in this sale must be paid for by June 30, 2009 ...

• 06/08/2009: The Peopling of Europe

  Created: Monday, 08 June 2009 11:13

  There is a fascinating article entitled "The Peopling of Europe" written by a British woman named Jean Manco at this link.  Jean's studies are often published in scholarly format, but she also writes popular material for magazines.  I would describe t...

• 06/07/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Sunday, 07 June 2009 14:58

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 6 June 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 05/11/2009, 301, 46393, Deep Clade Extended 06/26/2009, 306, 150069, Y-DNA (1 to 37 markers) 06/29/2009, 308, 50779, Deep Clade R 07/03/2009...

• 06/05/2009: Southern DNA match to a Northern Phillips Family

  Created: Friday, 05 June 2009 12:56

  Of the more than 380 men named Phillips who have been DNA tested thus far, there have been very few DNA matches between Phillips families whose roots are in the northern states of the USA and Phillips families whose roots are in the southern states of...