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• 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...

• 01/23/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 23 January 2010 14:58

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of Saturday, 23 January, 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test01/29/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA01/29/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA02/18/2010, 340, 166613, Y-DNA 3702/27/2010, 341, 157462, Y-DNA 37 pl...

• 01/20/2010: Experts may have found bones of an English Princess

  Created: Thursday, 21 January 2010 10:44

    Here is a link to an interesting story in Science and Technology News about an international team of scientists who think they have found the body of Princess Eadgyth, a 10th century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who was the half-sister of King Athelstan....

• 01/19/2010: A Government Genealogy Service lets Family History leap off the page

  Created: Tuesday, 19 January 2010 10:40

     A little-known program of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provides information that bridges oceans.  Here is a link to the story in the Los Angeles Times....

• 01/17/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Sunday, 17 January 2010 11:20

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 17 January 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test01/15/2010, 331, 124770, Mega mtDNA 01/29/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 01/29/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 02/12/2010, 339, 168404, Y-DNA 37 02/1...

• 01/13/2010: The Three Faces of Eve

  Created: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:16

    Here is a link to an article in Discover Magazine written by an American journalist with the odd name of Boonsri Dickinson who tried out a trio of genetic tests to find out what they could tell her about her identity and her ancestry....

• 01/11/2010: Genetic Identity of a Portuguese Jewish Community

  Created: Monday, 11 January 2010 10:53

    How has a small Portuguese Jewish community in northern Portugal retained its genetic identity while avoiding the inbreeding that usually occurs in such situations?  Here is a link to an interesting story at Haaretz.com.   ...

• 01/09/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 09 January 2010 12:21

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 9 January 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test01/08/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 01/08/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 01/15/2010, 331, 124770, Mega mtDNA 02/12/2010, 339, 168404, Y-DNA 37 0...

• 01/07/2010: DNA Developments over the Past Month

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 16:41

  We had new yDNA test results return from the FTDNA lab for three participants over the past month.  These members were added to various groups as follows:157458 was added to R1b Singletons 166684 was added to R1b Singletons 166827 was added to Group 8...

• 01/05/2010: Faces of America on PBS

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2010 11:15

  Here is a link to a preview of "Faces of America" coming to PBS in February.  In his latest series on ancestry, Henry Louis Gates Jr. asks the question, "Where do you come from?"   Looks like it is going to be a great series!...

• 01/03/2010: Phillips DNA Test in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Sunday, 03 January 2010 11:20

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 3 January 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test01/04/2010, 335, 111094, DYS464X 01/08/2010, 333, 162333, Mega mtDNA 01/08/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA 01/15/2010, 331, 124770, Mega mtDNA 01...

• 01/01/2010: January 2010 Phillips DNA Project Newsletter

  Created: Friday, 01 January 2010 10:22

  The January 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 elect to read it in plain text or PDF format.  This month the newsletter c...