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• 09/30/2009: October 2009 Phillips DNA Newsletter

  Created: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 16:23

    The October 2009 Phillips DNA newsletter has been posted on the News page of this website.  To access it, just click on the News tab in the blue bar at the top of this page.  You can choose to read the newsletter in plain text or PDF format.  This ...

• 09/28/2009: 23andMe, the New Kid on the Block

  Created: Monday, 28 September 2009 10:10

    Here is a link to an article in the Spittoon, a blog written by 23andMe, which is a new DNA testing company.  The focus of 23andMe is testing autosomal DNA for medical predispositions, not genealogy.  However, they also do something they called Anc...

• 09/26/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 26 September 2009 11:45

    The following Phillips DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 26 September 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 10/05/2009, 322, 156136, Various Y-DNA Markers 10/19/2009, 324, 156888, Deep Clade-R 10/19/2009, 324, 50263, Deep Clade-R ...

• 09/24/2009: Progress of the Project over the past Month

  Created: Thursday, 24 September 2009 11:18

  The formation of Group 59, our most recent family group, was announced on August 24th.  Since then, we have had new yDNA results return for 14 members, 10 of whom matched existing family groups.  Of the four who did not have any family matches, two were...

• 09/22/2009: DNA Presentation at the National Library of Wales

  Created: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:52

    On 30 September, 2009, Brian Swann will be giving a talk at the National Library of Wales on "DNA and Welsh Family History - Past, Present and Future."  Brian is the Regional Director of ISOGG for England and Wales and he asked if we would like to pr...

• 09/21/2009: Maxing Out your Markers at FTDNA

  Created: Monday, 21 September 2009 10:17

    In addition to the standard 12, 25, 37 and 67 yDNA marker tests offered by FTDNA, there are quite a few tests of other markers offered in their Advanced Tests menu.  Here is a link to a page put together by another DNA project administrator, Diana Ga...

• 09/19/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 19 September 2009 11:07

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 19 September 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 10/02/2009, 320, 159622, Y-DNA37 10/05/2009, 322, 156136, Various Y-DNA Markers 10/09/2009, 321, 160099, Y-DNA37 10/12/2009, 323, 117995, De...

• 09/17/2009: The world's oldest nuclear family

  Created: Thursday, 17 September 2009 14:55

    Evidence that the nuclear family dates back to the Stone Age has been unearthed for the first time by scientists.  Here is a link to the story in a British online journal called the Telegraph.  Although the article does not go into detail about DNA,...

• 09/16/2009: Do you know where your surname originates?

  Created: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 15:22

    A British website called The National Trust presents the findings of a project based at University College London that is investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic.  It allows users to trace the geography...

• 09/14/2009: Africans in Yorkshire - the first genetic evidence of Africans among indigenous British

  Created: Monday, 14 September 2009 11:25

    Here is a link to an article in the European Journal of Human Genetics about the discovery of Haplogroup A1, a globally rare and archetypically African sublineage, that has been found in 7 out of 18 Yorkshire men carrying the same surname....

• 09/12/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 12 September 2009 11:09

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 12 September 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 10/02/2009, 320, 159622, Y-DNA37 10/05/2009, 322, 156136, Various Y-DNA Markers 10/09/2009, 321, 160099, Y-DNA37 10/12/2009, 323, 117995...

• 09/11/2009: POW and MIA American Phillips

  Created: Friday, 11 September 2009 14:36

    The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command is trying to identify the remains of individuals who have died in past wars.  They have five men named Phillips in their database.  Read more about how to help in our Families Needed section at this link.  This...

• 09/09/2009: Participants sought for a Boston-area Genetics Study

  Created: Wednesday, 09 September 2009 09:56

  For a significant research project, Professor Bryan Sykes, the Oxford-based geneticist, will be collecting data in collaboration with NEHGS in the Boston area the week of September 14-18.  He is interested in identifying documented descendants of early (...

• 09/08/2009: YouTube Video of how easy it is to take an FTDNA Test

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 11:04

    Here's a link to a video on YouTube of a man named Brad Larkin showing you how to perform a DNA test using the kit from Family Tree DNA....

• 09/07/2009: National Geographic offers discount on DNA tests

  Created: Monday, 07 September 2009 10:04

    National Geographic is offering 10% off the $99 retail price of a 12 marker yDNA test through September 15th.  These tests are part of NG's Genographic Project which is a five year project to map how mankind populated the earth by studying DNA from a...

• 09/06/2009: Genealogy Myths: Real, Fool's Gold, or Both?

  Created: Sunday, 06 September 2009 17:15

    Family stories are a wonderful thing.  They often give you insights into the lives of your ancestors.  However, beware!  Not all family stories are true.  Here is a link to an essay written by Dick Eastman on this subject that I think should be r...

• 09/05/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 05 September 2009 10:27

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 5 September 2009: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test 09/04/2009, 309, 52586, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 markers) 09/07/2009, 318, 65267, L126 SNP Test 09/11/2009, 317, 156988, Y-DNA37 + MT-DNA 09/2...

• 09/03/2009: The Ancestor Hunter Michael Hammer

  Created: Thursday, 03 September 2009 10:38

    The University of Arizona's Michael Hammer is a population geneticist who is also FTDNA's Chief Scientist and a member of their Scientific Advisory Board.  Here is a link to a great article in the Miller-McCune online magazine about Michael and hi...

• 09/01/2009: September 2009 Newsletter

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 08:43

    The September 2009 issue of the Phillips DNA Project Newsletter has been posted on the News page of this website.  Just click on the News tab above and you can elect to read the newsletter in plain text or PDF format.  This month's newsletter conta...