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• 04/27/2010: "Who Do You Think You Are?" helps push NBC into top spot

  Created: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 16:34

  With 6.3 million viewers, the new American genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are" helped propel NBC into the number one spot in TV ratings last Friday night, April 23rd.  The show last Friday was about Susan Sarandon who uncovered the mystery surrou...

• 04/25/2010: Modern European Males Descend from Farmers from the Near East

  Created: Sunday, 25 April 2010 18:51

  Y-DNA indicates most men in Europe today descend from the first farmers who migrated from the Near East 10,000 years ago, according to a new study from the University of Leicester.  Here is a link to the story in Science Daily....

• 04/24/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 24 April 2010 16:04

  The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 24 April 2010: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 04/12/2010, 349, 74772, Family Finder Autosomal Test 05/03/2010, 352, 152678, Family Finder Autosomal Test 05/07/20...

• 04/23/2010: Today Only - Amazing Sale on 23andMe Complete Edition

  Created: Friday, 23 April 2010 16:04

  In honor of DNA Day, 23andMe is offering their Complete Edition autosomal test for only $99.  The regular price is $499.  This test includes ancestry information, health information and ethnic information.  Click here to place your order....

• 04/21/2010: Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse: Geneticist inherits a mystery

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 15:54

  Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Paul Nurse has discovered the person he thought was his sister was actually his mother!  Here is a link to the story at Telegraph.co.uk.  Paul was knighted in 1999 and two years later shared the Nobel Prize for medicine ...

• 04/19/2010: Mormon website handy, but be sure to examine details

  Created: Monday, 19 April 2010 16:42

  A Tampa Tribune correspondent and board certified genealogist named Sharon Tate Moody has written an article about the LDS website that should be read by all genealogy researchers.  As Sharon says in her article, the Mormon website is definitely wort...

• 04/17/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 17 April 2010 15:18

  The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 17 April 2010: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 04/12/2010, 349, 74772, Family Finder Autosomal Test 04/28/2010, 350, 173857, Mt-DNA FGS 05/03/2010, 352, 152678, F...

• 04/16/2010: DNA from Letters help ID Pearl Harbor Casualty

  Created: Friday, 16 April 2010 15:46

  Before his death at Pearl Harbor, a young sailor named Gerald Lehman sent letters home to Michigan that his mother came to treasure.  Lehman was buried as an "unknown" at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.  Unknowingly, his ...

• 04/15/2010: Developments in the project over the past month

  Created: Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:14

  We had new yDNA test results return from the FTDNA lab for four participants since March 15th.  They were added to various groups as follows:168702 was added to Group 8 171530 was added to Group 10 173100 was added to Group 32 168955 was added to R1a ...

• 04/13/2010: Video Interviews from WDYTYA 2010 Live in London

  Created: Tuesday, 13 April 2010 15:01

  Here is a link to a video on You Tube of interviews with various people attending WDYTYA 2010 Live in London which was held last month.  The video was filmed by a company called Overground Online, an alternative British news and culture website.  There ...

• 04/12/2010: DNA indicates Stone Age Scandinavians were unable to digest milk

  Created: Monday, 12 April 2010 16:32

  DNA indicates the hunter-gatherers who inhabited the southern coast of Scandinavia 4,000 years ago were lactose intolerant.  This supports the theory that today's Scandinavians are not descended from the Stone Age people in question but from a group that...

• 04/11/2010: 19th Century Thomas Phillips Indenture for sale on Ebay

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 16:26

  There is a 19th century indenture dated 1813 regarding a Thomas and Sarah Phillips of Somerset, England, for sale on Ebay until April 15th.  The starting bid is about five pounds which is approximately eight dollars.  Here is a link in case anyone out...

• 04/10/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 17:17

  The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 10 April 2010: Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 04/12/2010, 349, 74772, Family Finder Autosomal Test 04/28/2010, 350, 173857, Mt-DNA FGS 05/03/2010, 352, 152678, F...

• 04/09/2010: New Hominid Species Discovered in South Africa

  Created: Friday, 09 April 2010 15:55

    Scientists announced yesterday the bones of a new hominid species that lived almost two million years ago have been found in South Africa.  Read more about the story in the New York Times at this link and thanks to Jen Phillips-Smith for providing t...

• 04/07/2010: Six Tips for Googling Your Family Tree

  Created: Wednesday, 07 April 2010 17:10

  Put more power behind your online searches with these six tips from Daniel M. Lynch, the author of "Google Your Family Tree".  Click here to read these tips in Family Tree Magazine. ...

• 04/06/2010: American version of "Who Do You Think You Are?" renewed by NBC

  Created: Tuesday, 06 April 2010 15:11

  NBC announced yesterday they are renewing the new genealogical TV show "Who Do You Think You Are?" for a second season.  Here is part of the press release:"Who Do You Think You Are?" from executive producer Lisa Kudrow is averaging a 1.6 rating ... and ...

• 04/05/2010: Distribution of the surname Phillips in the United Kingdom

  Created: Monday, 05 April 2010 15:20

    Here is a link to a website in the UK that uses telephone book entries to map the distribution of surnames.  According to this site, there are 21,267 phone book entries in the UK for the surname Phillips and approximately 92,616 people with the surn...

• 04/04/2010: The Phillips DNA Project now has a Fan Page at Facebook!

  Created: Sunday, 04 April 2010 17:24

  If you belong to Facebook, look for our new Phillips DNA Project Fan Page and become a fan!  We already have 36 fans and are aiming for 100.  Once we obtain 100 fans, we can acquire a better URL which may help with internet searches.  You have to be lo...

• 04/03/2010: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at Family Tree DNA

  Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 15:21

  The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 3 April 2010:Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP 04/12/2010, 349, 74772, Family Finder Autosomal Test 05/03/2010, 352, 152678, Family Finder Autosomal Test 05/07/2010,...

• 04/01/2010: April issue of Phillips DNA Project Newsletter has been posted

  Created: Thursday, 01 April 2010 16:53

  The April 2010 Phillips DNA Project newsletter has been posted on the News page of our Phillips DNA website.  For those of you reading this on our Facebook fan page, here is a link to the website: http://www.phillipsdnaproject.com/.  Just click on th...