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• 11/28/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 28 November 2009 11:45

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 28 November 2009:  Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test11/09/2009, 327, 76446, Deep Clade Extended 11/23/2009, 329, 65267, Kittler test 11/30/2009, 330, 152678, Mega mtDNA 12/07/2009, 331, 1...

• 11/24/2009: DNA identifies another Phillips Family Group

  Created: Tuesday, 24 November 2009 14:29

    Phillips Family Group 62 has been identified through yDNA analysis.  This group has roots in South Carolina and their haplogroup is I1a, which indicates possible Viking heritage.  One member was tested through Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundatio...

• 11/23/2009: The Phenomenon of Pedigree Collapse

  Created: Monday, 23 November 2009 10:52

  How can your ancestors double with every generation?  Eventually you arrive at a time when you have more ancestors than there could have been people in the world and everyone knows we originated with just one couple, ancestral Adam and Eve.  The answer ...

• 11/21/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:16

  The following DNA tests were in progress as of 21 November 2009:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test11/09/2009, 327, 76446, Deep Clade Extended 11/23/2009, 329, 65267, Kittler test 11/30/2009, 330, 152678, Mega mtDNA 12/11/2009, 330, 163310, Y-DNA 37...

• 11/20/2009: Holiday Season Promotion on DNA Tests at FTDNA

  Created: Friday, 20 November 2009 09:40

  Family Tree DNA is finishing 2009 with an end-of-the-year promotion! This promotion will run through the months of November and December and includes the following DNA tests:Y-DNA37: Promotional price $119 (normally $149)Y-DNA67: Promotional price $209 (n...

• 11/19/2009: Pilipiv/Phillips from the Ukraine joins the Project

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2009 11:47

    Two days ago a man with the last name Phillips joined the project.  His yDNA indicates he belongs to Haplogroup R1a, which is generally considered to be a Slavic haplogroup.  We only have about half a dozen out of more than 400 men in our Phillips D...

• 11/17/2009: Are You My Cousin? by Megan Smolenyak

  Created: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:24

    The November 17, 2009 edition of The Huffington Post has an interesting article written by Megan Smolenyak, a genealogist and family history expert.  Megan is also the author of several books on genetic genealogy.  One of the things Megan discusses ...

• 11/14/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 14 November 2009 16:36

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 14 November, 2009:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test11/09/2009, 327, 76446, Factoids 11/23/2009, 329, 65267, Kittler test 11/27/2009, 324, 156888, Deep Clade-R 11/30/2009, 330, 152678, Mega mt...

• 11/13/2009: The Myth of Family Coats of Arms

  Created: Friday, 13 November 2009 11:01

    Beware!  The sale of Family Coats of Arms and Crests is largely a scam.  Here is a link to an article by Dick Eastman in his Online Genealogy Newsletter that explains why....

• 11/12/09: Setting up a free DNA Account at Ancestry.com

  Created: Thursday, 12 November 2009 11:02

    In our November newsletter, we recommend people who have been tested by FTDNA set up a free DNA account at Ancestry.com and enter their DNA values by hand to facilitate in finding matches in that growing database.  We have found more than 50 Phill...

• 11/10/2009: Technology Helps Unearth Family Trees

  Created: Tuesday, 10 November 2009 11:37

    Here is a link to an interesting story at CNN about a Eurasian in Singapore who discovered his DNA strongly matches a man of Polish descent living in Rhode Island.  The two men think they are both descended from a pair of English brothers who served...

• 11/08/2009: One More Phillips Family Group Identified through DNA

  Created: Sunday, 08 November 2009 13:54

    DNA analysis has identified one more Phillips family group.  Family Group 61 is a spin-off from Family Group 35.  The two members of Group 61 were classified with Group 35 until we found some results in the Ancestry.com database that indicate the t...

• 11/07/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 07 November 2009 09:39

    The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 7 November 2009:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test11/06/2009, 324, 156888, Deep Clade-R 11/09/2009, 327, 76446, Factoids 11/23/2009, 329, 65267, Kittler test 11/30/2009, 330, 152678, Mega mtDN...

• 11/04/2009: Holiday Season Promotion at FTDNA

  Created: Wednesday, 04 November 2009 10:34

  Family Tree DNA is finishing 2009 with an end-of-the-year promotion! This promotion will run through the months of November and December and includes the following DNA tests:Y-DNA37: Promotional price $119 (normally $149)Y-DNA67: Promotional price $209 ...

• 11/03/2009: Satellite Phillips DNA Project set up at Ancestry.com

  Created: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 10:47

  News alert!  We have set up a satellite or parallel Phillips DNA Project at Ancestry.com to accommodate the growing number of people who have been DNA tested by that company.  If you are one of these people, please join our satellite project at Ancestr...

• 11/01/2009: Phillips DNA Project November 2009 newsletter

  Created: Sunday, 01 November 2009 13:29

    The November 2009 Phillips DNA Project newsletter has been posted on the News page of this website.  You can elect to read it in plain text or PDF format.  This month the newsletter contains information on various DNA testing companies and free se...